Death Penalty

Quality of Mercy Project created to spur conversation about death penalty, criminal justice

April 14, 2016

A&E For the Piven Theatre Workshop’s executive director Leslie Brown, art can serve as a launchpad to delve into larger issues. That’s why the Evanston-based theater company started the Quality...

Egger: Why the US should abolish the death penalty

May 26, 2014

I was in diapers when George H.W. Bush used Michael Dukakis' opposition to the death penalty as a cudgel in a campaign commercial. Since then, according to a 2013 Pew survey, support for the death penalty...

Goodman: Never has a marathon been so important

November 8, 2012

“Never has a sporting event been less important,” exclaimed Christine Brennan, a USA Today sports writer, writing to persuade Mayor Michael Bloomberg and marathon director Mary Wittenberg to cancel...

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