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Bernadeia Johnson
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Former super says: Seniority layoff system still expels educators of color
Students need to see both diversity and quality reflected in their teachers. As long as the guiding rule is "last in, first out," they won't.
Gary Prevost
Counterpoint: Cuba belongs on the human rights council
It has many achievements in the arena of human rights.
Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune (TNS)
Presidential incapacity has been concealed before.
Woodrow Wilson's true condition was misrepresented. Could Trump's be?
Ann McFeatters, Tribune News Service (TNS)
John Kass
The virus that's killing America is our politics
COVID-19 has become weaponized politically by Democrats and their media allies.
Eric Stoner, Tribune News Service (TNS)
Get ready to resist the Trump coup attempt
He's made it clear for months that he intends to reject any outcome that does not result in his re-election.
Trump's illness should unite the country in fighting coronavirus
But if it's handled badly, the political battle will further divide the nation.
Russell Dinkins
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Jill Burcum
Lessons from a COVID infection: my own
Unlike the president, we don't get helicopters and exotic experimental drugs. The reality is that it's a waiting game — if you're lucky.
Tyler Cowen
Why we take too many risks with COVID
Rational risk-taking for individuals becomes ruinous when large parts of a population do it.
Editorial, Mankato Free Press
Following CDC guidance during the COVID winter ahead
Limiting social interaction, as difficult as that is, will be critical.
Shawn Zeller, CQ-Roll Call (TNS)
Under President Biden, Congress could be in charge
This depends, of course, on Democrats winning both the presidency and the Senate while retaining House control, but it's possible.
Joseph Olson and John R. Lott, Jr.
Beware a filibuster-free Senate
The changes they would bring could produce a very different country than the one we see today.
John M. Crisp, Tribune News Service (TNS)
There's no question how our debates must change
The first debate was a disaster, but now safety is a factor.
Jay Ambrose, Tribune News Service (TNS)
Arbitration system should be at top of police reform list
Too often arbitrators decide to reinstate abusive officers.
Jason Lewis
Jason Lewis: This election is a choice between anarchy and American values
If the left has its way, mob rule will be coming for the suburbs.
Nicholas Kristof
Can we please rise above Trump-like meanness — and learn to wear masks, at last?
Americans should learn from Trump's infection.
Robert B. Reich, Tribune Content Agency
Sympathy for the Devil? Maybe — but not for Trump
Why should we feel empathy for one of the least empathetic people in the world?
Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald (TNS)
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