Dahleen Glanton

Parishioners raise their hands in worship as the Rev. Michael Pfleger leads the Sunday morning service at St. Sabina Church on June 6, 2021. "It's good to be home," an emotional Pfleger said to a packed and jubilant crowd at St. Sabina Church — his first time leading a congregation in five months.

Column: Blind loyalty to the Rev. Michael Pfleger could harm the Black community

March 1, 2021 at 11:00 a.m.

One of the Rev. Michael Pfleger's supporters summed up the sexual abuse allegations against the priest in a way that many might find appropriate. They don't fit with "what I...

People work on a mural in honor of Black History Month and George Floyd in Houston on Feb. 6, 2021. The mural is in front of Jack Yates High School, where Floyd was a student.

Column: It’s time to rethink Black History Month

February 25, 2021 at 11:00 a.m.

In a few days, the month dedicated to celebrating the accomplishments of African Americans will come to an end. This year, more than ever, we should think about the purpose...

Heidi Cruz, wife of then-Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, greets volunteers and supporters working a phone bank March 9, 2016, at the Cruz campaign office in Homer Glen, Ill.

Column: With friends like Heidi Cruz’s, who needs enemies?

February 24, 2021 at 11:00 a.m.

Somebody in Heidi Cruz's close circle of friends is a snitch. And, according to her husband, Sen. Ted Cruz, she's "pretty pissed" about it. His description was a lot harsher....

Joe Ligon, the nation's oldest juvenile lifer, stops for a portrait outside his lawyer's office after he was released from prison Feb. 11, 2021.

Column: Joe Ligon, America’s longest-serving juvenile lifer, has a message for young Black offenders

February 22, 2021 at 11:00 a.m.

I wish that every troubled young African American boy could meet Joe Ligon. I hope they stumble upon the picture of the white-haired man taken shortly after his release from...

Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Wash., speaks during a House Appropriations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on April 3, 2019.

Column: Democrats were wrong to silence impeachment witnesses

February 15, 2021 at 11:00 a.m.

America needed to hear Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler. We needed to hear her voice, repeating what the former president said to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy as the Capitol was...

Trump supporters participate in a rally Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

Column: Let’s call the Capitol riot what it really was — an attempted massacre

February 11, 2021 at 11:18 p.m.

It is clear by the stunning case House impeachment managers presented on Wednesday that the riot on Capitol Hill wasn't just an uprising against the government. Previously unreleased video tells...

Lead House impeachment manager Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), right, hugs House impeachment manager Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.) after she spoke during the second day of the second Senate impeachment trial for former President Donald Trump, at the Capitol in Washington on Feb. 10, 2021.

Column: A repeat offender incited violence against Americans. He should be brought to justice for the Capitol attack.

February 10, 2021 at 12:38 a.m.

Many of us did not look forward to the impeachment trial. We awaited it reluctantly, knowing that it would reopen old wounds and provide no relief. In the weeks since...

Englewood resident Fannie Peeples gets a Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine from Friend Health nurse Syreetta Stinson at the Peace House of I Grow Chicago, March 26, 2021. I Grow Chicago teamed with Friend Health to provide 150 vaccines, coffee and doughnuts at the event.

Column: Separate and unequal: Lagging COVID-19 vaccine rates among Blacks and Latinos are a symptom of America’s chronic health problem

February 8, 2021 at 9:46 p.m.

When it comes to the COVID-19 vaccine, equal access means extra outreach to communities of color It has been eight weeks since the first COVID-19 vaccine was given in the...

Members of Community Justice Initiative and others march Feb. 1, 2021, to protest the police handcuffing and using pepper spray on a 9-year-old girl last Friday in Rochester, N.Y.

Column: Pepper-spraying a 9-year-old girl should never be an option for police

February 4, 2021 at 3:56 p.m.

The little girl seemed traumatized even before the police officers handcuffed her, threw her into the back seat of a squad car and attacked her with pepper spray. When we...

Stacey Abrams looks on during a campaign rally with then-President-elect Joe Biden at Pullman Yard in Atlanta on Dec. 15, 2020.

Column: Stacey Abrams deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. Black Lives Matter does not.

February 3, 2021 at 11:00 a.m.

Stacey Abrams and Black Lives Matter have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Both were unexpected, nontraditional choices. But only one deserves to win. If the Rev. Martin Luther...

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