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‘The first two years of law school, I was homeless’ | Army veteran rises to Elite Lawyer honors Mark Nicholson served his country, then served time, but rose out of homelessness to become a top attorney in Indianapolis. Author: Sarah Jones Updated: 9:16 AM EST December 16, 2020 INDIANAPOLIS — From living under a bridge off Meridian Street to being named a 2020 Elite Lawyer, Mark Nicholson said he knew he had to surround himself with supporters and positive influences in order to rise to his destiny. At the age of 32, Nicholson enrolled in law school. He s...

Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times If you believe “institutional racism” is a myth, pay close attention to what’s unfolding in Bronzeville. Amid the deadliest pandemic in U.S. history, Trinity Health plans to close Mercy Hospital, which has served the Near South Side community for 168 years. Mayor Richard J. Daley was born there. Opinion I got my first blood draw at Mercy (another story), and as a child was hospitalized at Mercy for a stomach ailment. A granddaughter was born at Mercy. A brother-in-law died there. Trinity Health, according to its website, is the “leading not-for-profit Ca...

Planned protest set to start in washington, d.c. such a short time ago. the state department delivered a blow to president trump's controversial immigration order. saying it will reinstate the visas most of the people who lost them when the order was signed last week. let's bring in hugh hewwit, host of the hugh hewwit show and arthur of the fourth wave. the conservative play book for a lasting majority. and also joining me is the executive director of the new york state democratic party and a former senate aide to hillary clinton. and a white house columnist at the hill. good day to all of yo...

The third saturday here, where we're talking about protests in the afternoon. last week president trump threatened to quote, send in the feds to the city of chicago over the city's crime rate. already this year, take a look at this, more than 300 people have been victims of shootings in that city. that includes an eight hour period between thursday and friday of this week where there were four double shootings. let's bring in mary mitchell, a coloni columnist for the chicago sun times. put it into perspective for us. as compared to years past and ten years ago, is the situation in chicago ge...

Many for nonviolent drug crimes. this man is featured in the chicago sun times. mary mitchell authored the series and joins us now. thank you very much for joining us. this is some great reporting. let's start with the story of jesse webster, recently released from prison after serving more than 21 years. what got him there in the first place? >> well, what got him there was drug dealing. he admits that, he was selling drugs. he got into the drug business as a young boy. not even in high school. he came from a poor family, and a distressed neighborhood. and to make ends meet, he went out and s...