by Nick Patricca | Jun 27, 2024
In Rogers Park at Loyola Beach a seawall extends north 600 feet from Pratt Pier to where it bends west for a few extra feet into the park. Since 1993, every Father’s Day weekend, the seawall is dressed with the art work of local residents who celebrate the...
by Nick Patricca | Apr 15, 2024
In this editorial published by Windy City Times Media Group on Thursday 11 April 2024, space limitations did not permit me to mention the ongoing attacks on journalists and journalism in Latin America and other regions. Allow me here to mention two perilous situations...
by Nick Patricca | Feb 17, 2024
Mike Johnson wants to rewrite the Constitution to make the United States a Christian nation. James Michael Johnson, Republican from Louisiana’s Fourth District, is the 56th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He was elected Speaker on October 25,...
by Nick Patricca | Jan 8, 2024
The recent change in Vatican policy allowing priests to bless same-gender couples has provoked an unprecedented backlash against Pope Francis and his openness to LGBTQ+ people, a backlash that some fear might devolve into a schism in the Catholic Church. In Africa,...
by Nick Patricca | Nov 3, 2023
In June, at the Harold Washington Library in Chicago, Governor JB Pritzker signed legislation banning book bans in Illinois public libraries. This legislation, initiated by Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, passed the Illinois House and Senate in March by...