Dahleen Glanton

A street sits empty as rain falls in the 5th Ward in Evanston on March 23, 2021. The previous day, Evanston aldermen approved the first expenditures in the city's municipal reparations program designed to compensate Black residents for codified discrimination.

Column: Evanston’s reparations plan is more symbol than substance

March 25, 2021 at 10:00 a.m.

Beyond the sprawling Northwestern University campus in Evanston stands a vibrant African American community. The residents don't live in those luxurious homes near the lakefront. Most of them are working-class...

Brenda Myers-Powell celebrates after a judge ordered prostitution charges against her be vacated. She advocates for survivors of sex trafficking.

Column: There’s plenty of blame to go around in the alleged sexual assaults of a 10-year-old Chicago girl. Let’s not blame the victim.

March 24, 2021 at 10:00 a.m.

No one spoke up for the 10-year-old girl. At least five grown men allegedly raped the little girl over three years, beginning when she was 7. And no one said,...

Column: Candace Owens, spare us your sanctimony over Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion

March 18, 2021 at 9:42 p.m.

Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens were offended by rapper Cardi B's performance during the Grammy Awards show last weekend. According to these right-wing pundits, her sexually explicit song, "WAP," is...

Column: Suburbanites didn’t want a child rapist and murderer in their neighborhood. So why should Englewood have to take him in theirs?

March 18, 2021 at 12:38 p.m.

There probably aren't very many people who would like to have Cayce Williams as a neighbor. He sexually assaulted a 20-month-old girl and beat her to death. It's hard to...

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Column: Evanston’s reparations plan is more symbol than substance

Column: There’s plenty of blame to go around in the alleged sexual assaults of a 10-year-old Chicago girl. Let’s not blame the victim.

Column: Candace Owens, spare us your sanctimony over Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion

Column: Suburbanites didn’t want a child rapist and murderer in their neighborhood. So why should Englewood have to take him in theirs?

Column: Gospel artist Kirk Franklin and the hard truth about toxic relationships

Column: Breonna Taylor. We must never stop saying her name

Column: Meghan Markle saw herself as biracial, but the royals saw her as Black

Column: The liberal Dr. Seuss probably would have thought ‘cancel culture’ was bunk

Column: Sexual misconduct can’t bring down Gov. Cuomo alone. It needs the help of partisan politics.

Column: The Senate hearing proves white supremacy played a big role in the Capitol Hill riot