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Kanye West embraces then-President Donald Trump during a visit to the Oval Office on Oct. 11, 2018. After Trump dined with West, who now uses the name Ye, and with Nick Fuentes, an outspoken antisemite and Holocaust denier, even some of his staunchest supporters say they can no longer ignore the abetting of bigotry by the nominal leader of the Republican Party.

Seth Limmer: Trump’s decision to entertain hatemongers is a part of an ongoing campaign to normalize prejudice

December 1, 2022 at 1:00 p.m.

"We will stand up to hatred and bullying wherever it rears its head." Such was the message at the 2016 Risa K. Lambert Luncheon, Chicago's massive fundraiser for the U.S....

A person deposits a mail-in-ballot at Whitney M. Young Library on Oct. 28, 2022, in Chicago.

The Rev. Otis Moss III, et al.: Voting is a sacred right that we can use to further peace and justice

November 7, 2022 at 12:48 p.m.

The late U.S. Rep. John Lewis once said, "The right to vote is precious, almost sacred. It is the most powerful nonviolent tool or instrument in a democratic society. We...

Supporters hold signs Sept. 15, 2022, outside Cook County Jail during a conference regarding the Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today law, known as the SAFE-T Act.

Seth Limmer, et al.: The end of cash bail will make our criminal justice system more fair

September 30, 2022 at 12:16 p.m.

Now is the time for turning. The season has turned to fall. The weather is turning colder. The leaves, in their wisdom, are also beginning to turn. In the sacred...

Dozens of clergy and community members hold signs before staging a die-in outside of Chuck's Gun Shop on June 22, 2022, in Riverdale.

The Rev. Ciera Bates-Chamberlain, et al.: As faith leaders, we’ve written about gun violence all summer. Fall should bring action.

September 1, 2022 at 2:35 p.m.

Every winter, we start to worry about the summer. And then, when summer ends, we too often do nothing until it's summertime again. As we celebrate this Labor Day weekend,...

Balloons are released May 19, 2022, to honor Seandell Holliday, a 16-year-old student at Gary Comer College Prep who was fatally shot at Millennium Park.

The Rev. Ciera Bates-Chamberlain, et al.: What do our youths think about the violence?

August 25, 2022 at 4:14 p.m.

Opening the newspaper remains one of life's great joys, and, alas, also a portal to life's great sorrows. Last week, as we turned the Tribune's pages on the day this...

Mothers/Men Against Senseless Killings activist Nortasha Stingley speaks on July, 28, 2019, in the wake of the shooting deaths of two women in Englewood.

The Rev. Otis Moss III, et al.: If we want to stop the bloodshed, we have to listen to those most affected by it

August 18, 2022 at 2:05 p.m.

The best solutions are discovered by working with people whose everyday lives are affected by society's most serious problems. This is not just the premise of leading a congregation but...

A Chicago police officer inspects a sawed-off shotgun during a gun turn-in event in the Roseland neighborhood on Sept. 24, 2022.

The Rev. Michael Pfleger, et al.: Buyback programs are a key tool for removing guns from the streets

August 11, 2022 at 4:18 p.m.

"Even if we do something to counter this gun crisis, what are we going to do with the hundreds of thousands of guns already in America?" We have heard this...

Police officers lift perimeter tape at the scene where three men where shot, one fatally, in the 700 block of North Trumbull Avenue in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on Oct. 27, 2021, in Chicago.

Rabbi Seth Limmer, et al.: The city can reduce gun violence by improving clearance rates

August 4, 2022 at 2:38 p.m.

"They got away with murder" is, unfortunately, no idiom. This year in our city of Chicago, barely 1 in reported 10 crimes leads to an arrest, let alone a conviction....

The Rev. Michael Pfleger at The Ark of St. Sabina on May 18, 2022, before a bill signing by Gov. J.B. Pritzker restricting the sale and possession of unserialized firearms, also known as ghost guns.

The Rev. Ciera Bates-Chamberlain, et al.: Why we faith leaders are committed to anti-violence work and justice

July 28, 2022 at 11:23 a.m.

The violence that dominates so much of our lives is a serious problem. The gun violence that threatens us on the streets, in our cars, in restaurants and even in...

Christian Cambray, a job coach with READI Chicago, conducts a virtual cognitive behavioral therapy session with some of his clients on Sept. 30, 2020. Cambray was working on emotional regulation using a grounding technique.

The Rev. Otis Moss III, et al.: Violence interruption and street outreach work. Let’s fund them properly.

July 21, 2022 at 3:22 p.m.

It is hard to see a way forward from our seemingly endless cycle of gun violence. We barely recover from news of one mass shooting before another takes its place...

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