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Revised nutrition labeling won’t improve our diets

CHICAGO — The journal Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation recently published a policy brief about the latest federal Dietary Guidelines for Americans, introduced with this succinct...

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Expect more from low income, minority students

CHICAGO — We’ve heard for years that when it comes to African-Americans, Hispanics and low-income minority communities in general, expectations for academic achievement are low.

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Having the tough talk about how we wish to die

CHICAGO — There’s no better time than now to talk about dying. And if the best-seller lists are any indication, it’s a really hot topic these days.

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It’s stressful to break the cycle of poverty

CHICAGO — Though we like to think of a college degree as an unqualified good, it isn’t always. Maybe even especially not so for those who are seen to be the greatest beneficiaries of a...

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Do Democrats deserve the minority vote?

CHICAGO — So let’s just posit that Hillary Clinton wins the presidency in November because her opponent, Donald Trump, is so off-putting that African-Americans, Hispanics, Asian-Americans — and others...

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Long-term effects of a childhood in hunger

CHICAGO — In a country where the biggest headlines about food are about the prickly issues of overconsumption and weight loss, prolonged hunger is difficult for most people to relate to.

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A Bill of Rights for domestic workers

CHICAGO — Workers’ rights are on a bit of a roll these days. Not only are $15 minimum-wage increases starting to take hold in top cities across the country, but bills mandating paid sick time are...

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Pinch your nose and vote for the lesser of two evils

CHARLESTON, S.C. — On rare occasions, Americans coalesce around a common cause, usually following some calamity — a terrorist attack, a natural disaster or, say, during a presidential election.

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Passion, practice, purpose, hope equal grit

CHICAGO — Education policy wonks have been hearing the gospel of grit as evangelized by Angela Duckworth for years now. Her premise that academic success can be attributed to a child’s tolerance for...

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Let’s not squander the talents of our immigrants

CHICAGO — It is often said that the problem with immigrants is that they’re poor and contribute only their cheap labor when they get here.

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Trump supporters, like everyone, deserve to be heard

CHICAGO — So far, the smartest thing I’ve read about this election season was written by Christina Saenz-Alcantara, a “Chicana small-business owner, daily meditator and nonprofit advocate” on the...

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Sweet side of a transcendent prizefighter

CHICAGO — Muhammad Ali kissed me once. On the cheek.

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A Trump-Sotomayor alliance on judicial impartiality?

CHICAGO — Imagine that: Donald Trump and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor now agree on the role of heritage in a judge’s ability to be impartial. They both say it’s a nonissue.

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Seeking a path to academic success for low-income children

CHICAGO — In his new book, “Helping Children Succeed: What Works and Why,” journalist Paul Tough investigates the challenge of educating low-income children, who now account for more than half of all...

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Hunger never takes a holiday or summer break

CHICAGO — Though summer tends to deliver a few opportunities to put our feet up and take it easy, hunger never takes a holiday.

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Asian-Americans can’t escape the pigeonhole

CHICAGO — It has been nearly a year since the Pew Research Center reported that Asian immigrants are elbowing Latin Americans aside and are projected to become the largest immigrant group by 2055....

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News spectacle unfolds on your phone

CHICAGO (TNS) — In the days after the 9/11 attacks, mental health experts pleaded that the public not steep themselves and their families in the wall-to-wall footage of death and terror.

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Diversifying the workplace a net gain for us all

CHICAGO — There is near-universal agreement that Silicon Valley needs more diversity.

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Dining hall chow reveals educational divide at private colleges

CHICAGO — As they select schools for their children, should well-off Americans consider their college decisions a moral act?

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For the kids, turn down that racket

CHICAGO — In his book “The Unwanted Sound of Everything We Want,” Garret Keizer writes: “Noise is not the most important problem in the world. Compared to the disasters of famine, war, and global...

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