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Journal Star: A “ghost newspaper”
by Community Word Staff • • 1 Comment
Incompetence and greed” is how a source described corporate, out-of-state management at the Peoria Journal Star, now owned by GateHouse Media headquartered in New York. Within just the last few months, the newsroom’s already devastated staff was cut by another…
Kavanaugh and Supreme Court to planet: drop dead
by Clare Howard • • 0 Comments
Vote to save your life. Vote to save the planet. https://www.thedailybeast.com/kavanaugh-and-supreme-court-to-planet-drop-dead
Food for justice
by Clare Howard • • 0 Comments
The infrastructure of American’s food system entrenches social and income inequality, devastates rural communities and inner cities, drives declining health and further empowers corporations and the politicians they support. Working in resistance to those trends are Dave Bishop, an organic…
Nature Rambles | Natural Divisions
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How do ecologists make sense of the varied landscapes and habitats that make up the vast state of Illinois? This was a question that I hoped to answer at a recent Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) program I was doing…
Why Rename Woodrow Wilson Primary School?
by Clare Howard • • 1 Comment
Understanding history and the world is an evolutionary process. History is not cast in stone, an eternal monument to truth. When more is learned and understood, the accuracy of our perception of history improves. Perhaps when Woodrow Wilson Primary School…
Serendipity | Time and Timeliness
by Sandra Dempsey Post • • 0 Comments
Procrastination isn’t a desired behavior although it often sneaks into daily activities. Like the unexpected guest showing up unannounced with expectations of luxurious amenities, procrastination can adversely affect good intentions and positive outcomes. It requires effort not to fall into…
Cleve Heidelberg: “I’m about justice”
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Poetry of Hiroshima memories and the happiness of Central Illinois dirt
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When Aozora “Zoe” Brockman’s first book, “The Happiness of Dirt,” was published in 2011, this is what Illinois Poet Laureate Kevin Stein wrote: “In an era when most stand sorely distanced from the planting, tending, and harvesting of our food,…
Elder Care Concern: Boredom
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BY DAVE WEIMAN Last month I wrote about loneliness, one of the three plagues that affect the well-being of elders. This month I want to address one of the other plagues, boredom. Next month I’ll discuss the third plague, helplessness.…