chicagosun-times--2020-09-01--3 more states added to Chicago’s quarantine travel list as Illinois sees another 39 COVID deaths (LI

3 more states added to Chicago’s quarantine travel list as Illinois sees another 39 COVID deaths (LIVE UPDATES)

3 more states added to Chicago ’ s quarantine travel list as Illinois sees another 39 COVID deaths The Illinois Department of Public Health on Tuesday announced that another 1,492 state residents have tested positive for COVID-19 , with another 39 dying of the virus in the last day .
Meanwhile , the Chicago Department of Public Health added three more states to its 14-day quarantine list — and hinted that Illinois ’ neighbor to the east could soon be added too .
Of the 39 new deaths in Illinois , eight were Cook County residents : all but one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the eighth Cook County victim was a woman in her 30s , according to the Illinois Department of Public Health .
Since the pandemic first took hold , 8,064 Illinoisans have died of the virus .
The state has seen more than 236,000 positive cases .
As of Tuesday , the state ’ s test positivity rate is 4.3 % , according to IDPH .
At last count , more than 1,500 people in Illinois are hospitalized for the coronavirus .
Of those , 362 patients are in an intensive care unit , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the recovery rate for Illinois coronavirus patients is 95 % .
Most people who contract it show mild symptoms or none at all .
7:18 p.m. Chicago area venues to go red for entertainment gig workers Chicago area venue employees , gig workers , and union and congressional leaders are joining concerned citizens in over 60 North American cities to illuminate a select group of venues in red to raise awareness on how the COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged the livelihoods of America ’ s entertainment workers .
A 9 p.m. Tuesday event at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ # WeMakeEvents ’ Red Alert campaign , a nationwide effort to motivate Congress to pass the Reviving the Economy Sustainably Towards A Recovery in Twenty-twenty ( RESTART ) Act , a bill that guarantees loans to small businesses hit hard by COVID-19 .
The bill aims to provide assistance , which can be utilized for payroll , rent , bills , and personal protective equipment to would-be recipients that have less than 500 full-time employees and endured a revenue decline of at least 25 % .
Speakers are scheduled to include entertainment industry @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leaders and elected officials including Chicago Federation of Labor president Bob Reiter , Rosemont Mayor Brad Stephens , and Rep. Robin Kelly ( D-Matteson ) , among others .
5:58 p.m. ‘ A story of two states , ’ Birx says of coronavirus in Chicago area vs. rest of Illinois Dr. Deborah L. Birx , the White House coronavirus response coordinator , contrasted the Chicago area with other parts of Illinois while in town Wednesday to discuss the virus with local leaders .
“ It ’ s like a story of two states @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ We see a constant , low-grade community infection rate in Chicago and the metropolitan area.
” “ We ’ ve seen a growing increase over the last four weeks in the number of counties that are above 5 % and now above 10 % , particularly in the southern area in Illinois.
” Illinois has 61 counties with a positivity rate of more than 5 % , including 13 counties with a positivity rate of more than 10 % , Birx pointed out during a news conference outside Rush University Medical Center @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ We wanted to really understand what the state was doing to mitigate in those areas , ” she said .
An island park in Detroit has become an extraordinary memorial garden , with cars packed with families slowly passing hundreds of photos of city residents who have died from COVID-19 .
Mayor Mike Duggan declared Monday Detroit Memorial Day to honor the 1,500-plus city victims of the pandemic .
Hearses escorted by police led solemn all-day processions around Belle Isle Park in the Detroit River after bells rang across the region @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hope that seeing these beautiful faces on the island today ... will wake people up to the devastating effect of the pandemic , ” said Rochelle Riley , Detroit ’ s director of arts and culture .
The “ memorial was designed to bring some peace to families whose loved ones didn ’ t have the funerals they deserved , ” Riley said .
“ But it may also force us to work harder to limit the number of COVID-19 deaths we ’ ll endure in the coming months.
” The coronavirus pandemic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and has imperiled food security for many millions both in the cities and the countryside .
United Nations experts are holding an online conference beginning Tuesday to brainstorm ways to help alleviate hunger and prevent the problems from worsening in the Asia-Pacific region — a challenge made doubly difficult by the loss of many millions of jobs due to the crisis .
The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization forecasts that the number of undernourished people will increase by up to 132 million in this year , while the number of acutely malnourished children @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the pandemic .
“ We must come to terms with what is before us and recognize that the world and our region has changed , ” said Jong-Jin Kim , the FAO ’ s assistant director-general and regional representative for Asia and the Pacific .
“ We must find new ways to move forward and ensure sustainable food security in the face of these twin pandemics , as well as prepare for threats that can and will evolve in the future , ” Kim said .
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Mask ask : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ faces — or face consequences of COVID-19 ’ s ‘ second surge ’ The month of August averaged 1,812 coronavirus cases per day , not quite back to where Illinois was at during the peak month of May , when the state averaged more than 2,100 cases per day — but definitely backing up officials ’ concerns that the state is trending in the wrong direction .
On Monday , the last day of August , state health officials reported 1,668 new COVID-19 cases and seven additional deaths .
That ends the month @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s alarming average , but more than twice the daily case average of 764 in June , and up sharply from the 1,150-daily average in July .
Thankfully , deaths are not again on the rise — as cases in recent weeks have been traced to younger and more resilient age groups .
But public health officials have been predicting a spike in fatalities is looming .
The daily death count during the peak month of May was 98 .
June saw 51 deaths a day .
There were 19 per day in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were 17 deaths per day .
• On Monday , the last day of August , state health officials reported 1,668 new COVID-19 cases in Illinois and seven additional deaths .
• Claudio Velez , Chicago ’ s beloved ‘ Tamale Guy , ’ is in intensive care with COVID-19 • Another 481 COVID-19 cases were identified at University of Alabama .
8:15 a.m. COVID-19 and crime team up against Chicago ’ s reputation Managers of downtown office buildings say their properties have about 5 % to 10 % of their population on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ little more activity after Labor Day , but how much could depend on school situations .
With remote learning mostly the norm in the city and suburbs , working parents need to supervise their children .
Biggies such as Google and Facebook have extended voluntary work-from-home policies through July 2021 , and other employers have gone at least to next January .
“ There are days I see more boat traffic on the river than cars on the streets , ” said Lance Knez , vice president of Hines Interests and president of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chicago , which has worked closely with the city to make sure health guidelines are followed and properties are ready for more people .
For Knez , the bottom line is this , “ For people to come back to work , employers and employees must first feel safe.
” That applies both to office cleaning regimens and to what ’ s going on outside .
Read the full Chicago Enterprise column from David Roeder here .

The Chicago Department of Public Health added three more states to its 14-day quarantine list — and hinted that Illinois’ neighbor to the east could soon be added too.
Here’s what happened in Chicago and around the state in coronavirus-related news.
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8:55 p.m. 3 more states added to Chicago’s quarantine travel list as Illinois sees another 39 COVID deaths
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - AUGUST 12: Nurses speak to people being tested for Covid-19 at the Northcote Covid-19 testing facility on August 12, 2020 in Auckland, New Zealand. COVID-19 restrictions have been reintroduced across New Zealand after four new COVID-19 cases were diagnosed in Auckland. Auckland will be placed in full lockdown for three days from midday on Wednesday, with all residents to work from home unless they are essential workers and all schools and childcare centres to close. The rest of New Zealand will be subject to Level 2 restrictions. The new cases are all in the same family, with health authorities working to trace back the source of the infection. (Photo by Fiona Goodall/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 775544983 Getty
The Illinois Department of Public Health on Tuesday announced that another 1,492 state residents have tested positive for COVID-19, with another 39 dying of the virus in the last day.
Meanwhile, the Chicago Department of Public Health added three more states to its 14-day quarantine list — and hinted that Illinois’ neighbor to the east could soon be added too.
Of the 39 new deaths in Illinois, eight were Cook County residents: all but one were in their 70s or 80s; the eighth Cook County victim was a woman in her 30s, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health.
Since the pandemic first took hold, 8,064 Illinoisans have died of the virus. The state has seen more than 236,000 positive cases.
As of Tuesday, the state’s test positivity rate is 4.3%, according to IDPH. At last count, more than 1,500 people in Illinois are hospitalized for the coronavirus. Of those, 362 patients are in an intensive care unit, and 146 on ventilators.
Still, the recovery rate for Illinois coronavirus patients is 95%. Most people who contract it show mild symptoms or none at all.
Reporter Sam Charles has the full story.
8:39 p.m. Apple, Google team up to alert you — via cell phone — if you’ve been exposed to COVID-19
Apple and Google teamed up to develop push notifications that let iOS and Android users know if they might have been exposed to COVID-19.
The companies announced the news on Tuesday and the effort is called Exposure Notifications Express. It’s an opt-in based system that lets your local public health agency alert you to potential coronavirus exposure via a notice on your smartphone. It’ll also allow the agency to guide residents on actions to take if they’ve been exposed, according to Apple and Google.
The development picks up where the company’s other collaborative effort left off. They previously worked together to create Bluetooth technology that helped health agencies develop mobile apps that can identify people who’ve been near with someone infected with the coronavirus.
Constant digital surveillance raises a number of questions regarding privacy: Will your location data be sold? How will it be used, and who has access to it?
Read the full report here.
7:18 p.m. Chicago area venues to go red for entertainment gig workers
Chicago area venue employees, gig workers, and union and congressional leaders are joining concerned citizens in over 60 North American cities to illuminate a select group of venues in red to raise awareness on how the COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged the livelihoods of America’s entertainment workers.
A 9 p.m. Tuesday event at the Allstate Arena is a part of #WeMakeEvents’ Red Alert campaign, a nationwide effort to motivate Congress to pass the Reviving the Economy Sustainably Towards A Recovery in Twenty-twenty (RESTART) Act, a bill that guarantees loans to small businesses hit hard by COVID-19.
The bill aims to provide assistance, which can be utilized for payroll, rent, bills, and personal protective equipment to would-be recipients that have less than 500 full-time employees and endured a revenue decline of at least 25%.
Speakers are scheduled to include entertainment industry gig workers, labor leaders, community leaders and elected officials including Chicago Federation of Labor president Bob Reiter, Rosemont Mayor Brad Stephens, and Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Matteson), among others.
Reporter Evan F. Moore has the full story.
5:58 p.m. ‘A story of two states,’ Birx says of coronavirus in Chicago area vs. rest of Illinois
Dr. Deborah L. Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, contrasted the Chicago area with other parts of Illinois while in town Wednesday to discuss the virus with local leaders.
“It’s like a story of two states right now,” she said. “We see a constant, low-grade community infection rate in Chicago and the metropolitan area.”
“We’ve seen a growing increase over the last four weeks in the number of counties that are above 5% and now above 10%, particularly in the southern area in Illinois.”
Illinois has 61 counties with a positivity rate of more than 5%, including 13 counties with a positivity rate of more than 10%, Birx pointed out during a news conference outside Rush University Medical Center after a closed-door meeting with health officials.
“We wanted to really understand what the state was doing to mitigate in those areas,” she said.
Reporter Mitch Dudek has the full story.
5:06 p.m. COVID-19 victims honored in public park transformed into memorial garden
A procession of vehicles drive past photos of Detroit victims of COVID-19, Monday, Aug. 31, 2020 on Belle Isle in Detroit. Families have a chance to take one last public look at their lost loved ones in the nation’s first citywide memorial to honor victims of the pandemic. Mourners will join 14 consecutive funeral processions to drive past nearly 900 large poster-sized photos of their loved ones staked around the island. AP
An island park in Detroit has become an extraordinary memorial garden, with cars packed with families slowly passing hundreds of photos of city residents who have died from COVID-19.
Mayor Mike Duggan declared Monday Detroit Memorial Day to honor the 1,500-plus city victims of the pandemic. Hearses escorted by police led solemn all-day processions around Belle Isle Park in the Detroit River after bells rang across the region at 8:45 a.m.
“It is our hope that seeing these beautiful faces on the island today ... will wake people up to the devastating effect of the pandemic,” said Rochelle Riley, Detroit’s director of arts and culture.
The “memorial was designed to bring some peace to families whose loved ones didn’t have the funerals they deserved,” Riley said. “But it may also force us to work harder to limit the number of COVID-19 deaths we’ll endure in the coming months.”
Read the full report here.
9:13 a.m. Pandemic threatens food security for millions
The coronavirus pandemic has brought hard times for many farmers and has imperiled food security for many millions both in the cities and the countryside.
United Nations experts are holding an online conference beginning Tuesday to brainstorm ways to help alleviate hunger and prevent the problems from worsening in the Asia-Pacific region — a challenge made doubly difficult by the loss of many millions of jobs due to the crisis.
The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization forecasts that the number of undernourished people will increase by up to 132 million in this year, while the number of acutely malnourished children will rise by 6.7 million worldwide due to the pandemic.
“We must come to terms with what is before us and recognize that the world and our region has changed,” said Jong-Jin Kim, the FAO’s assistant director-general and regional representative for Asia and the Pacific.
“We must find new ways to move forward and ensure sustainable food security in the face of these twin pandemics, as well as prepare for threats that can and will evolve in the future,” Kim said.
Read the full story here.
8:09 a.m. Mask ask: Cook County urges residents to cover their faces — or face consequences of COVID-19’s ‘second surge’
The month of August averaged 1,812 coronavirus cases per day, not quite back to where Illinois was at during the peak month of May, when the state averaged more than 2,100 cases per day — but definitely backing up officials’ concerns that the state is trending in the wrong direction.
On Monday, the last day of August, state health officials reported 1,668 new COVID-19 cases and seven additional deaths.
That ends the month with a caseload shy of May’s alarming average, but more than twice the daily case average of 764 in June, and up sharply from the 1,150-daily average in July.
Thankfully, deaths are not again on the rise — as cases in recent weeks have been traced to younger and more resilient age groups. But public health officials have been predicting a spike in fatalities is looming.
The daily death count during the peak month of May was 98. June saw 51 deaths a day. There were 19 per day in July. And in August, there were 17 deaths per day.
Reporter Mitch Dudek has the full story.
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8:15 a.m. COVID-19 and crime team up against Chicago’s reputation
Managers of downtown office buildings say their properties have about 5% to 10% of their population on a typical workday. They expect a little more activity after Labor Day, but how much could depend on school situations.
With remote learning mostly the norm in the city and suburbs, working parents need to supervise their children. Biggies such as Google and Facebook have extended voluntary work-from-home policies through July 2021, and other employers have gone at least to next January.
“There are days I see more boat traffic on the river than cars on the streets,” said Lance Knez, vice president of Hines Interests and president of the Building Owners and Managers Association of Chicago, which has worked closely with the city to make sure health guidelines are followed and properties are ready for more people.
For Knez, the bottom line is this, “For people to come back to work, employers and employees must first feel safe.” That applies both to office cleaning regimens and to what’s going on outside.
Read the full Chicago Enterprise column from David Roeder here.


chicagosun-times--2020-09-01--‘Tom of Your Life’: In mere hours, a boy becomes man in a lovely indie

If you met Tom and he told you the years were flying by like hours , or he has to live each day like it ’ s his last one on Earth , he wouldn ’ t be merely engaging in inspirational-poster hyperbole .
You see , Tom was born with an extremely rare condition that causes him to age four years , every hour on the hour .
Imagine soaring from infancy to old age over the course of one day , even as you ’ re just learning about the world !
Tom is living Ferris Bueller ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s not Benjamin Button , he ’ s Benjamin One-and-Done .
This is the fascinating premise of the lovely and brilliant and poignant “ Tom of Your Life , ” a strong feature debut by writer-director Jer Sklar , who also stars as Tom from ages 28-104 , and composed and performed the music with his band ( the Blackstrap Molasses ) for this indie gem , and I wouldn ’ t be surprised to learn he showed up every morning with coffee and donuts for the cast and crew .
I loved @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ground running with its premise and trusts us to just go with it and not ask too many questions .
I loved how it made great use of location shots in Door County , Wisconsin ; the Full Moon Family Restaurant in Lake Bluff.
, Illinois , and a couple of very different types of shrines : Saint Vincent DePaul Catholic Church and the Inner Town Pub in Ukrainian Village .
Mostly , though , I loved the skillful storytelling and the universally excellent performances from a cast of mostly unknowns who are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tragicomic circumstances .
Baize Buzan hits every acting note she reaches for in a memorably grounded performance as Jess , a nurse with shall we say a colorful past who kidnaps/rescues Tom shortly after his birth at a Wisconsin hospital , because she doesn ’ t want him to spend his only day of existence being prodded and poked and analyzed like a lab specimen .
( There ’ s a convenient if convoluted little explanation that basically takes Tom ’ s parents out of the equation , which helps ease our concerns @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) She tucks Tom into the back seat of her clunker car and starts heading to Chicago , where she has a half-baked plan about where to take him .
When we meet Tom , he ’ s 8 years old ( and played by Judah Abner Paul ) , and filled with curiosity about the world .
“ What are you eating ?
” he asks a man in a diner .
Tom knows some things and doesn ’ t know other things .
That ’ s just the way it is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but he doesn ’ t know what a bug is .
As he progresses through adolescence and his teenage years , he hears rock ’ n ’ roll for the first time , experiences a sexual awakening and takes the wheel of the car .
( Director Sklar frames the road-trip transitions like postcards , with the bright colors of fall foliage reflecting the rapidly changing seasons in Tom ’ s compressed life . )
Jess is barely able to keep it together as she juggles watching over and teaching Tom about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ law ( after all , she has committed a felony ) , trying to make contact with an ex at the University of Chicago who might be able to do something about Tom ’ s condition — and trying to stay sober , a real challenge for her .
Buzan ’ s work is even more impressive when you consider she ’ s interacting with one character , but four different actors play that character at various ages .
Sklar does a fine job portraying Tom as a young man , Tom in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ old .
( The makeup is first-rate and worthy of a big-budget Hollywood production . )
We know Tom is going to go through certain rites of passage and get into some dicey situations ; the first time he sees a person of color , it ’ s on an L train , and he ’ s lucky his observation doesn ’ t get him bounced up and down the car .
We ’ re not surprised the film touches on themes of faith and hope and love and despair .
( There @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 94-year-old Chicago stage legend Mike Nussbaum makes a cameo as a priest who offers to help Tom . )
Yet each stop on this unique journey is handled with humor and warmth and grace .
This is one of my favorite movies of 2020 .

If you met Tom and he told you the years were flying by like hours, or he has to live each day like it’s his last one on Earth, he wouldn’t be merely engaging in inspirational-poster hyperbole. You see, Tom was born with an extremely rare condition that causes him to age four years, every hour on the hour. Imagine soaring from infancy to old age over the course of one day, even as you’re just learning about the world!
Tom is living Ferris Bueller’s One Day Off. He’s not Benjamin Button, he’s Benjamin One-and-Done.
This is the fascinating premise of the lovely and brilliant and poignant “Tom of Your Life,” a strong feature debut by writer-director Jer Sklar, who also stars as Tom from ages 28-104, and composed and performed the music with his band (the Blackstrap Molasses) for this indie gem, and I wouldn’t be surprised to learn he showed up every morning with coffee and donuts for the cast and crew.
‘Tom of Your Life
Untitled Gravitas Ventures presents a film written and directed by Jer Sklar. No MPAA rating. Running time: 93 minutes. Available now on DVD and on demand.
I loved this movie and how it hits the ground running with its premise and trusts us to just go with it and not ask too many questions. I loved how it made great use of location shots in Door County, Wisconsin; the Full Moon Family Restaurant in Lake Bluff., Illinois, and a couple of very different types of shrines: Saint Vincent DePaul Catholic Church and the Inner Town Pub in Ukrainian Village. Mostly, though, I loved the skillful storytelling and the universally excellent performances from a cast of mostly unknowns who are playing authentic characters dealing with absurd, tragicomic circumstances.
Baize Buzan hits every acting note she reaches for in a memorably grounded performance as Jess, a nurse with shall we say a colorful past who kidnaps/rescues Tom shortly after his birth at a Wisconsin hospital, because she doesn’t want him to spend his only day of existence being prodded and poked and analyzed like a lab specimen. (There’s a convenient if convoluted little explanation that basically takes Tom’s parents out of the equation, which helps ease our concerns Jess is more villain than savior.) She tucks Tom into the back seat of her clunker car and starts heading to Chicago, where she has a half-baked plan about where to take him.
When we meet Tom, he’s 8 years old (and played by Judah Abner Paul), and filled with curiosity about the world.
“What are you eating?” he asks a man in a diner.
“Meat loaf,” comes the reply.
“What does it taste like?”
Pause. “A loaf of meat.”
Tom (Dominic Rescigno) is barely recognizable after he sprouts to age 16. Gravitas Ventures
Tom knows some things and doesn’t know other things. That’s just the way it is. He knows what a farm is, but he doesn’t know what a bug is. As he progresses through adolescence and his teenage years, he hears rock ’n’ roll for the first time, experiences a sexual awakening and takes the wheel of the car. (Director Sklar frames the road-trip transitions like postcards, with the bright colors of fall foliage reflecting the rapidly changing seasons in Tom’s compressed life.) Jess is barely able to keep it together as she juggles watching over and teaching Tom about life, taking steps to avoid the law (after all, she has committed a felony), trying to make contact with an ex at the University of Chicago who might be able to do something about Tom’s condition — and trying to stay sober, a real challenge for her.
Buzan’s work is even more impressive when you consider she’s interacting with one character, but four different actors play that character at various ages. Sklar does a fine job portraying Tom as a young man, Tom in middle age, Tom at 100 years old. (The makeup is first-rate and worthy of a big-budget Hollywood production.)
At 44, Tom is played by Jer Sklar, also the film’s writer and director. Christopher Rejano
We know Tom is going to go through certain rites of passage and get into some dicey situations; the first time he sees a person of color, it’s on an L train, and he’s lucky his observation doesn’t get him bounced up and down the car. We’re not surprised the film touches on themes of faith and hope and love and despair. (There’s a lovely moment when the 96-year-old Chicago stage legend Mike Nussbaum makes a cameo as a priest who offers to help Tom.) Yet each stop on this unique journey is handled with humor and warmth and grace.
This is one of my favorite movies of 2020.


chicagosun-times--2020-09-01--Tempers, tension and taunts in Kenosha — but also efforts to heal: ‘Trying to turn something good ou

Tempers, tension and taunts in Kenosha — but also efforts to heal: ‘Trying to turn something good out of all this’

KENOSHA , Wis. — The crowd that awaited President Donald Trump ’ s visit here on Tuesday mirrored much of the American political climate over the past four years : loud , angry , bitter and divided .
But on the block where Jacob Blake was shot in the back by a Kenosha police officer barely a week ago , it was a party — still loud , but focused on healing .
“ We ’ re trying to turn something good out of all this , ” Anthony Garden said , slathering sauce over racks of ribs on a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ apartment complex near 40th Street and 28th Avenue .
A few hundred neighbors , activists and relatives of Blake took part in the community block party that made the neighborhood feel more like a Labor Day weekend gathering than the current epicenter of the nation ’ s latest reckoning with police violence and racism .
Instead , kids jumped in bounce houses , dance music blared , and residents shared water bottles , snacks , and face masks .
Organizers also set up tables for people to register to vote , and even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ McLean said they were out providing the services that have been denied Black communities for generations .
“ We still don ’ t have the care , safety , and support that every one of us needs , ” McLean said , denouncing “ the language of hate and fear that Trump and others like him use to divide us.
” Craig Young , a Chicago native who lives a few blocks from where Blake was shot , said “ Trump should ’ ve stayed where he was .
But it ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and turning it into something fruitful .
It ’ s sad it had to happen this way.
” But elsewhere in town and across the region , both supporters and opponents of Trump were busy making their feelings known — and often competing to see who was loudest .
Upon arrival at Waukegan National Airport across the state line , Trump ’ s motorcade was greeted by people holding signs , some cheerfully bearing his name , some declaring “ Black Lives Matter ” and others , simply labeling the president “ Liar.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , instead holding up their middle fingers .
In Kenosha , the city square that ’ s been home to days of raucous protest — and bloodshed — was mostly quiet through the afternoon as Trump made the rounds a few blocks away to survey areas of damage .
National Guard members kept watch outside the Kenosha County Courthouse while a plane flew overhead trailing a banner that read : “ Reject Trump ’ s violence .
Vote him out.
” Two groups of demonstrators eventually converged , with about 100 waving Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” in response to the crowd on the other side that roughly doubled them in size , chanting “ Black Lives Matter.
” The discourse devolved from there to name-calling and mutual insults , from “ Marxists ” and “ communists ” to “ racists ” and “ Karens.
” Some Trump supporters also chanted for the release of Kyle Rittenhouse , the 17-year-old accused of killing two protesters during a chaotic night last week .
Trump has declined to denounce the Antioch teen ’ s actions .
Steven Fani , 51 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to thank the president .
“ It was very disheartening and frightening to see all the looting and rioting happening around me , ” the Kenosha resident said .
“ I never thought I would see that kind of destruction in my life here in America .
… I hope he sees the devastation and helps out these businesses and these people hurt by the riots.
” Fani said he wanted “ all the facts out first ” before he ’ d make up his mind on whether the police shooting of Blake @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Shamell Green said Trump ’ s visit only brought “ brutality and chaos.
” Green clashed repeatedly with the supporters of Trump , asking how they could back such a “ divisive ” person .
“ For years he has stoked flames where there was no need to , ” Green said .
“ He separates children from migrant families , he joked about [ sexually ] assaulting women , and he is now defending a kid who crossed state lines and ended up killing two people here.
” As they ’ ve @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the protests were peaceful as the downtown crowd dwindled to about a hundred by 4 p.m .
The tensest moment came when the remaining Black Lives Matter protesters were approached by a man wearing a “ Proud Boys ” white supremacist group shirt .
Protesters shouted down the man and chased him to a nearby gas station , drawing a dozen squad cars of police who up until that point had been conspicuously absent from all the demonstrations .
After a brief but tense shouting match with police , protesters headed back @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the apparent “ Proud Boy ” away .
Manny Ramos is a corps member in Report for America , a not-for-profit journalism program that aims to bolster Sun-Times coverage of issues affecting Chicago ’ s South and West sides

KENOSHA, Wis. — The crowd that awaited President Donald Trump’s visit here on Tuesday mirrored much of the American political climate over the past four years: loud, angry, bitter and divided.
But on the block where Jacob Blake was shot in the back by a Kenosha police officer barely a week ago, it was a party — still loud, but focused on healing.
“We’re trying to turn something good out of all this,” Anthony Garden said, slathering sauce over racks of ribs on a grill set up outside Blake’s apartment complex near 40th Street and 28th Avenue.
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A few hundred neighbors, activists and relatives of Blake took part in the community block party that made the neighborhood feel more like a Labor Day weekend gathering than the current epicenter of the nation’s latest reckoning with police violence and racism.
Instead, kids jumped in bounce houses, dance music blared, and residents shared water bottles, snacks, and face masks. Organizers also set up tables for people to register to vote, and even get tested for COVID-19.
Organizer Tanya McLean said they were out providing the services that have been denied Black communities for generations.
“We still don’t have the care, safety, and support that every one of us needs,” McLean said, denouncing “the language of hate and fear that Trump and others like him use to divide us.”
Anthony Garden barbecues ribs outside Jacob Blake’s apartment complex in Kenosha on Tuesday. Mitchell Armentrout/Sun-Times
Craig Young, a Chicago native who lives a few blocks from where Blake was shot, said “Trump should’ve stayed where he was. But it’s good to see people taking a tragedy and turning it into something fruitful. It’s sad it had to happen this way.”
“People are healing here,” Kenoshan Joquin Gomez said.
But elsewhere in town and across the region, both supporters and opponents of Trump were busy making their feelings known — and often competing to see who was loudest.
President Donald Trump’s motorcade travels by Sheridan Road and 60th Street in Kenosha, Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 1, 2020. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times 1 of 32 Supporters of President Donald Trump watch as his motorcade travels by Sheridan Road and 60th Street in Kenosha, Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 1, 2020. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times 2 of 32 A Black Lives Matter protester burns a “Make America Great Again” hat in downtown Kenosha, Tuesday evening, Sept. 1, 2020. President Donald Trump visited Kenosha Tuesday after the police shooting of Jacob Blake led unrest in the Wisconsin city. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times 3 of 32 Supporters of President Donald Trump and Black Lives Matter protesters argue and shout over each other outside of the Kenosha County Courthouse, in anticipation of the president’s arrive in the Wisconsin city, Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 1, 2020. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times 4 of 32 President Donald Trump’s motorcade travels by Sheridan Road and 60th Street in Kenosha, Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 1, 2020. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times 5 of 32 Supporters of President Donald Trump and Black Lives Matter protesters argue and shout over each other outside of the Kenosha County Courthouse, in anticipation of the president’s arrive in the Wisconsin city, Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 1, 2020. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times 6 of 32 Supporters of President Donald Trump and Black Lives Matter protesters argue and shout over each other outside of the Kenosha County Courthouse, in anticipation of the president’s arrive in the Wisconsin city, Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 1, 2020. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times 7 of 32 Black Lives Matter protesters march around downtown Kenosha, Tuesday evening, Sept. 1, 2020. President Donald Trump visited Kenosha Tuesday after the police shooting of Jacob Blake led unrest in the Wisconsin city. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times 8 of 32 Supporters of President Donald Trump and Black Lives Matter protesters argue and shout over each other outside of the Kenosha County Courthouse, in anticipation of the president’s arrive in the Wisconsin city, Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 1, 2020. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times 9 of 32 Supporters of President Donald Trump and Black Lives Matter protesters argue and shout over each other outside of the Kenosha County Courthouse, in anticipation of the president’s arrive in the Wisconsin city, Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 1, 2020. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times 10 of 32 Supporters of President Donald Trump and Black Lives Matter protesters wait for his motorcade at Sheridan Road and 60th Street in Kenosha, Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 1, 2020. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times 11 of 32 Supporters of President Donald Trump watch as his motorcade travels by Sheridan Road and 60th Street in Kenosha, Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 1, 2020. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times 12 of 32 Supporters of President Donald Trump and Black Lives Matter protesters argue and shout over each other outside of the Kenosha County Courthouse, in anticipation of the president’s arrive in the Wisconsin city, Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 1, 2020. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times 13 of 32 A member of the Proud Boys, a far-right extremist organization, and a woman wearing a MAGA hat spar with Black Lives Matter protesters outside the Kenosha County Courthouse, Tuesday evening, Sept. 1, 2020. President Donald Trump visited Kenosha Tuesday after the police shooting of Jacob Blake led unrest in the Wisconsin city. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times 14 of 32 A member of the Proud Boys, a far-right extremist organization, and a woman wearing a MAGA hat are pursued by Black Lives Matter protesters after an argument outside the Kenosha County Courthouse, Tuesday evening, Sept. 1, 2020. President Donald Trump visited Kenosha Tuesday after the police shooting of Jacob Blake led unrest in the Wisconsin city. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times 15 of 32 A member of the Proud Boys, a far-right extremist organization, and a woman wearing a MAGA hat are escorted from the area by Kenosha police officers after an argument with Black Lives Matter protesters near the Kenosha County Courthouse, Tuesday evening, Sept. 1, 2020. President Donald Trump visited Kenosha Tuesday after the police shooting of Jacob Blake led unrest in the Wisconsin city. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times 16 of 32 A Black Lives Matter protester yells at Kenosha police officers after she was pepper-sprayed during a skirmish with a member of the Proud Boys, a far-right extremist organization, and a woman wearing a MAGA hat near the Kenosha County Courthouse, Tuesday evening, Sept. 1, 2020. President Donald Trump visited Kenosha Tuesday after the police shooting of Jacob Blake led unrest in the Wisconsin city. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times 17 of 32 Supporters of President Donald Trump and Black Lives Matter protesters argue and shout over each other outside of the Kenosha County Courthouse, in anticipation of the president’s arrive in the Wisconsin city, Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 1, 2020. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times 18 of 32 Supporters of President Trump and Black Lives Matter protesters gather outside the Kenosha County Courthouse in anticipation of the president’s arrival. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times 19 of 32 Black Lives Matter protesters march around downtown Kenosha, Tuesday evening, Sept. 1, 2020. President Donald Trump visited Kenosha Tuesday after the police shooting of Jacob Blake led unrest in the Wisconsin city. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times 20 of 32 Supporters of President Trump and Black Lives Matter protesters gather outside the Kenosha County Courthouse in anticipation of the president’s arrival. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times 21 of 32 Supporters of President Trump and Black Lives Matter protesters gather outside the Kenosha County Courthouse in anticipation of the president’s arrival. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times 22 of 32 Supporters of President Trump and Black Lives Matter protesters gather outside the Kenosha County Courthouse in anticipation of the president’s arrival. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times 23 of 32 Jacob Blake’s uncle, Justin Blake, hugs a supporter during a community event hosted by the Blake family on the block where Jacob Blake was shot in the back by a Kenosha police officer, Tuesday morning, Sept. 1, 2020. President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Kenosha Tuesday afternoon to meet with local officials and survey areas affected by the unrest in the wake of the shooting. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times 24 of 32 Jacob Blake’s uncle, Justin Blake, walks with Rev. Jesse Jackson during a community event hosted by the Blake family on the block where Jacob Blake was shot in the back by a Kenosha police officer, Tuesday morning, Sept. 1, 2020. President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Kenosha Tuesday afternoon to meet with local officials and survey areas affected by the unrest in the wake of the shooting. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times 25 of 32 Members of the Wisconsin National Guard keep watch outside the Kenosha County Courthouse, more than a week after police shot Jacob Blake prompting unrest in the Wisconsin city, Tuesday morning, Sept. 1, 2020. President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Kenosha Tuesday afternoon to survey areas affected by the unrest and meet with local officials. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times 26 of 32 Members of the Wisconsin National Guard keep watch outside the Kenosha County Courthouse, more than a week after police shot Jacob Blake prompting unrest in the Wisconsin city, Tuesday morning, Sept. 1, 2020. President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Kenosha Tuesday afternoon to survey areas affected by the unrest and meet with local officials. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times 27 of 32 A plan circles Kenosha more than a week after police shot Jacob Blake prompting unrest in the Wisconsin city, Tuesday morning, Sept. 1, 2020. President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Kenosha Tuesday afternoon to survey areas affected by the unrest and meet with local officials. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times 28 of 32 A man chats with members of the Wisconsin National Guard standing inside the barricade outside the Kenosha County Courthouse, more than a week after police shot Jacob Blake, prompting unrest in the Wisconsin city, Tuesday morning, Sept. 1, 2020. President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Kenosha Tuesday afternoon to survey areas affected by the unrest and meet with local officials | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times 29 of 32 Members of the Wisconsin National Guard stand inside the barricade outside the Kenosha County Courthouse, more than a week after police shot Jacob Blake, prompting unrest in the Wisconsin city, Tuesday morning, Sept. 1, 2020. President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Kenosha Tuesday afternoon to survey areas affected by the unrest and meet with local officials. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times 30 of 32 Members of the Wisconsin National Guard stand inside the barricade outside the Kenosha County Courthouse, more than a week after police shot Jacob Blake, prompting unrest in the Wisconsin city, Tuesday morning, Sept. 1, 2020. President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Kenosha Tuesday afternoon to survey areas affected by the unrest and meet with local officials. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times 31 of 32 Members of the Wisconsin National Guard stand inside the barricade outside the Kenosha County Courthouse, more than a week after police shot Jacob Blake, prompting unrest in the Wisconsin city, Tuesday morning, Sept. 1, 2020. President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Kenosha Tuesday afternoon to survey areas affected by the unrest and meet with local officials. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times 32 of 32
Upon arrival at Waukegan National Airport across the state line, Trump’s motorcade was greeted by people holding signs, some cheerfully bearing his name, some declaring “Black Lives Matter” and others, simply labeling the president “Liar.”
Others chose to forego signs altogether, instead holding up their middle fingers.
In Kenosha, the city square that’s been home to days of raucous protest — and bloodshed — was mostly quiet through the afternoon as Trump made the rounds a few blocks away to survey areas of damage.
National Guard members kept watch outside the Kenosha County Courthouse while a plane flew overhead trailing a banner that read: “Reject Trump’s violence. Vote him out.”
Two groups of demonstrators eventually converged, with about 100 waving Trump flags and shouting “all lives matter” in response to the crowd on the other side that roughly doubled them in size, chanting “Black Lives Matter.”
The discourse devolved from there to name-calling and mutual insults, from “Marxists” and “communists” to “racists” and “Karens.”
Supporters of President Donald Trump and Black Lives Matter protesters argue and shout over each other outside of the Kenosha County Courthouse, in anticipation of the president’s arrive in the Wisconsin city, Tuesday afternoon. Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times
Some Trump supporters also chanted for the release of Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old accused of killing two protesters during a chaotic night last week. Trump has declined to denounce the Antioch teen’s actions.
Steven Fani, 51, said he brought his family with him to thank the president.
“It was very disheartening and frightening to see all the looting and rioting happening around me,” the Kenosha resident said. “I never thought I would see that kind of destruction in my life here in America. … I hope he sees the devastation and helps out these businesses and these people hurt by the riots.”
Supporters of President Donald Trump and Black Lives Matter protesters argue and shout over each other outside of the Kenosha County Courthouse, in anticipation of the president’s arrive in the Wisconsin city, Tuesday afternoon. Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times
Fani said he wanted “all the facts out first” before he’d make up his mind on whether the police shooting of Blake was justified.
But 18-year-old Kenosha resident Shamell Green said Trump’s visit only brought “brutality and chaos.”
Green clashed repeatedly with the supporters of Trump, asking how they could back such a “divisive” person.
“For years he has stoked flames where there was no need to,” Green said. “He separates children from migrant families, he joked about [sexually] assaulting women, and he is now defending a kid who crossed state lines and ended up killing two people here.”
A member of the Proud Boys and a woman wearing a MAGA hat are pursued by Black Lives Matter protesters after an argument outside the Kenosha County Courthouse, Tuesday evening. Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times
As they’ve been every day since the Rittenhouse shooting, the protests were peaceful as the downtown crowd dwindled to about a hundred by 4 p.m.
The tensest moment came when the remaining Black Lives Matter protesters were approached by a man wearing clothing of the “Proud Boys,” which the Anti-Defamation League calls a right-wing extremist group whose activity has attracted white supremacists.
Protesters shouted down the man and chased him to a nearby gas station, drawing a dozen squad cars of police who up until that point had been conspicuously absent from all the demonstrations.
After a brief but tense shouting match with police, protesters headed back to the city square while officers escorted the apparent “Proud Boy” away.
Manny Ramos is a corps member in Report for America, a not-for-profit journalism program that aims to bolster Sun-Times coverage of issues affecting Chicago’s South and West sides


chicagosun-times--2020-09-01--Big Ten, Donald Trump and the Deep State? College football is officially ridiculous

It seems there ’ s a theme to Big Ten football these days : As in , the Deep State .
For the love of Paul Bunyan ’ s Axe , the Old Oaken Bucket and the Land of Lincoln Trophy , I wish it weren ’ t true .
Alas , every Earl and Bubba who loves college football more than life itself — and that ’ s saying something during a pandemic — knows there ’ s a seat available on the conspiracy-theory bandwagon .
And that theory is that the powerful Big Ten ( along with its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t following the SEC , ACC and Big 12 into fall football this season because — why else ?
— it ’ s trying to take down the President of the United States .
Care to guess who has been fueling this insanity via tweetstorm ?
“ I want Big Ten , and all other football , back — NOW , ” President Donald Trump posted Friday on Twitter .
“ The Dems don ’ t want football back for political reasons , but are trying to blame me and the Republicans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what we are up against !
” Later that day , Trump tweeted that the Big Ten ’ s decision to postpone the start of football was “ disgraceful.
” On Saturday , he quote-tweeted a highlight from a game between ( you can ’ t make this up ) Austin Peay and Central Arkansas and wrote , “ Play Football Big Ten !
” What ’ s the name of the new Big Ten commissioner who replaced Jim Delany again ?
George Soros ?
Oops , my bad , it ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had a rough early go .
A lot of that can be attributed to the coronavirus , a problem the size and scope of which Delany never faced .
But , as major conferences scrambled for weeks with bringing student-athletes to campus , instituting safety protocols , managing game schedules and receiving medical advice and counsel , Warren made himself an easy target by communicating poorly with coaches and athletic directors and being less than transparent with the public .
Mind you , it ’ s the university presidents and chancellors who are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 11-3 to postpone .
But what do they know ?
Are they hypocrites for keeping fall sports under wraps despite schools letting students on campus and — even with most classes being online — charging full tuition ?
Or are they , in their circumspection , stronger , wiser leaders than their colleagues from the major conferences that are plowing ahead with games beginning this week ?
Those answers will come in time .
Meanwhile , many players across the league have made it known that they want to play .
Parents from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , in support of playing .
The Earls and Bubbas are apopletic about their Saturdays .
And the 11th-hour champion of their cause threw them some mouth-watering red meat on Tuesday .
“ Had a very productive conversation with Kevin Warren , Commissioner of the Big Ten Conference , about immediately starting up Big Ten football , ” Trump tweeted .
“ Would be good ( great ! )
for everyone - Players , Fans , Country .
On the one yard line !
” After what must have been a stressful couple @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a statement there had been a phone call between Trump and Warren .
“ [ We ] are exhausting every resource to help student-athletes get back to playing the sports they love , at the appropriate time , in the safest and healthiest way possible , ” the statement read .
The Big Ten ’ s reputation took a bunch of hits before Trump decided to make the league a political pawn .
Now , the ramifications of playing in the fall — or not — are so much bigger .
At one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
At the other are charges of conspiring against the man in the White House .
In between is all the nuance of one of the most complex challenges to confront the sports world in history .
Good luck with all that , Big Ten .
You ’ re in deep now .
The University of Iowa announced Monday it was putting all sports activities on hold after the athletic department reported that 93 out of 815 COVID-19 tests administered last week came back positive .
Also Monday , Iowa State announced it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ percent of capacity — into Jack Trice Stadium for the Sept. 12 season opener .
• The Cubs acquired lefty relievers Josh Osich and Andrew Chafin and outfielder Cameron Maybin at the trade deadline .
The White Sox twiddled their thumbs .
Why does it feel like the Sox accomplished far more ?
• Punching-way-above-his-weight David Bote vs. back-from-the-abyss Kris Bryant at third base for the Cubs : And by “ discuss ” I mean : If you ’ re one of those saying Bote gives the Cubs a better chance to win @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to one gambling website that my degenerate alter ego occasionally visits , the Sox woke up Tuesday with 14/1 odds to win the World Series .
That was sixth in the majors , behind the Dodgers ( 4/1 ) , Yankees ( 11/2 ) , Rays ( 9/1 ) , A ’ s ( 10/1 ) and Padres ( 10/1 ) .
You ’ ll notice zero other American League Central teams among that group .
Oh , the Cubs ?
Tied for seventh with the Astros , Braves and Twins at 16/1 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2/1 ) was the National League ’ s leading Cy Young candidate .
The Sox ’ Jose Abreu ( 6/1 ) was right behind the Rays ’ Brandon Lowe ( 4/1 ) and the Twins ’ Nelson Cruz ( 5/1 ) for AL MVP .
And future Chicago mayor Luis Robert ( 2/1 ) trails only the Mariners ’ Kyle Lewis ) on the AL Rookie of the Year list .
You know , just in case you ’ re into this sort of thing .

It seems there’s a theme to Big Ten football these days:
Go deep.
As in, the deep state.
For the love of Paul Bun-yan’s Axe, the Old Oaken Bucket and the Land of Lincoln Trophy, I wish it weren’t true. Alas, every Earl and Bubba who loves college football more than life itself — and that’s saying something during a pandemic — knows there’s a seat available on the conspiracy-theory bandwagon.
And that theory is that the powerful Big Ten (along with its ever-loyal lapdog, the Pac-12) isn’t following the SEC, ACC and Big 12 into fall football this season because — why else? — it’s trying to take down the president of the United States.
Good God, people.
Care to guess who has been fueling this insanity via tweetstorm?
“I want Big Ten, and all other football, back — NOW,” President Donald Trump posted Friday on Twitter. “The Dems don’t want football back for political reasons, but are trying to blame me and the Republicans. Another LIE, but this is what we are up against!”
Later that day, Trump tweeted that the Big Ten’s decision to postpone the start of football was “disgraceful.” On Saturday, he quote-tweeted a highlight from a game between (you can’t make this up) Austin Peay and Central Arkansas and wrote, “Play Football Big Ten!”
What’s the name of the new Big Ten commissioner who replaced Jim Delany again? George Soros? Oops, my bad, it’s Kevin Warren.
Anyway, Warren has had a rough early go. A lot of that can be attributed to the coronavirus, a problem the size and scope of which Delany never faced. But, as major conferences scrambled for weeks with bringing student-athletes to campus, instituting safety protocols, managing game schedules and receiving medical advice and counsel, Warren made himself an easy target by communicating poorly with coaches and athletic directors and being less than transparent with the public.
Mind you, it’s the university presidents and chancellors who are running this, and they reportedly voted 11-3 to postpone. But what do they know? Are they hypocrites for keeping fall sports under wraps despite schools letting students on campus and — even with most classes being online — charging full tuition? Or are they, in their circumspection, stronger, wiser leaders than their colleagues from the major conferences that are plowing ahead with games beginning this week? Those answers will come in time.
Meanwhile, many players across the league have made it known that they want to play. Parents from various schools have banded together, too, in support of playing. The Earls and Bubbas are apoplectic about their Saturdays. And the 11th-hour champion of their cause threw them some mouthwatering red meat on Tuesday.
“Had a very productive conversation with Kevin Warren, Commissioner of the Big Ten Conference, about immediately starting up Big Ten football,” Trump tweeted. “Would be good (great!) for everyone — Players, Fans, Country. On the one yard line!”
After what must have been a stressful couple of hours, the league confirmed in a statement there had been a phone call between Trump and Warren.
“[We] are exhausting every resource to help student-athletes get back to playing the sports they love, at the appropriate time, in the safest and healthiest way possible,” the statement read.
The Big Ten’s reputation took a bunch of hits before Trump decided to make the league a political pawn. Now, the ramifications of playing in the fall — or not — are so much bigger.
At one end of the spectrum is player safety. At the other are charges of conspiring against the man in the White House. In between is all the nuance of one of the most complex challenges to confront the sports world in history.
Good luck with all that, Big Ten. You’re in deep now.
JUST SAYIN’
The University of Iowa announced Monday that it was putting all sports activities on hold after the athletic department reported that 93 out of 815 COVID-19 tests administered last week came back positive. Also Monday, Iowa State announced it will allow 25,000 fans — about 40% of capacity — into Jack Trice Stadium for the Sept. 12 season opener.
Two Americas, meet two Iowas.
† The Cubs acquired lefty relievers Josh Osich and Andrew Chafin and outfielder Cameron Maybin at the trade deadline. The White Sox twiddled their thumbs.
Why does it feel like the Sox accomplished far more?
† Punching-way-above-his-weight David Bote vs. back-from-the-abyss Kris Bryant at third base for the Cubs:
Discuss.
And by “discuss” I mean: If you’re one of those saying Bote gives the Cubs a better chance to win, please stop talking.
† According to one gambling website that my degenerate alter ego occasionally visits, the Sox woke up Tuesday with 14/1 odds to win the World Series. That was sixth in the majors, behind the Dodgers (4/1), Yankees (11/2), Rays (9/1), Athletics (10/1) and Padres (10/1). You’ll notice zero other American League Central teams among that group.
Oh, the Cubs? Tied for seventh with the Astros, Braves and Twins at 16/1.
The Cubs’ Yu Darvish (2/1) was the National League’s leading Cy Young candidate. The Sox’ Jose Abreu (6/1) was right behind the Rays’ Brandon Lowe (4/1) and the Twins’ Nelson Cruz (5/1) for AL MVP. And future Chicago mayor Luis Robert (2/1) trails only the Mariners’ Kyle Lewis on the AL Rookie of the Year list.
You know, just in case you’re into this sort of thing.


chicagosun-times--2020-09-01--NFL using end-zone stencils, helmet stickers in social-justice push

NFL teams will add symbols to their end zones and helmets this season as part of a league-wide effort to make clear its commitment to social justice .
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Tuesday that teams will stencil two phrases into the backs of their end zones — “ End Racism ” and “ It Takes All of Us ” — this season .
Additionally , he said , players will be allowed to wear helmet decals “ bearing the names of the victims ” of police violence and systemic racism .
Before every game , Goodell said , stadiums @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Voice and Sing , ” accompanied by video footage of social justice work performed by both teams participating in the games .
“ The NFL stands with the black community , ” Goodell said in a conference call Tuesday afternoon .
“ The players , clubs and fans confronting systemic racism with tangible and productive steps is absolutely essential .
We will not relent in our work and we will redouble our efforts to be catalysts for the urgent and sustainable change that our society and communities so desperately need .
“ I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our league and others that have taken a stand using their voices and platforms to continue to shine the spotlight on things that must change.
” Those symbols , and other more substantial actions such as the league ’ s voting initiative , are a far cry from the NFL ’ s reaction to 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick ’ s social-justice protests four years ago .
Following an offseason in which George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer and Jacob Blake by a Kenosha , Wisconsin , police officer , NFL @ @ @ @ @ @ @ forms of protest once games begin next week .
Troy Vincent , the NFL ’ s executive vice president of football operations , was asked Tuesday if players would walk out of Week 1 games .
NBA players refused to play playoff games last week before retuning .
“ They all have that choice , and that individual right , to sit out , ” Vincent said .
Goodell touted the NFL ’ s positive coronavirus momentum .
From Aug. 21-29 , the NFL administered 58,621 tests to a total of 8,739 players @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 10 new positive tests — of four players and six team personnel members .
He said the NFL has been “ really fortunate ” that the numbers are low as the season approaches .
“ We are not going to get comfortable , ” he said .
“ We will remain vigilant , resilient , flexible and basically adapt to circumstances as needed with public health as our No .
1 priority , as we have all this offseason.
” Goodell said the league does not believe that teams opening the season with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a competitive advantage .
He hopes that those , like the Bears , who open the season in empty home stadiums might eventually add fans .
The league is in a good position to start , and finish the season , he said .
“ It will not be easy , and it will be different , ” he said .
“ But we are prepared .
”

NFL teams will add symbols to their end zones and helmets this season as part of a leaguewide effort to make clear its commitment to social justice.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Tuesday that teams will stencil two phrases into the backs of their end zones — “End Racism” and “It Takes All of Us” — this season. Additionally, he said players will be allowed to wear helmet decals “bearing the names of the victims” of police violence and systemic racism.
Before every game, Goodell said, stadiums will play the song “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” accompanied by video footage of social-justice work performed by both teams participating in the games.
“The NFL stands with the Black community,” Goodell said in a conference call Tuesday afternoon. “The players, clubs and fans confronting systemic racism with tangible and productive steps is absolutely essential. We will not relent in our work and we will redouble our efforts to be catalysts for the urgent and sustainable change that our society and communities so desperately need.
“I’m so proud of everyone across our league and others that have taken a stand using their voices and platforms to continue to shine the spotlight on things that must change.”
Those symbols, and other more substantial actions such as the league’s voting initiative, are a far cry from the NFL’s reaction to 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s social-justice protests four years ago.
Following an offseason in which George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer and Jacob Blake was shot and paralyzed by a Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officer, NFL players have said they would consider different forms of protest once games begin next week.
Troy Vincent, the NFL’s executive vice president of football operations, was asked Tuesday if players would walk out of Week 1 games. NBA players refused to play playoff games last week before retuning.
“They all have that choice, and that individual right, to sit out,” Vincent said.
Goodell touted the NFL’s positive coronavirus momentum. From Aug. 21-29, the NFL administered 58,621 tests to a total of 8,739 players and team personnel. There were only 10 new positive tests — of four players and six team personnel members.
He said the NFL has been “really fortunate” that the numbers are low as the season approaches.
“We are not going to get comfortable,” he said. “We will remain vigilant, resilient, flexible and basically adapt to circumstances as needed with public health as our No. 1 priority, as we have all this offseason.”
The NFL has updated its gameday protocols by requiring every coach and staff member in the bench area to wear a mask and reducing the size of each team’s travel party.
Owners also will have to follow COVID-19 testing requirements to gain access to the locker room, field or team charter.
Goodell said the league does not believe that teams opening the season with fans at their home games will have a competitive advantage. He hopes that those, like the Bears, who open the season in empty home stadiums might eventually add fans.
The league is in a good position to start, and finish the season, he said.
“It will not be easy, and it will be different,” he said. “But we are prepared.”


chicagosun-times--2020-09-01--Through eight games, inconsistency an issue for Fire

So much has changed around the Fire , but after eight games the team still looks inconsistent , like so many of its recent predecessors .
In their game Wednesday at FC Cincinnati ( 2-4-2 , eight points ) , the Fire will be looking to recover from a 3-1 loss Saturday at New York City FC .
Though coach Raphael Wicky said the Fire didn ’ t come out of that game with a bad feeling because they had some good moments , it was still a loss .
‘ ‘ What we want is to win games ; @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Wicky said .
‘ ‘ You know how it is in football or sports in general : You get your confidence through results .
Results give you confidence.
’ ’ The Fire ( 2-5-1 , seven points ) got a good result Aug. 25 against FC Cincinnati at Soldier Field , winning 3-0 behind strong finishing and a steady 90-minute performance .
But any hopes of consecutive victories were snuffed out by issues that have plagued the Fire this season : unconverted scoring chances and momentary breakdowns costing them goals .
‘ ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ started off well , but in a couple of moments we relaxed , ’ ’ midfielder Alvaro Medran said Tuesday through a translator .
‘ ‘ They had their goal , and it was easier for them .
‘ ‘ So I think it ’ s just moments where we lack a little bit of concentration , and that ’ s something we can fix .
We can go back and work together and just be more focused and concentrated , and that ’ s how we can go ahead and resolve that.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ issues to something that has affected every team in 2020 , but perhaps the Fire even more because of how much turnover their roster has gone through since last season .
‘ ‘ We ’ re still a new team , and we ’ re still trying to find the rhythm , ’ ’ Herbers said .
‘ ‘ With COVID , we had two games and then another three [ in the MLS Is Back tournament ] in Orlando and then a big break again.
’ ’ The Fire haven ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ midfielder Luka Stojanovic ( left knee ) and defender Johan Kappelhof ( hip flexor ) .
Wicky said Kappelhof hasn ’ t been part of full-team training since March and ‘ ‘ will take awhile.
’ ’ And versatile forward CJ Sapong , who had an excused absence to attend to a personal matter , is training individually but hasn ’ t played since the season restarted .
Still , the Fire need to pick up points more regularly .
‘ ‘ I still say — and I will tell that to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ confidence , play with courage , ’ ’ Wicky said .
‘ ‘ There is no reason that you don ’ t have confidence .
But it ’ s easier said than done .
I was a player , and I know how it feels .
That ’ s how it is.
’ ’ NOTES : Goalkeeper Bobby Shuttleworth ( groin ) practiced Monday and Tuesday , but the Fire are waiting to see how he ’ s feeling before deciding whether he ’ ll play Wednesday .
Connor Sparrow started in Shuttleworth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said midfielder Djordje Mihailovic wasn ’ t used as a substitute Saturday because of a stomach issue but has been in training and is available .

So much has changed around the Fire, but after eight games the team still looks inconsistent, like so many of its recent predecessors.
In their game Wednesday at FC Cincinnati (2-4-2, eight points), the Fire will be looking to recover from a 3-1 loss Saturday at New York City FC. Though coach Raphael Wicky said the Fire didn’t come out of that game with a bad feeling because they had some good moments, it was still a loss.
‘‘What we want is to win games; that’s sports,’’ Wicky said. ‘‘You know how it is in football or sports in general: You get your confidence through results. Results give you confidence.’’
The Fire (2-5-1, seven points) got a good result Aug. 25 against FC Cincinnati at Soldier Field, winning 3-0 behind strong finishing and a steady 90-minute performance. But any hopes of consecutive victories were snuffed out by issues that have plagued the Fire this season: unconverted scoring chances and momentary breakdowns costing them goals.
‘‘I think against New York City we started off well, but in a couple of moments we relaxed,’’ midfielder Alvaro Medran said Tuesday through a translator. ‘‘They had their goal, and it was easier for them.
‘‘So I think it’s just moments where we lack a little bit of concentration, and that’s something we can fix. We can go back and work together and just be more focused and concentrated, and that’s how we can go ahead and resolve that.’’
Midfielder Fabian Herbers attributed the issues to something that has affected every team in 2020, but perhaps the Fire even more because of how much turnover their roster has gone through since last season.
‘‘We’re still a new team, and we’re still trying to find the rhythm,’’ Herbers said. ‘‘With COVID, we had two games and then another three [in the MLS Is Back tournament] in Orlando and then a big break again.’’
The Fire haven’t been helped by the long-term absences of midfielder Luka Stojanovic (left knee) and defender Johan Kappelhof (hip flexor). Wicky said Kappelhof hasn’t been part of full-team training since March and ‘‘will take awhile.’’
And versatile forward CJ Sapong, who had an excused absence to attend to a personal matter, is training individually but hasn’t played since the season restarted.
Still, the Fire need to pick up points more regularly.
‘‘I still say — and I will tell that to the players every day — to play with confidence, play with courage,’’ Wicky said. ‘‘There is no reason that you don’t have confidence. But it’s easier said than done. I was a player, and I know how it feels. That’s how it is.’’
NOTES: Goalkeeper Bobby Shuttleworth (groin) practiced Monday and Tuesday, but the Fire are waiting to see how he’s feeling before deciding whether he’ll play Wednesday. Connor Sparrow started in Shuttleworth’s place Saturday.
• Wicky said midfielder Djordje Mihailovic wasn’t used as a substitute Saturday because of a stomach issue but has been in training and is available.


chicagosun-times--2020-09-01--Trump’s vague commitment to criminal justice reform

Alice Johnson ’ s appearance at the Republican National Convention last week was a rebuke to Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden , who for decades promoted the draconian policies that sent her to prison for life as a first-time , nonviolent drug offender .
Johnson ’ s case was also meant to show that President Donald Trump , who commuted her sentence in 2018 and pardoned her the day after her speech , offers a more enlightened alternative .
The truth is a little more complicated .
While Biden ’ s record on criminal justice issues is long and awful @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pretty good .
But when it comes to promises for the future , a repentant Biden supports several ambitious reforms , while Trump sounds like the Biden of the 1980s and ‘ 90s .
Johnson , who received a life sentence in 1997 for participating in a Memphis-based cocaine trafficking operation , was introduced during the president ’ s State of the Union address last year , and she was featured in a Trump campaign Super Bowl ad last February .
Her case exemplifies the unjust penalties that Biden — whom the Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hyperbole , as “ the chief architect of mass incarceration and the War on Drugs ” — supported as a senator .
Trump seems to have been genuinely moved by Johnson ’ s story , and so far he has commuted 10 sentences in addition to hers .
By comparison , Barack Obama , who eventually commuted a record 1,715 sentences , approved just one petition during his first term .
The convention also highlighted Trump ’ s support for the FIRST STEP Act , a 2018 law that included some modest but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ provisions dealt with the irrational disparity between the smoked and snorted forms of cocaine , which was created by a 1986 law that Biden wrote .
More than two decades later , in the midst of his unsuccessful bid for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination , Biden introduced a bill aimed at eliminating that distinction , which had led to strikingly unequal treatment of Black defendants .
While the bill went nowhere , Biden as vice president continued to advocate correction of what he last year described as “ a big mistake ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” The Fair Sentencing Act , which Obama signed in 2010 , shrank but did not eliminate the gap between crack and cocaine powder , and it did not apply retroactively , meaning that thousands of prisoners continued to serve sentences that nearly everyone agreed were excessive .
The FIRST STEP Act , which passed the House and the Senate with overwhelming support , addressed the latter problem ; it also reduced sentences for repeat drug offenders , expanded “ good time ” credits , prevented the stacking of multiple firearm charges in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ safety valve ” that allows low-level , nonviolent offenders to avoid mandatory minimums .
Trump deserves credit for supporting that law , which has freed thousands of federal prisoners , and for using his clemency powers not only to help his cronies but also to ameliorate some genuine injustices .
Yet his campaign has nothing to say about further reforms , and his second-term agenda echoes the “ tough on crime ” Biden , calling for more police on the streets , opposing bail reform and advocating harsher punishment without explaining why @ @ @ @ @ @ @ meanwhile , claims to have seen the error of his ways .
In addition to equalizing the sentences for crack and cocaine powder , he supports abolishing the myriad mandatory minimums and death penalties he once championed and decriminalizing pot possession , although he still resists repealing the federal ban on marijuana .
“ Against all odds , ” the president ’ s daughter , Ivanka , said at the convention , Trump “ brought together Republicans and Democrats , and passed the most significant criminal justice reform of our generation .
And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ That last part requires some explanation .
“ My father did not campaign on this issue , ” Ivanka Trump added .
“ He tackled this injustice because he has a deep compassion for those who have been treated unfairly.
” While I am inclined to believe her , Trump needs to clarify the future implications of that impulse .

Alice Johnson’s appearance at the Republican National Convention last week was a rebuke to Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, who for decades promoted the draconian policies that sent her to prison for life as a first-time, nonviolent drug offender.
Johnson’s case was also meant to show that President Donald Trump, who commuted her sentence in 2018 and pardoned her the day after her speech, offers a more enlightened alternative.
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The truth is a little more complicated. While Biden’s record on criminal justice issues is long and awful, Trump’s is short and pretty good. But when it comes to promises for the future, a repentant Biden supports several ambitious reforms, while Trump sounds like the Biden of the 1980s and ‘90s.
Johnson, who received a life sentence in 1997 for participating in a Memphis-based cocaine trafficking operation, was introduced during the president’s State of the Union address last year, and she was featured in a Trump campaign Super Bowl ad last February. Her case exemplifies the unjust penalties that Biden — whom the Trump campaign describes, with only a little hyperbole, as “the chief architect of mass incarceration and the War on Drugs” — supported as a senator.
Trump seems to have been genuinely moved by Johnson’s story, and so far he has commuted 10 sentences in addition to hers. By comparison, Barack Obama, who eventually commuted a record 1,715 sentences, approved just one petition during his first term.
The convention also highlighted Trump’s support for the FIRST STEP Act, a 2018 law that included some modest but significant sentencing reforms. One of those provisions dealt with the irrational disparity between the smoked and snorted forms of cocaine, which was created by a 1986 law that Biden wrote.
More than two decades later, in the midst of his unsuccessful bid for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, Biden introduced a bill aimed at eliminating that distinction, which had led to strikingly unequal treatment of Black defendants. While the bill went nowhere, Biden as vice president continued to advocate correction of what he last year described as “a big mistake” that had “trapped an entire generation.”
The Fair Sentencing Act, which Obama signed in 2010, shrank but did not eliminate the gap between crack and cocaine powder, and it did not apply retroactively, meaning that thousands of prisoners continued to serve sentences that nearly everyone agreed were excessive.
The FIRST STEP Act, which passed the House and the Senate with overwhelming support, addressed the latter problem; it also reduced sentences for repeat drug offenders, expanded “good time” credits, prevented the stacking of multiple firearm charges in a single drug case and widened the “safety valve” that allows low-level, nonviolent offenders to avoid mandatory minimums.
Trump deserves credit for supporting that law, which has freed thousands of federal prisoners, and for using his clemency powers not only to help his cronies but also to ameliorate some genuine injustices. Yet his campaign has nothing to say about further reforms, and his second-term agenda echoes the “tough on crime” Biden, calling for more police on the streets, opposing bail reform and advocating harsher punishment without explaining why current penalties are inadequate.
Biden, meanwhile, claims to have seen the error of his ways. In addition to equalizing the sentences for crack and cocaine powder, he supports abolishing the myriad mandatory minimums and death penalties he once championed and decriminalizing pot possession, although he still resists repealing the federal ban on marijuana.
“Against all odds,” the president’s daughter, Ivanka, said at the convention, Trump “brought together Republicans and Democrats, and passed the most significant criminal justice reform of our generation. And we’re just getting started.”
That last part requires some explanation.
“My father did not campaign on this issue,” Ivanka Trump added. “He tackled this injustice because he has a deep compassion for those who have been treated unfairly.”
While I am inclined to believe her, Trump needs to clarify the future implications of that impulse.
Jacob Sullum is a senior editor at Reason magazine.
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chicagosun-times--2020-09-01--Teen wounded in Pilsen drive-by

Teen wounded in Pilsen drive-by

A 15-year-old boy was shot Tuesday in Pilsen on the Lower West Side .
He was standing on a corner @ @ @ @ @ 1400 block of West 17th Street when someone in a gold-colored sedan fired shots , @ @ @ @ @ teen was struck in the leg and taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition , @ @ @ @ @ on crime , and track the city ’ s homicides .

A 15-year-old boy was shot Tuesday in Pilsen on the Lower West Side.
He was standing on a corner about 4:15 p.m. in the 1400 block of West 17th Street when someone in a gold-colored sedan fired shots, Chicago police said.
The teen was struck in the leg and taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition, police said.
Area Three detectives are investigating.
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chicagosun-times--2020-09-01--Chicago area venues to go red for entertainment gig workers

Chicago area venue employees , gig workers , and union and congressional leaders are joining concerned citizens in over 60 North American cities to illuminate a select group of venues in red to raise awareness on how the COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged the livelihoods of America ’ s entertainment workers .
A 9 p.m. Tuesday event at the Allstate Arena is a part of # WeMakeEvents ’ Red Alert campaign , a nationwide effort to motivate Congress to pass the Reviving the Economy Sustainably Towards A Recovery in Twenty-twenty ( RESTART ) Act , a bill that guarantees loans to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The bill aims to provide assistance , which can be utilized for payroll , rent , bills , and personal protective equipment to would-be recipients that have less than 500 full-time employees and endured a revenue decline of at least 25 % .
Speakers are scheduled to include entertainment industry gig workers , labor leaders , community leaders and elected officials including Chicago Federation of Labor president Bob Reiter , Rosemont Mayor Brad Stephens , and Rep. Robin Kelly ( D-Matteson ) , among others .
# WeMakeEvents , the event ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their local representatives via its website and post red-tinted photos ( via LunaPic ) of themselves at their favorite venue to their social media platforms utilizing the # RedAlertRESTART hashtag .
Also lit in red are other Chicago area venues where a lot of gig workers ( actors/musicians/artists ) ply their trade , including Soldier Field , the Chicago Theatre , Wintrust Arena , Navy Pier Centennial Wheel , and the Aragon Ballroom , among many others .
America ’ s live event industry , like many other industries , continues to take @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The live event industry is normally an $ 877 billion industry , according to the U.S. Dept of Commerce ’ s Bureau of Economic Analysis .

Chicago area venue employees, gig workers, and union and congressional leaders are joining concerned citizens in over 60 North American cities to illuminate a select group of venues in red to raise awareness on how the COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged the livelihoods of America’s entertainment workers.
A 9 p.m. Tuesday event at the Allstate Arena is a part of #WeMakeEvents’ Red Alert campaign, a nationwide effort to motivate Congress to pass the Reviving the Economy Sustainably Towards A Recovery in Twenty-twenty (RESTART) Act, a bill that guarantees loans to small businesses hit hard by COVID-19.
The bill aims to provide assistance, which can be utilized for payroll, rent, bills, and personal protective equipment to would-be recipients that have less than 500 full-time employees and endured a revenue decline of at least 25%.
Speakers are scheduled to include entertainment industry gig workers, labor leaders, community leaders and elected officials including Chicago Federation of Labor president Bob Reiter, Rosemont Mayor Brad Stephens, and Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Matteson), among others.
#WeMakeEvents, the event’s sponsor, is encouraging supporters to contact their local representatives via its website and post red-tinted photos (via LunaPic) of themselves at their favorite venue to their social media platforms utilizing the #RedAlertRESTART hashtag.
Also lit in red are other Chicago area venues where a lot of gig workers (actors/musicians/artists) ply their trade, including Soldier Field, the Chicago Theatre, Wintrust Arena, Navy Pier Centennial Wheel, and the Aragon Ballroom, among many others.
America’s live event industry, like many other industries, continues to take a devastating hit due to COVID-19. The live event industry is normally an $877 billion industry, according to the U.S. Dept of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis.


chicagosun-times--2020-09-01--3 more states added to Chicago’s quarantine travel list as Illinois sees another 39 COVID deaths

The Illinois Department of Public Health on Tuesday announced that another 1,492 state residents have tested positive for COVID-19 , with another 39 dying of the virus in the last day .
Meanwhile , the Chicago Department of Public Health added three more states to its 14-day quarantine list — and hinted that Illinois ’ neighbor to the east could soon be added too .
Of the 39 new deaths in Illinois , eight were Cook County residents : all but one were in their 70s or 80s ; the eighth Cook County victim was a woman in her 30s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Public Health .
Since the pandemic first took hold , 8,064 Illinoisans have died of the virus .
The state has seen more than 236,000 positive cases .
As of Tuesday , the state ’ s test positivity rate is 4.3 % , according to IDPH .
At last count , more than 1,500 people in Illinois are hospitalized for the coronavirus .
Of those , 362 patients are in an intensive care unit , and 146 on ventilators .
Still , the recovery rate for Illinois coronavirus patients is 95 % .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ symptoms or none at all .
More than half the state ’ s total deaths — 4,396 — have occurred at nursing homes and other long-term care facilities , where more than 27,000 cases have been confirmed overall .
Dr. Allison Arwady , commissioner of the city Department of Public Health , said the three states added to the 14-day travel quarantine list — North Carolina , Hawaii and Nebraska — bring the total number to 21 , in addition to Puerto Rico .
Changes to the list are announced on Tuesdays and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also warned Indiana could soon be added .
A state makes the list when it sees 15 positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents .
And though Indiana passed that threshold in recent days , Arwady said the city held off instituting the 14-day quarantine rule — in part , because of changes to Indiana ’ s data reporting .
What ’ s more , Arwady said , the uptick in Indiana cases appears to be concentrated near colleges and universities , including Notre Dame and Ball State .
“ I certainly , though @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we have concerns about Indiana and particularly would encourage you not to to travel to college and university towns in Indiana , ” Arwady said .
“ If we don ’ t see improvement across the state , we will then add them next Tuesday , so we ’ re keeping an eye on it , really hoping that that is more of a data reporting anomaly , but we have some real concern there , ” she added .
Meanwhile , Gov .
J.B. Pritzker ’ s office on Tuesday announced more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in several downstate counties as the area grapples with a sustained 9.6 % positivity rate .
To stem the tide in Region 4 , bars and restaurants no longer will be allowed to serve customers indoors , and establishments must close by 11 p.m. Casinos must also close by 11 p.m. , and all social gatherings must be limited to 25 people or fewer , or remain below 25 % of a room ’ s capacity .
Those new measures go into effect Wednesday .

The Illinois Department of Public Health on Tuesday announced that another 1,492 state residents have tested positive for COVID-19, with another 39 dying of the virus in the last day.
Meanwhile, the Chicago Department of Public Health added three more states to its 14-day quarantine list — and hinted that Illinois’ neighbor to the east could soon be added too.
Of the 39 new deaths in Illinois, eight were Cook County residents: all but one were in their 70s or 80s; the eighth Cook County victim was a woman in her 30s, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health.
Since the pandemic first took hold, 8,064 Illinoisans have died of the virus. The state has seen more than 236,000 positive cases.
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As of Tuesday, the state’s test positivity rate is 4.3%, according to IDPH. At last count, more than 1,500 people in Illinois are hospitalized for the coronavirus. Of those, 362 patients are in an intensive care unit, and 146 on ventilators.
Still, the recovery rate for Illinois coronavirus patients is 95%. Most people who contract it show mild symptoms or none at all.
More than half the state’s total deaths — 4,396 — have occurred at nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, where more than 27,000 cases have been confirmed overall.
Dr. Allison Arwady, commissioner of the city Department of Public Health, said the three states added to the 14-day travel quarantine list — North Carolina, Hawaii and Nebraska — bring the total number to 21, in addition to Puerto Rico. Changes to the list are announced on Tuesdays and take effect the following Friday.
Arwady also warned Indiana could soon be added.
A state makes the list when it sees 15 positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents. And though Indiana passed that threshold in recent days, Arwady said the city held off instituting the 14-day quarantine rule — in part, because of changes to Indiana’s data reporting.
What’s more, Arwady said, the uptick in Indiana cases appears to be concentrated near colleges and universities, including Notre Dame and Ball State.
“I certainly, though, want to let Chicagoans know that we have concerns about Indiana and particularly would encourage you not to to travel to college and university towns in Indiana,” Arwady said.
“If we don’t see improvement across the state, we will then add them next Tuesday, so we’re keeping an eye on it, really hoping that that is more of a data reporting anomaly, but we have some real concern there,” she added.
Meanwhile, Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office on Tuesday announced more stringent measures would soon be in place in several downstate counties as the area grapples with a sustained 9.6% positivity rate.
To stem the tide in Region 4, bars and restaurants no longer will be allowed to serve customers indoors, and establishments must close by 11 p.m. Casinos must also close by 11 p.m., and all social gatherings must be limited to 25 people or fewer, or remain below 25% of a room’s capacity.
Those new measures go into effect Wednesday.


chicagosun-times--2020-09-02--Dear Abby: Girl, 2, hears Daddy curse at her mom, so she does too

DEAR ABBY : Although he has never hit me , my husband has been emotionally and verbally abusive ever since our wedding five years ago .
One of his favorite names for me when he ’ s angry is “ F -- -- n ’ B -- -- .
” I know this is my fault because I have tolerated it .
Today , my 2 1/2-year-old daughter ( who is usually a good girl ) threw a tantrum and called me the same name twice .
I try to discipline her , but she doesn ’ t understand that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Daddy can call me that .
How can she ?
He blames me for her talking that way , saying he hasn ’ t called me that in a month .
( He called me that last week .
I don ’ t use that language . )
I have suggested marriage counseling in the past , but he refused .
I can ’ t leave him because I am seven months pregnant with our second child .
How do I get both of them to respect me ?
— DISRESPECTED IN THE @ @ @ @ @ @ @ appointment you wanted to make for you and your husband with a licensed marriage and family therapist ?
Make one for yourself , right now , because what ’ s going on isn ’ t healthy for you or your little girl .
Your husband demeans you because from the moment you married him you have allowed it .
Your 2-year-old isn ’ t being disrespectful when she calls you what her father does .
Children her age want attention , and they are mimics .
Giving them attention when they use bad @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Please do as I ’ m suggesting before you conceive a third child .
From your description of your relationship with your husband , his verbal abuse and the disrespect it conveys WILL be an example for your children that will follow them into adulthood .
DEAR ABBY : I am a 37-year-old mother of two ( ages 9 and 11 ) .
My husband and I have built a beautiful life together .
We live in close proximity to his family , whom I absolutely love .
My question involves my @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2 1/2 years ago .
We were very close , so it is an ongoing struggle for me .
My mother has since disowned me and my children .
She ’ s a textbook narcissist who has said many very hurtful things and has a new man and new life .
Our relationship was always strained , and I knew it wouldn ’ t be the same without Dad because he was the glue .
I have come to terms with this for myself , but we haven ’ t talked to our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ explain to them that their grandma doesn ’ t want to be a part of their life ?
They love her and ask about her often , so I keep making stuff up .
She won ’ t answer phone calls from me or my husband .
I believe she has us blocked .
She has also blocked us on social media along with other family members .
I want my kids to know the truth , but I don ’ t want to hurt them .
How can I do this ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Stick as close to the truth as you can , with some editing .
If your children ask about their grandmother , explain that people deal with the death of a loved one in different ways .
In your mother ’ s case , “ She needed to look forward and not look back .
Because your grandfather ’ s death was so painful , she is concentrating on things other than family , and although we might miss her , we should be comforted that she has found a way to cope @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would have wished , but it is her way , and we have to respect it and go on with our own lives.
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DEAR ABBY: Although he has never hit me, my husband has been emotionally and verbally abusive ever since our wedding five years ago. One of his favorite names for me when he’s angry is “F----n’ B----.” I know this is my fault because I have tolerated it.
Today, my 2 1/2-year-old daughter (who is usually a good girl) threw a tantrum and called me the same name twice. I try to discipline her, but she doesn’t understand that she’s saying something bad if Daddy can call me that. How can she? He blames me for her talking that way, saying he hasn’t called me that in a month. (He called me that last week. I don’t use that language.)
I have suggested marriage counseling in the past, but he refused. I can’t leave him because I am seven months pregnant with our second child. How do I get both of them to respect me? — DISRESPECTED IN THE EAST
DEAR DISRESPECTED: You know that appointment you wanted to make for you and your husband with a licensed marriage and family therapist? Make one for yourself, right now, because what’s going on isn’t healthy for you or your little girl.
Your husband demeans you because from the moment you married him you have allowed it. Your 2-year-old isn’t being disrespectful when she calls you what her father does. Children her age want attention, and they are mimics. Giving them attention when they use bad language reinforces them to do it more.
Please do as I’m suggesting before you conceive a third child. From your description of your relationship with your husband, his verbal abuse and the disrespect it conveys WILL be an example for your children that will follow them into adulthood.
DEAR ABBY: I am a 37-year-old mother of two (ages 9 and 11). My husband and I have built a beautiful life together. We live in close proximity to his family, whom I absolutely love.
My question involves my own family. My father passed away 2 1/2 years ago. We were very close, so it is an ongoing struggle for me. My mother has since disowned me and my children. She’s a textbook narcissist who has said many very hurtful things and has a new man and new life. Our relationship was always strained, and I knew it wouldn’t be the same without Dad because he was the glue.
I have come to terms with this for myself, but we haven’t talked to our children about it. How do I explain to them that their grandma doesn’t want to be a part of their life? They love her and ask about her often, so I keep making stuff up.
She won’t answer phone calls from me or my husband. I believe she has us blocked. She has also blocked us on social media along with other family members.
I want my kids to know the truth, but I don’t want to hurt them. How can I do this? — MOTHERLESS IN OHIO
DEAR MOTHERLESS: Stick as close to the truth as you can, with some editing. If your children ask about their grandmother, explain that people deal with the death of a loved one in different ways. In your mother’s case, “She needed to look forward and not look back. Because your grandfather’s death was so painful, she is concentrating on things other than family, and although we might miss her, we should be comforted that she has found a way to cope. It may not be what we would have wished, but it is her way, and we have to respect it and go on with our own lives.”
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
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