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Daily Herald opinion: Imbalance of power: Policy is worthy of debate and subject to change, but we cannot allow the means of enacting it to be altered

Daily Herald opinion: Imbalance of power: Policy is worthy of debate and subject to change, but we cannot allow the means of enacting it to be altered

Daily Herald opinion: Presidents have increasingly usurped Congress' authority over time, enabled by lawmakers from both parties who have failed to enact structural reforms to rein in executive power.

 
Daily Herald opinion: A complicated legacy: Ryan’s life, leadership defined by diverse considerations

Daily Herald opinion: A complicated legacy: Ryan’s life, leadership defined by diverse considerations

Daily Herald opinion: Upon the deaths of certain political or cultural leaders, the legacy that is left behind can be readily apparent and, even if tinged by sadness, fairly easy to describe. And then, there is George Ryan.

 
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Daily Herald opinion: World Press Freedom Day: A threat to press freedom is a threat to democracy

Daily Herald opinion: World Press Freedom Day: A threat to press freedom is a threat to democracy

Daily Herald opinion: World Press Freedom Day arrives amid federal efforts to undermine First Amendment protections.

 

Letters to the Editor

Fund newborn screening

Last year, Illinois became a national leader when Gov. JB Pritzker signed a law to add Duchenne muscular dystrophy to the state’s newborn screening panel. But the screeni...

 

The real double standard

Unfortunately, Mr. Caponigri’s recent letter continues to push the far-right narrative that the BLM protesters faced no consequences for their protests stemming from Geor...

 
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No common sense

Can our governor sit down and reflect on what common sense looks and sounds like? Create chaos and frustration, how proud he must be. Stand in front of the mirror or came...

 

Columns

Trump's push for truly equal rights

Trump's push for truly equal rights

Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: Racial quotas and admissions preferences, though backed by institutions, violate civil rights laws and principles. Trump's order bans this discrimination.

 
Layoffs in health research put safety, access to care at risk

Layoffs in health research put safety, access to care at risk

Guest columnist : When my wife and I look at our soon-to-be two-year-olds Max and Theo running around the house playing and laughing, we are so thankful IVF was available. So, you can imagine our outrage when we found out President Trump and Elon Musk laid off the very federal experts who work to ensure IVF is safe and accessible.

 
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Why the U.S. and Illinois should support Taiwan’s participation in the WHO

Why the U.S. and Illinois should support Taiwan’s participation in the WHO

Guest columnist Dennis Yen-Feng Lei: Taiwan's effective universal healthcare and technological expertise make it a valuable partner for the WHO, but political barriers unjustly exclude it from participation

 

Cartoons

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