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Perfect harmony The four singers stood at the front of the sanctuary — safely distanced from one another — and stared out at row upon row upon row of empty seats inside the Linworth United Methodist Church on the Northwest Side. Sweaters replaced their ordinary blue choir robes, and a series of cameras took the place of an audience. Sidney Conn, who was singing alto this night, grew frustrated that her duckbill mask — designed especially for vocalists — kept slipping. And tenor Austin Wood had already recorded a solo of "Ave Maria"  in Latin  twice, so he feared his voice was t...

behind the headlines: how the nursing shortage can affect your life. hello, i'm bonnie erbe. welcome to "to the contrary," a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. up first, human trafficking. it may be hard to believe, but slavery is still an issue in 21st century america. and there's new pressure to get that message out. human trafficking is estimated to be a $32 billion a year "industry" exploiting some 27 million women, children, and men at any given time for sexual slavery and forced labor---that according to an annual state department report released th...