Editorial Page
Op-Ed: Distillery Tax Increment Finance District must account for environmental justice
by contributor • • 0 Comments
No added air and water pollution requiring new state or federal permits should be allowed in the Southside through the TIF. Definitely no carbon dioxide pipelines or carbon capture/sequestration equipment should be allowed because those could be a direct health and safety threat to the surrounding low-income and racial-minority neighborhoods.
Op-Ed: We at Peoria Academy are working for future of our humanities
by contributor • • 0 Comments
We concur with John Hallwas, but offer hope for our future as well. We at Peoria Academy still believe, thoroughly, that “education should cultivate the individual for contributing to our democratic culture.”
Resolution for ceasefire is not city business
by Susan Katz • • 0 Comments
To us, this resolution made very little sense since it would have no bearing on the decisions made between Israel and Hamas, and is clearly not within the city of Peoria’s mission. Concerned citizens have ample opportunity to contact their elected officials in Washington, D.C.; these are the people who weigh in on this type of conflict.
Silence instead of ceasefire: The cost of neutrality
by Imam Mazhar Mahmood • • 0 Comments
It was notable that calling for a ceasefire at the meeting was not characterized as a “Muslim thing” or an “Arab thing.” Rather, it was a universal humanitarian concern.
by Scott Shepler • • 2 Comments
Op-Ed: Gaza must be free from Hamas
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Heinous terror attacks on Oct. 7 prove that Israeli safety is in jeopardy
by Community Word Staff • • 0 Comments
Emily Gill: Nationalism narrows space for Christianity
by Emily Gill • • 0 Comments
Patriotism that is perceived through religious lens can be detrimental
to constitutional values our Founding Fathers framed for the United States
