Op-Ed: Common-Sense Discussion Needed About Mass Killings in America

Op-ed: Common-sense discussion needed about mass killings in America

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He was a convicted felon drug dealer with an assault rifle, how? We all know assault weapons are too …. It is past time for someone in our state and nation's leadership to start a discussion with a foundation of common sense. We elect our leaders to …
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PATRIOT VOICES

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The Annie E. Casey Foundation reports that 6.5 million Americans between ages 16 and 24 are neither in school nor in the workforce. What's more, many will experience chronic underemployment as adults and never gain the skills needed for well-paying …
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Robert Crown Center receives grant

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HINSDALE — The Robert Crown Center for Health Education was one of 28 not-for-profit organizations in DuPage County to receive a grant from the 2012 Fall Discretionary Grant Cycle of The DuPage Community Foundation based in Wheaton. The $ 5,000 grant …
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Grieving mother turns pain into action

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After Karl Hottenstein died, his mother started the How to Save a Life Foundation, an organization that helps people who can't afford it get treatment for their addictions. The kind of treatment her son was denied. She also began working at SOAR, a …
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Drug Abuse vs. Pain Management – Dr. Howard Heit describes how good pain management has been hindered due to increasing use and misuse of opiate medications. Dr. Heit argues that addiction is a medical condition that is separate from pain and that the growth of addiction should not hinder pain management for patients. This clip was excerpted from a talk given at “The New Understanding of Pain” program. The program was put on by the National Press Foundation in collaboration with The America Public Health Association and was supported by PriCara and the NPF Program Fund. For more information, visit our website at www.nationalpress.org.