U.S. District Judge James Boasberg has revoked the permits for the Dakota Access pipeline pending a full environmental review. DAPL has been an ongoing battle to protect tribal lands and tribal rights to hunt, fish and participate in traditional ceremonies.…
Letters to the editor
Letter to the Editor | And click! I became a feminist
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The independent film “The First Rainbow Coalition” was shown by WTVP. It was also screened at ICC, sponsored by Community Word, WTVP-TV, ICC’s Department of Diversity & Community Impact and the West Central Illinois Labor Council. It was a memorable…
Letter to the Editor | RE: Journal Star dances with Wall Street – again
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Having been a daily newspaper reader for life; growing up with the St. Louis Globe-Democrat in southern Illinois and a subscriber to the Peoria Journal Star upon moving to Peoria in 1970 has prompted me to write this comment in…
Letter to the Editor | Abortion access problem-solving
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The sudden closing of the Whole Woman’s Health clinic in Peoria is a loss for the community and a loss for Illinois. We know this is undoubtedly resulting in many women feeling they are without access to abortion services. My…
OpEd | Gaza: Don’t Blame the Victims
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BY DR. JOHN NIXON Israeli narratives and talking points concerning multiple assaults on Gaza are designed to obscure the context of a brutal occupation and blockade and to marginalize the Palestinians as extremist and irrational. Typical explanations given by Israel…
Letter to the Editor | What does Pro-Life mean to you?
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If it only means saving embryos and fetuses then we need to have a talk; a real, no holds, honest to God, talk. Reducing the number of abortions is simpler if you are really ready to be Pro-Life. But here’s…
Letter to the Editor | My abortion story
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Growing up in Peoria in the 1970s, nearly every Black girl I knew at Manual was pregnant. Somehow the White girls in my college track courses were not; well that is another story. My high school counselor offered to give…
Letter to the Editor | Don’t boycott Alabama because of legislators’ misogyny
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In response to this question: How am I supposed to encourage people to see the lynching memorial/museum and boycott Alabama at the same time? People should not boycott Alabama. Boycotting will only hurt people here who are already hurting. The…
Letter to the Editor | Medicare for All looking better every day
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I am a healthy person (knock on wood!), but the U.S. healthcare system is not working for me, or for most of us in the 99 percent. Let me give you a brief example. In August of 2018, after spending…
Letter to the Editor | The CAFO loophole
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A CAFO (concentrated animal feeding operation) is threatening the entire town of Princeville, and politicians are helpless to stop it. That’s because of a sneaky loophole in the law. Nearby county boards have recently approved resolutions opposing proposed CAFOs in…