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Annie Abbott: Multilingualism not a threat. It belongs in our country.

In the current fearmongering against immigrants, language is used as a proxy for who belongs in the United States — or who does not.

As I look back over the past two years, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration has been the opposite of what we hoped for.

Funding to Medicaid should be maintained, and the federal government should invest in efforts to promote vaccinations.

We are all seeking solidarity to share our shock. We are digging deep into our relationships to find the strength to survive the federal crisis.

There’s nothing simple about our racial, gender and other conflicts, but finding solutions together can work, if we can build faith in each other.

Donald Trump is directing the power of government to attack a handful of young trans people.

Stacy Davis Gates and Elon Musk gained power by helping their respective chief executive win office, and they’re now cashing in.

The deaths of two Israeli boys will become yet another moment in which humanity failed to rise in unison against an unspeakable wrong.

Illinois offers arguably the worst illustration in the nation of anti-democratic gerrymandering.

Gov. JB Pritzker’s budget blueprint is silent on removing systemic barriers to full participation by African Americans in Illinois.