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Letter: Can art unite us? Communities should make that commitment
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A girl writes on a chalkboard outside the Art on Sedgwick storefront studio Oct. 18, 2015, in Chicago. The chalkboard was installed to get people interacting on a street where few people stop to chat. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)
Letter to the editor
Published: Oct 13, 2018, 2:00 AM
The Associated Press article by Melissa Irvine in the Sept. 30 edition, “Can art unite a deeply divided neighborhood,” was particularly inspiring to me. Art, music, movement, words — these are all such powerful sources of connection and healing, both personally and collectively.
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Opinion: Sacrifices must be made by all to keep Democracy
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President Donald Trump listens during an event Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. - photo by Associated Press
Letter to the editor
Published: Apr 3, 2025, 8:11 PM
Donald Trump and the Republican Party are, in a helter-skelter fashion, converting American democracy into an autocracy with Trump as the autocrat.
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