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Daily Herald opinion: The Trump naming syndrome: Why is the unprecedented zeal to honor the president's name met with only yawns?

Daily Herald opinion: The Trump naming syndrome: Why is the unprecedented zeal to honor the president's name met with only yawns?

Daily Herald Opinion: One of the more curious apparent Trump affectations that seems to get virtually no attention, despite its echoes of self-aggrandizing global despots, is his penchant to have things named after himself.

 
Daily Herald opinion: A Mother’s Day message

Daily Herald opinion: A Mother’s Day message

EDITOR’S NOTE: On this Mother’s Day, we offer this reprise of our Mother’s Day commentary on May 8, 2021, lightly edited and updated. A mother, said China's First La...

 
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Daily Herald opinion: The ‘Leo effect’: Local pride lingers as Chicago native Pope Leo XIV marks his first year

Daily Herald opinion: The ‘Leo effect’: Local pride lingers as Chicago native Pope Leo XIV marks his first year

Daily Herald opinion: Local pride remains strong as Chicago native Pope Leo XIV marks one year since being elected pope.

 

Letters to the Editor

Saving environment needs full funding

The current administration is on a mission to set back our scientifically proven needs to clean up the environment and save our planet. They have proposed cuts of $4.6 bi...

 

GOP policies help rich at expense of needy

Regarding a recent letter headlined, “Pray for resolution”: It is not a resolution if one side has to acquiesce to others, who support the ever-widening gap between the r...

 
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Project is investment in our communities

Every year in Illinois, approximately 15,000 people leave prison and attempt to rebuild their lives. For many, that effort begins with a major obstacle: finding a stable ...

 

Columns

America still playing catchup as EV battery technologies grow

America still playing catchup as EV battery technologies grow

Guest columnist Keith Peterson:

 
Little treats, big impact: How Illinois can retain teachers without breaking the budget

Little treats, big impact: How Illinois can retain teachers without breaking the budget

Guest columnist Yameira Church: When we build micro-moments of celebration, we teach children what community looks like. We show them how to see each other. Adults need the same.

 
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The example of Pope Leo offers hope of return to sanity

The example of Pope Leo offers hope of return to sanity

Guest columnist Javeed Akhter:

 

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