Phillip Jackson

In this image from video, Dr. David Fowler, a retired forensic pathologist and former chief medical examiner for the state of Maryland, testifies as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides, Wednesday, April 14, 2021, in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. Chauvin is charged in the May 25, 2020 death of George Floyd.

In-custody death reports under former Maryland medical examiner to be reviewed after he testified Chauvin did not kill George Floyd

April 23, 2021 at 11:03 p.m.

The Maryland's Attorney General's Office said Friday it believes there should be a review of "in custody" death reports produced by the state's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner during...

What our schools can’t do — but parents can

May 14, 2019 at 4:48 p.m.

Chicago schools by themselves can never close the academic gap between poor black and Latino students and their more affluent white and Asian counterparts. Schools cannot eliminate the racial academic...

What our schools can’t do — but parents can

December 24, 2018 at 11:24 a.m.

STATE OF CHA

August 20, 2021 at 10:31 p.m.

On June 1, I will have been at the Chicago Housing Authority for one year. It has only been a year, but it has been a year of hope, progress...

CHA DEFENDS POLICE CHANGES

August 10, 2021 at 10:03 p.m.

The Chicago Housing Authority praises the Chicago Tribune for its efforts to highlight the need for change in Chicago's public housing and the CHA's ongoing efforts to improve the quality...

READING SUCCESS

August 11, 2021 at 6:03 a.m.

Reading is the key to success in school. If you do not read well, you probably will not understand the problems of math, the issues of history, the formulas of...

BASKETBALL IS NOT THE TICKET OUT

August 11, 2021 at 4:56 p.m.

Regarding the June 9 article "It is the only ticket out of here" (Main news): It implied that the only way for African-American youth (particularly young men) to get out...

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