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Paul Klein, 04/20/12

Art advocate

Curious how most ArtLetters find a subplot or theme circulating through much of the work I preview. This week it's art whose materials are recycled, reused or artfully replicate something in another medium.

Gaston Caperton, 04/20/12

President, College Board

Knowing how to speak Chinese and understanding China's rich history is now recognized as a great asset to any American student who seeks an audience with the world.

Barb Snelgrove, 04/20/12

Writer and radio host

This is the story of Nathan and Tristan. Nathan is that self-professed former "Bible-banging homophobe" who (along with some other like-minded, reformed individuals) decided to attend a local gay pride parade to apologize for the way the church has treated homosexuals.

Robert Bullen, 04/20/12

Self-professed Chicago theatre addict, writer, blogger, audience member

Frank Galati's stage adaptation of E. L. Doctorow's 2005 novel The March tries to do a lot, and while the effort is admirable, it leaves you wanting more.

Gary Slutkin, 04/19/12

CeaseFire Executive Director

Human history is filled with tragic blunders that fail to put their finger on the problem, and actually compose a "solution" that has no value. This is where we are today, relying on prisons as solutions to reducing the epidemics of violence.

Robert Koehler, 04/19/12

Syndicated writer

We have to begin thinking and organizing ourselves beyond the arbitrary constraints of nations and beyond our current, resource-devouring economic system. We have to imagine a global culture that doesn't pit humanity against nature.

Jonathan Rothwell, 04/19/12

Senior Research Analyst, Metropolitan Policy Program

Reforming discriminatory zoning laws and taking other steps to promote residential and school integration could have potentially large benefits to the nation's future by making educational opportunity more equal.

Jonathan Tisch, 04/17/12

Chairman, Loews Hotels and Co-Chairman Loews Corp.

Across America, innovative public-private efforts are showing our nation's leaders not only how to upgrade aging infrastructure, but, more importantly, how to pay for it.

Nico Lang, 04/18/12

Co-Creator and Co-Editor, In Our Words

As we observe Sexual Assault Awareness Month, we must realize that our responsibility to the women and men who have been affected by sexual violence extends for more than just 30 days. Education and outreach are life-long endeavors.

Gino Vicci, 04/20/12

Multimedia Journalist

The high-speed trades driven by computers are in the cross-hairs of regulators in Washington. In spite of the controversy, some in the industry say high-frequency trading should be allowed to run its course.

Donna Solomon, DVM, 04/18/12

Veterinarian, Animal Medical Center of Chicago

Yesterday I was discussing with a conscientious dog owner her pet's diet. It instantly became clear to me that food labeling on pet's food can be confusing and potentially misleading.

Thomas Alter, 04/18/12

Sportswriter, Washington D.C.

You'd think with the intense publicity that the Stanley Cup playoffs get that the NHL would clean things up. Just the opposite. A week into the playoffs, we've seen double the number of game misconducts as during the entire 2011 post-season.

Mark Engler, 04/17/12

Senior Analyst, Foreign Policy In Focus

This year, if you say "Tax Day" and "social movement," the Tea Party isn't necessarily the first thing that comes to mind. And if you go looking for a protest, you'll likely find folks protesting against the tax evaders of the top 1 percent.

Elysabeth Alfano, 04/18/12

Creator, Fear No Art Chicago

Graciela Tiscareno-Sato, 04/17/12

Chief Creative Officer, Gracefully Global Group LLC & Author of "Latinnovating"

The American Latino consumer community is a highly skeptical community, generally speaking, but one with deep cultural connections to the earth, to creative reuse and to conservation.

Amy Reger, 04/17/12

Researcher, Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP)

If the Chinese government is serious about bringing prosperity to all ethnicities in East Turkestan with its new development plans, it needs to work aggressively to end open discrimination in the employment sector for Uyghurs.

Jeff Kelly Lowenstein, 04/17/12

Database and investigative editor, 'Hoy'

Even as a full-fledged adult, the loss of one parent, let alone both, is a profound wound.