We close out April with an editorial of appreciation for King Charles III's reminders to certain Americans who may need reminding of the indisputably British origins of the principles underpinning our republic.
A second editorial discusses a sprawling recent report on how the Chicago Police Department can better use the substantial resources and personnel available to it.
Those of you having to drive through the intersection of Halsted Street and Grand and Milwaukee avenues surely are hating life these days. Or at least that aspect of your lives. Check out this op-ed making a persuasive case for which this cluster (blank) didn't have to be.
Dr. Dana Suskind, an early child development expert at the University of Chicago, writes on the exposure of our kids to "AI slop" on YouTube. It shouldn't be up to parents to protect their kids from this scourge, she says.
Finally, Micky Horstman of the conservative Illinois Policy Institute offers an underappreciated rationale for Illinois to get on board with the federal donor-supported school voucher program in last year's GOP tax bill. The program can be used to pay for tutoring help needed by students wishing to attend the increasingly competitive University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Plus a return to normalcy in Europe and catching up with Sinead O'Connor. View in browser | nytimes.com Continue reading the main story May 18, 2021 Your Tuesday Evening Briefing By Remy Tumin and Jade-Snow Joachim Good evening. Here's the latest. The New York Times 1. Gaza is facing a full-blown humanitarian catastrophe. The nine-day battle between Hamas militants and the Israeli military has damaged 17 hospitals and clinics. Destroyed sewage systems sent fetid wastewater through the streets. A desalination plant providing water to 250,000 people is offline. The only laboratory in Gaza that processes coronavirus tests was damaged by an Israeli airstrike. The Times created a day-by-day reconstruction of the violence with maps, death tolls and satellite images. There are subtle signs that Israel and Hamas may be edging toward a cease-fire, with Egypt and the U.N. working to "restore calm, " according to a person involved in the talks. All E.U. member states ex...
Plus, Jerry Springer's obituary, N.B.A. results and spinning monkeys. View in browser | nytimes.com Continue reading the main story April 28, 2023 By David Leonhardt Good morning. Long school closures have put public education — and Randi Weingarten, the leader of a major teachers' union — on the defensive. Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers. Pat Nabong/Chicago Sun-Times, via Associated Press The long shadow of school closures During the early months of the Covid pandemic, Randi Weingarten and the teachers' union she leads faced a vexing question: When should schools reopen? For years, advocates of public education like Weingarten had argued that schools played an irreplaceable role. School was where children learned academic and social skills. It was where low-income children received subsidized meals. Without public schools, their defenders argued, society would come apart. On the other side of the ledger, however, was the worst pandemic...
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