Dawn M. Turner –

A tattered American flag flies in a rural section of Wisconsin on Oct. 21, 2020. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Dawn M. Turner: I loved living in a small town. But ‘love thy neighbor’ has changed in America.

July 5, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

For more than two decades, I, a Black woman, lived with my family in a small Illinois. Today, I wouldn't even consider it.

Goodbye, dear Tribune readers, until we meet again

May 23, 2019 at 3:58 a.m.

A few weeks ago, I saw the movie "The Martian." Its multiracial cast brought to mind the way Hollywood (think: "Star Wars" and "The Hunger Games" franchises) often depicts the...

Syrian refugee Fadi Adris, center, and his sons Abdel Hamid, rear, and Osama are adjusting to life in Chicago. They are seen in their North Side apartment on Friday, Sept. 4, 2015.

Closing doors to refugees only gives the illusion of safety

August 21, 2019 at 6:01 p.m.

You remember why we take our shoes off at the airport? It's because of terrorist Richard Reid, aka the "Shoe Bomber," who was flying from Paris to Miami in December...

Candles have been lit at a makeshift memorial in front of "Le carillon" restaurant one of the site of the attacks in Paris on November 15, 2015, in the 10th district of Paris.

Similar conditions help radicalize youth in Chicago, Paris

May 23, 2019 at 3:58 a.m.

Andrew Diamond lives near the Canal Saint Martin in Paris' 10th Arrondissement, a five-minute walk from a popular intersection that's home to a Cambodian restaurant, a pizzeria and a bar...

Martin Nesbitt, friend of President Barack Obama and chairman of the president's foundation, greets attendees Nov. 10, 2015, after speaking at a City Club of Chicago luncheon at Maggiano's Banquets in Chicago. Nesbitt called on the city to get its "house in order," referring to its street violence.

Maybe Obama library can inspire city to tackle gun violence

May 23, 2019 at 3:57 a.m.

In the past, I have criticized President Barack Obama for not saying enough about urban gun violence, and mostly mentioning it in a tacked-on, ornamental way after there had been...

Students celebrate after University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe's resignation announcement Nov. 9, 2015, at the school in Columbia, Mo.

What’s next at the University of Missouri for students dealing with racism?

May 23, 2019 at 3:57 a.m.

I have conflicted feelings about Monday's resignation of University of Missouri President Tim Wolfe. Not about him leaving, but about whether students really know what comes next. "What was starting...

The grave of Fox Lake police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz is adorned with a single red rose at Hillside East Cemetery in Antioch on Nov. 4, 2015. Gliniewicz died Sept. 1 in what authorities later said was a suicide staged to look like a murder.

Fox Lake cop, Ben Carson show truth can get in way of hero’s tale

May 23, 2019 at 3:57 a.m.

Something, beyond the obvious, had been bothering me about police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz's story, and I couldn't readily put my finger on it until last week's firestorm over Republican...

Derek Brown, left, tapes up James Lofton's hands before a Chicago Park District boxing match at Harrison Park on Aug. 20, 2015. Brown, a former gang leader, trains high-risk North Lawndale youth to give them structure and stability in their lives.

Ex-gang member talks about rap music’s influence

August 20, 2019 at 1:14 a.m.

I was talking to a woman who's an on-air personality for one of Chicago's most popular urban radio stations recently when she argued that rap music, even the hardcore kind,...

Fliers advertise a reward offered by St. Sabina Catholic Church and other area churches in the shooting death of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee on Nov. 3, 2015. The boy was fatally shot a day earlier in the 8000 block of South Damen Avenue in Chicago's Gresham neighborhood.

Protest marches in black neighborhoods take many different forms

May 23, 2019 at 3:57 a.m.

Black folks march when we don't look like we're marching. You are mistaken if you think every march has to pulse with the heat of a Ferguson, or that we...

A red light camera keeps watch over the intersection at Damen Avenue and 63rd Street in Chicago on March 10, 2015.

What red light cameras may reveal about racial profiling

May 23, 2019 at 3:57 a.m.

A recent red light camera study published in Police Quarterly is utterly fascinating and at first blush may seem counterintuitive, bumping up against what our brains have been hard wired...

All Stories