By Brandon Allen Guest Columnist As someone who has worked in journalism and studied political science, I’ve always been fascinated by the comment section on posts from news organizations across the country. Oftentimes, you can see the breakdown of the political spectrum right before your very own eyes. The last three years have been very …read more.

Dear Editor, It’s time to change institutions that exacerbate and perpetuate racism. Real estate taxes that are used for local schools only is number one. At least in Illinois, kids in poor neighborhoods have a low tax base and crumbling schools. Rich kids in the suburbs go to school in educational palaces. Maintain the tax …read more.

A Republican Party election worker won’t be returning for future elections after he referred to a fellow poll worker, who is an African American, as a “token black.” 

CLOVER, S.C. — “But she doesn’t look like you. We have lots of other dolls that look more like you.”

AURORA — The creator of a controversial float in the Aurora Farmer’s Fair parade depicting Donald Trump killing Hillary Clinton is apologizing.

NORTH MANCHESTER — Author and social justice educator Robin DiAngelo, Ph.D., challenges the meaning of being white in a society that claims that race has no meaning. She will speak at Manchester University and explore how racism is hard for whites to see even though our nation’s culture is divided by it. One of her …read more.