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Daily Herald opinion: A simple idea, with real impact: Blue Envelope Project has potential for safer, calmer reactions to police stops

Daily Herald opinion: A simple idea, with real impact: Blue Envelope Project has potential for safer, calmer reactions to police stops

When a simple idea has the power to influence a complex problem, it is a wonderful thing to behold and something that deserves to spread. That is just what is happening w...

 
Daily Herald opinion: The need for reassurance: State law would provide foundation for consistent, appropriate use of license-plate readers

Daily Herald opinion: The need for reassurance: State law would provide foundation for consistent, appropriate use of license-plate readers

Perhaps the most prominent successful use of license-plate reader technology is the July 4, 2020, investigation that helped authorities identify and track a vehicle drive...

 
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Daily Herald opinion: A critical shortage, a dire need: Donating blood the ultimate gift during supply crisis

Daily Herald opinion: A critical shortage, a dire need: Donating blood the ultimate gift during supply crisis

Daily Herald opinion: suburban blood banks report a drop in donors amid a critical need for blood, especially type O. That is frightening news for all of us.

 

Letters to the Editor

Workers need more than notice about AI

Illinois has taken an important step by requiring employers to notify workers when artificial intelligence influences hiring, promotion, discipline, training or other emp...

 

Local news is more than a business

During my 32 years with the Chicago Police Department, I learned that information can save lives. Whether responding to severe weather, searching for a missing child or m...

 
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Hollow threats on fake voter registration

In an article that appeared in the Daily Herald on Monday, July 27, (Illinois election officials say checks in place to prevent noncitizen voting), Illinois State Board o...

 

Columns

The John F. Kennedy Center and the Kennedys

The John F. Kennedy Center and the Kennedys

Not too long ago, the travails of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts would have been most unlikely. Earlier presidents did not engage in similar disruptiv...

 
Dr. Fauci's good lawyers

Dr. Fauci's good lawyers

Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich:

 
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It’s ordinary people, not bombs, that determine the fate of nations

It’s ordinary people, not bombs, that determine the fate of nations

Guest columnist Dan Franch: Every administration believes this time will be different. Every administration is convinced that enough military pressure, enough economic pain, or enough international isolation will eventually force a government to surrender, negotiate, or collapse.

 

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