The economic devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic is cratering the restaurant and retail sectors, where the necessary government shutdown for non-essential businesses has quickly crippled thousands of companies.

Unlike many other businesses that have a robust online component, restaurants are in-person experiences and are all about sharing: sharing a physical space, being served by wait staff who handle your plates and beverages, and eating food prepared by others. The social distancing guidelines have made all of that impossible, and even restaurants that remain open for ...

In these unprecedented times, many people are struggling with both the loneliness of the stay-at-home order and the fear of an uncertain world and an unknown health threat. In these challenging times, many wellness experts and other gurus share their views on how to get through dark times. However, a truly inspiring perspective comes from someone who has known even greater isolation and fear, during more than twenty years in solitary confinement in prison.

Anthony Gay was released in 2018 after more than two decades in a cell the size of a parking spot with nearly complete absence of ...

I write to let you know about a positive development for many workers who have been on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic and have contracted the virus. For many of those COVID-19 first responders and front-line workers, there is the real possibility that they could have been exposed to the virus in the course of their work, and now the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission has acknowledged that risk and will allow those workers to more easily obtain benefits under the IL Workers’ Compensation Act (the Act). It’s important to note that during this pandemic, the ...