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Laura Washington: Where is the outrage for the victims of Chicago’s latest mass shooting?

Where is the outrage? That’s what Chicago police Superintendent Larry Snelling asked in the wake of an April 13 mass shooting on the city’s South...

22.04.2024 20

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Laura Washington: We know one thing from the Dexter Reed shooting. Driving while Black is a systemic problem.

If Dexter Reed had not been stopped by Chicago police, he would still be with us. His horrible death played out on body camera video released last...

15.04.2024 20

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Laura Washington: Expo Chicago comes but once a year. A call to art lovers to make the pilgrimage.

Expo Chicago kicks off this week, and this arts lover is feeling the love. The annual extravaganza runs Thursday to Sunday, showing contemporary and...

08.04.2024 10

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Laura Washington: What does the slow count for state’s attorney’s race mean for November?

Alarm bells should be ringing for every election observer. The Cook County state’s attorney’s race is a harbinger of election night on Nov. 5 —...

01.04.2024 10

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Laura Washington: Danny Davis’ age didn’t scuttle his bid. What about Biden and Trump?

How old is too old to hold elected office? Not 82, and counting, according to U.S. Rep. Danny Davis. That was the message Davis pounded home Tuesday...

25.03.2024 7

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Laura Washington: Cook County state’s attorney’s race is a test of the ‘Vallas effect’

Tuesday’s Illinois primary will be a test of the “Vallas effect.” Paul Vallas, the tough-on-crime Chicago mayoral candidate and public schools...

18.03.2024 10

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Laura Washington: Restaurants are walking a fine line between value and rip-off

Portion control, accurate pours. These culinary matters are bedeviling me. Since the great pandemic, the restaurant business has been in topsy-turvy...

11.03.2024 40

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Laura Washington: The middle is where it’s at heading into Super Tuesday

Here’s a look at the state of the 2024 presidential race a day before the uber-primary known as Super Tuesday. President Joe Biden is a centrist...

04.03.2024 5

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Laura Washington: Film honors the truths illuminated by Chicagoans Ida B. Wells and Richard Hunt

In Chicago, the light of truth shines. That’s the message of a new documentary that ties two great Black lives and the truths they illuminated....

26.02.2024 30

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Laura Washington: Is Mayor Brandon Johnson already campaigning for a second term?

Chicago’s next mayoral election is three years away, but Mayor Brandon Johnson may be already campaigning for a second term. That would appear so,...

19.02.2024 9

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Laura Washington: President Joe Biden is struggling to shore up the Black vote

President Joe Biden has been hitting the Black churches in his reelection campaign, of course.  He knows he has no prayer of staying in the White...

05.02.2024 2

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Letters: Busing migrants north is a cruel political stunt

To answer letter writer Sarah Beyne’s question in her Monday letter (“Is it a stunt or a plea?”): Busing migrants north is a political stunt,...

29.01.2024 20

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Laura Washington: Reap the benefits of going dry during January (or any time of year)

“Dry January” will soon be a misty memory. As it fades away, is it making a difference? I can’t speak personally to that since I abstained. Not...

29.01.2024 10

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Laura Washington: Is the ‘rat hole’ Chicago’s new brand?

From the city that works to the city of rats? That’s where Chicago is headed. “The ‘Chicago Rat Hole’ Is The City’s Hottest New Tourist...

20.01.2024 10

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Laura Washington: If Donald Trump wins Iowa, it will be hard to ignore what that foretells

It’s Iowa time. Today brings the long-awaited, every-four-years moment in U.S. presidential politics: the Iowa caucuses. Democratic politicians and...

15.01.2024 10

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Letters: Towns hope ordinances will deter drop-offs of migrants

The news media have been reporting on Chicago-area towns and villages that have enacted ordinances to fine interstate bus companies that transport and...

08.01.2024 8

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Laura Washington: Is Mayor Brandon Johnson measuring up? Here’s my assessment for the new year.

Sometimes, turning a corner can be a good thing. Mayor Brandon Johnson moves into a new year with a host of old problems, unsolved and festering...

08.01.2024 6

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Letters: The United States needs to insist on a cease-fire

Recent polling shows 68% of Americans support a cease-fire in Gaza, as do numerous human rights, racial justice and faith-based organizations; labor...

01.01.2024 9

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Laura Washington: Getting a grip as 2024 promises more hurly-burly in Chicago and across the nation

So, what has been priced into 2024? How about tumult and trepidation? The world is buffeted by two major wars, with no end in sight. New hot spots...

01.01.2024 9

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Letters: Christmas can be a time of reflection in this fragile world

The celebration of Christmas is a secular pleasure that has been with us for many years. That in itself can be a joy for both young and old alike....

25.12.2023 7

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Laura Washington: No snow? And why am I getting fewer cards? The Grinch is meddling with my joy.

The Grinch is stealing my Christmas. I can be a “Debbie Downer” at times (or so my husband says). But as we celebrate the season, I posit that...

25.12.2023 10

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Laura Washington: When the jury decides the fate of ex-Ald. Ed Burke, let’s hope his buddies are listening

This week a federal jury will begin deliberations to decide the fate of the man who was once Chicago’s most powerful alderman. Its decision could be...

18.12.2023 4

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Laura Washington: Art Basel, ‘the Super Bowl of art fairs,’ is selling Black artists short

Razzle-dazzle, Basel. I was back once again for Art Basel, the 21-year-old phenom of an art fair that takes over Miami and Miami Beach every December....

11.12.2023 7

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Laura Washington: The system worked during Watergate. This time around, I am not so sure.

The summer of 1973 was my baptism into national politics, as my teenage self was riveted by the legendary saga of Watergate. I watched the months of...

04.12.2023 4

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Letters: I condemn the United States’ assistance to Israel as it bombs Gaza’s citizens

I believe the refusal of President Joe Biden’s administration to condemn the unrelenting and barbaric assaults on Gaza by Israel is appalling and...

20.11.2023 6

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Laura Washington: The arrival of winter weather has migrants rethinking the ‘sanctuary’ of our city

Baby, it’s getting cold outside. The calendar may say it’s still fall in Chicago, but really, winter is already here. The massive number of...

20.11.2023 8

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Laura Washington: The impact of Chicago’s long trajectory of corruption won’t end with ex-Ald. Edward Burke

Chicago and Illinois have suffered more than their fair share of crooked politicians. Federal prosecutors here have enjoyed a near-perfect track...

13.11.2023 7

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Laura Washington: Nikki Haley is on the rise. Can she take on Donald Trump?

“‘The rise is real’: Haley’s breakout is jolting 2024′s undercard race,” an Oct. 29 Politico report was headlined. That is Nikki Haley,...

06.11.2023 10

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Laura Washington: One benefit to Americans using weight loss drugs like Ozempic? Less junk food.

Can Ozempic save us from the perils of obesity? It turns out that the drug, first developed to treat diabetes, has become a high-profile appetite...

30.10.2023 10

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Laura Washington: Mercifully, we won’t hear Donald Trump’s name during former Ald. Edward Burke’s trial

As the corruption trial of former Chicago Ald. Edward Burke approaches, a federal court has agreed that former President Donald Trump’s name should...

23.10.2023 7

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Laura Washington: Despite Barack Obama’s legislation, the scourge of driving while Black remains

Twenty years ago, a little-known legislator from Hyde Park proposed what was then considered groundbreaking legislation. Illinois state Sen. Barack...

16.10.2023 10

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Laura Washington: Instead of going to the border, Mayor Brandon Johnson should head to a community meeting

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is going south, and in more ways than one. Johnson has announced that he will lead a city delegation to the southern...

09.10.2023 6

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Laura Washington: Black voters sympathize with migrants, but they have a bone to pick with Democrats

The buses roll in. The crisis is blowing up. Last week, 27 buses carrying migrants arrived in Chicago over five days, the Tribune reported. More than...

02.10.2023 2

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Laura Washington: Restaurant industry cries wolf as Chicago moves closer to eliminating the subminimum wage

I treasure the memories of my server days. As a young adult, I helped put myself through college working the restaurant circuit. I started by slinging...

25.09.2023 8

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