Mary Mitchell

As the nation fights to put a lid on the COVID-19 crisis, the pandemic remains a major problem in Illinois prisons — and it’s time the Pritzker administration stepped in to fix one glaring failing. Read more here:
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/6/28/22554156/illinois-prison-employees-covid-19-vaccine-jail-overcrowding-editorial

COVID-19 vaccines should be mandatory for all Illinois prison employees Prisons and their surrounding communities would be safer. And a dangerous backlog of people in county jails awaiting transfer would be reduced.

Chicago has to deal with its own racial reckoning. A key supporter of changing the name says that ‘will be a start and will help heal some of the wounds.’

Backers of renaming Lake Shore Drive for DuSable aren’t giving up, Mayor Lightfoot Chicago has to deal with its own racial reckoning. A key supporter of changing the name says that ‘will be a start and will help heal some of the wounds.’

I don’t have the answers to ending gang violence. The only people who might are the people involved.

What I do know is that when children feel they are loved and protected at home, they are less likely to pick up a gun in the street.

But we've got to do better.

Chicago’s gang violence makes all of us less safe, and kids are paying the price While the nation focuses on a racial reckoning, communities of color are still losing too many lives to gang shootings.

Chicago’s ongoing debate about renaming Lake Shore Drive is not really about street names. It’s about the need for Chicago, like our nation, to insist on a more honest accounting of history. Read the Editorial Board's stance here:



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Lake Shore Drive, Jean Baptiste Point DuSable and Chicago history Chicago’s ongoing debate about renaming Lake Shore Drive is not really about street names. It’s about the need for Chicago, like our nation, to insist on a more honest accounting of history.