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							<title><![CDATA[Our Criminal Justice System Has Gone Awry]]></title>
							<link>https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2022/1/28/22907096/melissa-ortega-emilio-corripio-little-village-gang-shooting-child-victims</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mary Mitchell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The juvenile courts shouldn't have left Emilio Corripio, a self-proclaimed gang member, free to ride around with a 27-year-old 'friend' aiming for rival gang members.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Shootings of Cops Also an Assault on Chicago]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mary Mitchell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Eight people shot, one dead. Seeing the horrible news crawl across my TV screen, for a moment, I was confused. Did someone post old news? Or did this really happen so soon after a mass shooting at a South Side warehouse party left two people dead and 15 wounded?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Because of Trump Supporters, I Now Loathe the American Flag]]></title>
							<link>https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/3/12/22327955/american-flag-loses-meaning-trumpsters-donald-trump-capitol-riot-racism-inequality</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mary Mitchell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, I'm having an even more difficult time seeing the American flag as a symbol of 'one nation under God.']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Looters Are Looters No Matter the Circumstances]]></title>
							<link>https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/8/10/21362713/looters-are-looters-no-matter-what-circumstances</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mary Mitchell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Don't be confused. The young people smashing and grabbing on the Mag Mile on Sunday weren't protesting. They were stealing.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Families Seeking Justice Feel Cheated by Smollett Fiasco]]></title>
							<link>https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mitchell-unsolved-murders-smollett-investigation-police-resources/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mary Mitchell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In a city where fewer than 1 in 6 homicides were solved in 2018, the waste of police resources investigating the Smollett case was a crime in itself.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jussie Owes Apology to Chicago, Victims, Trump Supporters]]></title>
							<link>https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/hateful-publicity-stunt-lands-empire-star-jail/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mary Mitchell</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Empire'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' star Jussie Smollett might as well save some big money and publicly apologize to Chicagoans for allegedly orchestrating a hoax that squandered the city'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s resources.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sentence Shows Teenager's Black Life Didn't Matter]]></title>
							<link>https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mitchell-van-dyke-sentence-police-shooting-laquan-mcdonald-murder-case-black-lives-dont-matter/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mary Mitchell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the end, the life of teenager Laquan McDonald was not valued.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[We Need a Conversation About Sex &amp; Workplace]]></title>
							<link>https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mitchell-we-need-a-broader-conversation-on-sex-workplace-issues/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 17 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mary Mitchell</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Chicago: Our City, One Year, 780 Murders]]></title>
							<link>http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mitchell-our-city-one-year-778-murders/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mary Mitchell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[MITCHELL: To many, the faces staring out from the collage of victims murdered in 2016 have no connection to them. But take a closer look.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Emanuel Sorry, But Still Dodging Tough Questions]]></title>
							<link>http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/7/71/1168212/mayor-dodges-tough-questions-concilatory-speech</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mary Mitchell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If black aldermen wanted to see Mayor Rahm Emanuel humbled, they got a good showing on Wednesday.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Emanuel apologized for being the mayor of a city where a black teen named Laquan McDonald was shot 16 times by Jason Van Dyke, a white Chicago Police officer with a string of excessive...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Footage of Bland Arrest Raises Questions]]></title>
							<link>http://chicago.suntimes.com/mary-mitchell/7/71/815701/dashcam-video-sandra-bland-questions</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mary Mitchell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Sandra Bland sounded like she couldn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t believe what was happening.The controversial dashcam video that recorded her arrest by Texas State Trooper Brian Encinia captured yelling, cursing and threats.But what stuck out for me was Bland'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s shock.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Shedding a Symbol That Divides Us]]></title>
							<link>http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/7/71/711939/south-carolina-acts-remove-divisive-flag</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mary Mitchell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When it comes to hate, there is no surrender.There is only defeat.In this instance, it took nine innocent black lives to do it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kanye's N-Word Use Only Emboldens Racists]]></title>
							<link>http://chicago.suntimes.com/mary-mitchell/7/71/438925/kanye-wests-use-n-word-emboldens-racists</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mary Mitchell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It is a quirky coincidence.Shortly after Kanye West released his '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'All Day, n'&#'.ord('*').';''&#'.ord('*').';''&#'.ord('*').';''&#'.ord('*').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' single, a video surfaced showing members of the Oklahoma University Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity singing a racist rant.The punishment was so swift it made my head swim.Within hours, the chapter...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Making of the &quot;Other&quot; Chicago]]></title>
							<link>http://prospect.org/article/making-other-chicago</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mary Mitchell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[January was the deadliest month in Chicago in more than a decade. Forty-two people lost their lives on the city'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s streets, most of them to gun violence. For 2012, the total number of homicides was 509, of which 443 involved firearms. While most of the shootings could be attributed...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Where's Anger Over Gangs Killing Innocents?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.suntimes.com/news/mitchell/18882777-452/mitchell-people-should-get-angry-over-gangs-killing-innocent-people.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mary Mitchell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When will black people get as outraged over a gang-banger killing innocent people as they do when a police officer kills an unarmed black man?After police in Brooklyn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s East Flatbush neighborhood fatally shot 16-year-old Kimani Gray last week, mobs of teenage protesters went on a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Where's the Outcry Over Boy's Rap Video?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.suntimes.com/14348576-761/wheres-the-public-outcry-over-chicago-boys-raunchy-rap-video.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mary Mitchell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When a 13-year-old boy shows up in a rap video cursing like a grown man, flashing money and posing with a gun, his parents and other adults involved are morally bankrupt.Unfortunately, there has been no public outcry over a raunchy video titled '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Lil Mouse Get Smoked'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mob Attacks Not About Race]]></title>
							<link>http://www.suntimes.com/news/mitchell/13161962-452/mob-attacks-not-about-race.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mary Mitchell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I have never responded to the columnist down the river.But I was fascinated by Chicago Tribune columnist John Kass'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' take on the recent mob attacks in and around the Streeterville neighborhood.In his interview with the unidentified doctor who was injured in the attack, Kass asked if...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Talking About Race Not Same as Racist Talk]]></title>
							<link>http://www.suntimes.com/news/mitchell/1985462,CST-NWS-mitch12.article</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mary Mitchell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If it were not so pathetic, the political fallout over remarks made by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid would be hilarious.Reid is under attack for saying privately in 2008 that then-Sen. Barack Obama would be a successful black presidential candidate because of his "light-skinned"...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Healthcare For All Would Make a More Just Society]]></title>
							<link>http://www.suntimes.com/news/mitchell/1737729,CST-NWS-mitch27.article</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mary Mitchell</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Cheap Stunt Won't Stop Profiling]]></title>
							<link>http://www.suntimes.com/news/mitchell/1692298,CST-NWS-mitch30.article</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mary Mitchell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If the beer summit President Obama is hosting tonight puts to rest the latest national debate over racial profiling, the White House would consider it a success. But the summit would still be a cheap political trick.As ugly as this episode was for both parties, neither Harvard scholar...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gates Isn't the Face of Racial Profiling]]></title>
							<link>http://www.suntimes.com/news/mitchell/1684524,CST-NWS-mitch26.article</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mary Mitchell</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[NAACP Has Role: Hold Obama Accountable]]></title>
							<link>http://www.suntimes.com/news/mitchell/1670414,mary-mitchell-obama-naacp-071709.article</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mary Mitchell</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Letterman, Wright Done in by Own Words]]></title>
							<link>http://www.suntimes.com/news/mitchell/1621094,CST-NWS-mitch14.article</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mary Mitchell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Nonsense blurted out last week by two gray-haired public figures made them look like they had lost it.Let's start with David Letterman, the late-night talk-show host known for his deadpan humor.Comedians get away with some tacky jokes about public figures. But Letterman pretty much...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[King's Dream Brought Full Circle]]></title>
							<link>http://www.suntimes.com/news/mitchell/1385298,CST-NWS-mitch19.article</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mary Mitchell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Some say that a prophet is a prophet everywhere except in his or her own home.And some even believe that prophets died out during biblical times.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jackson Needs to Answer Questions]]></title>
							<link>http://www.suntimes.com/news/mitchell/1325789,CST-NWS-mitch11.article</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mary Mitchell</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tears Flow as Dream Comes True at Last]]></title>
							<link>http://www.suntimes.com/news/mitchell/1263818,CST-NWS-mitch06.article</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Mary Mitchell</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[McCain's Team of Bigots]]></title>
							<link>http://www.suntimes.com/news/mitchell/1211242,CST-NWS-mitch09.article</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mary Mitchell</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Can't Escape Race Questions]]></title>
							<link>http://www.suntimes.com/news/mitchell/1179168,CST-NWS-mitch23.article</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mary Mitchell</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Dream is Alive]]></title>
							<link>http://www.suntimes.com/news/mitchell/1134526,CST-NWS-mitch29.article</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mary Mitchell</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Glimpse of Michelle's Journey]]></title>
							<link>http://www.suntimes.com/news/mitchell/1126756,CST-NWS-mitch26.article</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Mary Mitchell</author>
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