Marijuana could be the key to increased voter turnout
- Post By: Glenn Reedus
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- Category: Editorials, featured, Government
Before the end of the year, November 6 to be exact, Illinois voters may be asked their opinion on whether the state should legalize recreational marijuana for residents 21 years and older. The obvious reason legislators are presenting this option […]
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Speed humps can slow down Black youth unemployment
- Post By: Glenn Reedus
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- Category: Editorials, featured, Government
Study after study and forum and forum confirm what most of us have known for a long time. Black unemployment is a hindrance to the community and only gets lip service from those who could impact it-particularly our municipal and […]
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Questions political candidates should answer
- Post By: Glenn Reedus
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- Category: featured, Government, Politics
Too often as voters, we see two important things before and during election cycles. The first is the news media tries to define who the capable or best candidates are. The problem there is they don’t necessarily have the same […]
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You say you love Harold so why not follow his lead?
- Post By: Glenn Reedus
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- Category: Editorials, featured, Government, Politics
Few, if any will argue that when he was elected in 1983 Chicago Mayor Harold Washington interrupted the political stronghold the traditional Democratic Party in Illinois had on Chicago, particularly Black Chicago. That fete, nearly 35 years later, is still […]
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City budgets aren’t so simple
- Post By: Glenn Reedus
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- Category: Editorials, featured, Government
It was early morning Septemeber 8 and WVON Radio host Matt McGill was handling a succession of obviously perplexed callers after he asked if the City of Chicago should add 500 new police officers. The basis for the question was […]
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