Thanks to you column [Democracy stages a comeback, Ken Trainor, Viewpoints, Nov. 11], I understand that my feelings Tuesday night through Saturday morning, post-election, were shared by so many others. I didn’t realize I was swimming in a collective consciousness. Then right after I heard the news, there was drumming and shouts from Scoville Park, […]
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Does COVID-19 move like smoke?
On April 2 the CDC published online research from Gangzhou, China that showed the COVID virus was airborne and followed indoor airflow to infect people. (1) On July 6, 239 scientists from 32 countries urged the World Health Organization to acknowledge the growing evidence that COVID-19 is airborne. (2) On Aug. 25, Time Magazine published […]
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An open letter to the Oak Park Village Board
The COVID-19 pandemic is negatively impacting not only our lives, but our local businesses.
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Board dysfunction on full display
The small business community has an urgent need highlighted by the pandemic. With several community partners serving aspects of the business community, no one is charged with marketing the entire small business community to consumers in Oak Park. This contrasts with the proactive support Forest Park, Berwyn, LaGrange and other communities provide to their business […]
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What if Thanksgiving were a verb?
The realization began in the spring when a neighbor said she would be growing extra vegetables for families in need.
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We will survive and we will thrive
Right now, my only aim to is write words I may need to read when I wake up on Wednesday, Nov. 4.
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My day as a poll watcher
I spent Election Day in a small church in Michigan, as a Democratic Party Election Poll Watcher.
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We did it!
Saturday marked the beginning of the end of one of the most incredible periods of our lives.
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Slavery: America’s continuing challenge
I suggest that America should give special status and priority to descendants of freed slaves who are still living in poverty after almost 160 years.
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Post-election hopes and concerns
The election of 2020, unlike the election of 2016, did not yield a numerically decisive victory to either political party.