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Column: Americans were naive to think the coronavirus was colorblind

April 7, 2020 at 8:12 p.m.

Everyone should have known that the coronavirus would come for African Americans ferociously. In this country, black people dwell at the top of the list of everything that is harmful...

Chicago police Superintendent David Brown speaks during an interview with the baiduhai on May 13, 2020.

Column: Coronavirus, the new police superintendent and the murderous underbelly of Chicago

April 6, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

The coronavirus pandemic seems to have given us a reprieve from worrying about the daily shootings and killings in Chicago. With so much sickness and death around us, it is...

A discarded surgical mask is seen on April 1, 2020, on a sidewalk in Lakeview during the coronavirus pandemic.

Column: The muddled messages on face masks

April 2, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

A friend called the other day to let me know that she'd heard a hardware store in the South Loop had N95 masks in stock. They were selling them two...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot holds a news conference at City Hall on March 26, 2020, to discuss stopping the further spread of COVID-19.

Column: Let’s face it. We’re a little afraid of Mayor Lori Lightfoot.

April 2, 2020 at 10:08 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot seems to be everywhere. When she's not being interviewed on CNN, she is popping up in places where she's least expected — like watching over the city...

Some media outlets have decided to break away from President Donald Trump's coronavirus press briefings because of misinformation he has shared.

Column: The media shouldn’t muzzle Trump — no matter his lies and ineptitude

March 30, 2020 at 8:30 a.m.

From the moment the coronavirus struck, Donald Trump has used the crisis to promote his personal agenda. And the news media have struggled with how to handle his campaign rally-style...

Flanked by Vice President Mike Pence, left, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing on the coronavirus pandemic in the press briefing room of the White House on March 25, 2020, in Washington, D.C.

Column: Donald Trump’s suicide warning is a sign of his privilege, and most Americans can’t relate

March 26, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

We always knew that Donald Trump was out of touch with most Americans. The fact that he thinks we're going to kill ourselves if the economy doesn't improve soon shows...

Dr. Emily Landon, chief infectious disease epidemiologist at the University of Chicago Medicine, speaks during Gov. J.B. Pritzker's daily news briefing on COVID-19 at the Thompson Center in downtown Chicago on March 20, 2020.

Column: No, most Americans aren’t willing to sacrifice the elderly so we can have Easter brunch

March 25, 2020 at 5:11 a.m.

Something about a pandemic brings out the best in people and the worst. It shows us who we really are, whether we choose to see it or not. There is...

President Donald Trump speaks during a Coronavirus Task Force briefing at the White House on March 21, 2020, in Washington.

Column: Trump’s new campaign rally? His daily coronavirus news conference.

March 23, 2020 at 6:32 a.m.

It is obvious that Donald Trump thinks he can score political points with the coronavirus. There is no other reason for him to show up at a news conference every...

Actor Idris Elba, shown in 2017, announced he had tested positive for the coronavirus.

Column: Let’s stop the spread — of the myth black people are immune to the coronavirus

March 18, 2020 at 9:22 p.m.

One of my young friends posted this on Facebook the other day: "Corona lowering gas prices, flights, cruises and not messing with black people? God showing out." It wasn't a...

Primary Election Day polling place at Center On Halsted in Chicago on March 17, 2020.

Column: Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker never should have let this election go forward

March 18, 2020 at 10:40 a.m.

The people of Illinois were cheated out of their vote on Tuesday. State officials should have known that it would be impossible to hold a fair election in the midst...

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