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Margaret Smith, Former Opinions Editor

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Review: ‘Purposefully kept’ truths about the asylum process revealed in ‘Between Everything and Nothing’

Review: ‘Purposefully kept’ truths about the asylum process revealed in ‘Between Everything and Nothing’

By Margaret Smith, Former Opinions Editor
Column: It could have all been so different, ever-grateful that it wasn't

Column: It could have all been so different, ever-grateful that it wasn’t

By Margaret Smith, Opinions Editor
Opinion: Pritzker's release of inmates during pandemic is headline bait

Opinion: Pritzker’s release of inmates during pandemic is headline bait

By Margaret Smith, Opinions Editor
Stay-at-home mandates can put stress on couples living together 24/7.

Rocky relationships and Erotic Isolation: the Chronicle’s guide to love during a pandemic

By Margaret Smith and Kendall Polidori
A young woman walks past a billboard advertisement for the dating app Tinder in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Skyrocketing sex drives and virtual check-ups: the Chronicle’s guide to sex during a pandemic

By Kendall Polidori and Margaret Smith
Jacob Elordi, Joey King and Joel Courtney attend a screening of 'The Kissing Booth' at NETFLIX on May 10, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rachel Murray/Getty Images for Netflix)

Review: The no-nos of Netflix: What not to watch during quarantine

By Margaret Smith, Opinions Editor
Opinion: We are not 'in this together' with the wealthy during the coronavirus pandemic

Opinion: We are not ‘in this together’ with the wealthy during the coronavirus pandemic

By Margaret Smith, Opinions Editor
Gabriel Bump is a Chicago native. His debut novel, "Everywhere You Don't Belong," takes place on Chicago's South Side.

Review: ‘The microcosm of South Shore,’ a literary coming-of-age in Gabriel Bump’s ‘Everywhere You Don’t Belong’

By Margaret Smith, Opinions Editor
Denise Arnold (right) assists Vincent Smith to early vote in the Illinois primary.

Opinion: Former inmates deserve to have their voting rights respected, not canceled

By Margaret Smith, Opinions Editor
Opinion: Police sanctioned violence on CTA

Opinion: Police sanctioned violence on CTA

By Margaret Smith, Opinions Editor
Kate Smith spent 3 1/2 years creating her production, “One Woman Hamlet.”

Review: ‘One Woman Hamlet’: ‘To be, or not to be’ aware of mental health issues

By Margaret Smith, Opinions Editor
Opinion: Demonizing sex workers does nothing for society

Opinion: Demonizing sex workers does nothing for society

By Margaret Smith, Opinions Editor
Weiner Circle, 2622 N. Clark St., is located in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago.

The Chronicle’s 2020 restaurant guide to Chicago

By Margaret Smith, Opinions Editor
The Chronicle’s Decade in Review

The Chronicle’s Decade in Review

By Alexandra Yetter, Miranda Manier, and Margaret Smith
Hidden holiday guide to Chicago

Hidden holiday guide to Chicago

By Margaret Smith, Copy Chief
The cast of “Jojo Rabbit,” a satirical film about a young boy in Nazi Germany who befriends a Jewish girl he finds living in his walls.

Critique: ‘Jojo Rabbit,’ are Nazis really that entertaining?

By Margaret Smith, Copy Chief
Review: 'The Lighthouse,' a shining example of mental manipulation

Review: ‘The Lighthouse,’ a shining example of mental manipulation

By Margaret Smith, Copy Chief
'No bees, no food': Chicagoans are abuzz about saving bees

‘No bees, no food’: Chicagoans are abuzz about saving bees

By Margaret Smith, Copy Chief
OPINION: Liberty and tweets for all

OPINION: Liberty and tweets for all

By Margaret Smith, Copy Chief
Columbia donated 14 iPads to an elementary school in New Mexico located on the Taos Pueblo Indian Reservation for students to learn civic media skills with the technology.

Columbia forms civic media partnership with New Mexico elementary school

By Margaret Smith, Copy Chief
OPINION: Commemorating White Sox Disco Demolition destructive

OPINION: Commemorating White Sox Disco Demolition destructive

By Margaret Smith, Copy Chief
OPINION: Ancient wonders have a lack of resonance in modern day creation

OPINION: Ancient wonders have a lack of resonance in modern day creation

By Margaret Smith, Copy Chief
OPINION: Incarceration cannot invalidate transgender lives

OPINION: Incarceration cannot invalidate transgender lives

By Margaret Smith, Copy Editor
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