Our statement highlights LaHood’s condemnation of peacefully protesting the onslaught in Gaza, and Netanyahu’s invitation to address Congress. That message was lost in a News25 segment. Rather, it highlighted our critique of the Congressman’s past statements saying Israel has the right to defend itself and committing to returning hostages
Letters to the editor
OP-ED: Ranked Choice Voting gives more power back to the electorate
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“Should the State of Illinois adopt ranked choice voting — a system which gives voters the opportunity to rank multiple choices in a process that ensures the winner has gained approval by the majority of voters, allows voters to vote their true preference, gets rid of the ‘spoiler effect,’ and encourages more positive campaigning — for statewide and federal elections.”
Letters: Funding the war machine, Speaker Johnson, is the easy part
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“We have always been at war with Eurasia,” — 1984, George Orwell
Op-Ed: Let us revisit history of Israel and Palestine
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The Nazi Holocaust did not justify the Nakba. The Nakba did not justify Jewish expulsion from the Middle East. Jewish expulsion did not justify system of apartheid. The apartheid system does not justify the murder of 766 civilians in Israel on Oct. 7th. And October 7th does not justify the 20,000 civilian deaths in Gaza since Oct. 7th and the starvation of a population of almost 2 million people.
Letters: Mr. Monroe misses the point on purpose of not-for-profit boards
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I take exception with Roger Monroe’s assertion (Straight Talk, Feb., 2024) that the fiduciary responsibility of not-for-profit (NFP) boards is “to oversee the administration.” This is a gross simplification of NFP board and board member fiduciary responsibility. Having served on…
Op-Ed: Distillery Tax Increment Finance District must account for environmental justice
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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.
Letters: Yes, carbon capture pipelines can be dangerous, Dr. Davis
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Yes, carbon capture pipelines can be dangerous, Dr. Davis Regarding the recent letter by Dr. Gary Davis regarding carbon capture pipelines (Oct., 2023), I just wanted to make you aware that in 2020 heavy rains in Satartia, Miss., caused a…
Letters: Sheriffs, aren’t children worth more than guns?
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Illinois still has 30 sheriffs refusing to enforce legislation signed by Gov. Pritzker banning assault weapons and the sale of high-capacity magazines.
Letters: About Roger Monroe and his radio show
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I assert that Mr. Monroe should pony up advertising dollars every time he “give[s] a plug on [for] our morning show ‘Breakfast with Roger and Friends’ ” in his column for The Community Word (née, West Bluff Word). His radio…
Letters: Remembering when we helped Moss Bradley shine
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Letters: Remembering when we helped Moss Bradley shine
Seems only yesterday I was elected the first president of a then-rejuvenated Moss Bradley Residents Association. We decided on the name Moss Bradley because the neighborhood ran from Moss to Bradley. It was only years later did we realize the…