What can the U.S. learn from Lithuania's young democracy?
<h3>Good morning, Chicago. ✶</h3><p>🔎 <b>Below</b>: Read the first installation in our multipart series tracing Chicago's Lithuanian connections.</p><p>🗞️ <b>Plus</b>: Much-needed grocery stores shutter after years of turmoil, a whale of a controversy arrives at the Shedd Aquarium and more news you need to know.</p><p>📝 <b>Keeping score</b>: <a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-wutyddk-l-j/" target="_blank" >The Cubs beat the Tigers</a>, 11-2; <a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-wutyddk-l-t/" target="_blank" >the White Sox were shut out by the Rangers</a>, 10-0.</p><p>📧 <b>Subscribe</b>: <a class="Link" href="https://newsletter-hub.suntimes.com/" target="_blank" ><i>Get our morning newsletter delivered to your inbox weekday mornings.</i></a></p><p>⏱️: <i>An 8-minute read</i></p><hr><p></p><h4>TODAY’S WEATHER 🌤️</h4><p>Mostly sunny with a high near 74.</p><hr><p></p><h4>TODAY’S TOP STORY 🔎</h4><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center> <div class="Enhancement-item" data-crop=""> <figure class="Figure"><a class="AnchorLink" id="image-430000" name="image-430000"></a> <picture data-crop="medium"> <source type="image/webp" width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4b8d1fe/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6267x3517+0+0/resize/490x275!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fd3%2Fc6%2F38f305c8402c9c63a8c887540dd4%2Flithuania-06xx26-52.JPG 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/347c88a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6267x3517+0+0/resize/980x550!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fd3%2Fc6%2F38f305c8402c9c63a8c887540dd4%2Flithuania-06xx26-52.JPG 2x" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <source width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/63a2a52/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6267x3517+0+0/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fd3%2Fc6%2F38f305c8402c9c63a8c887540dd4%2Flithuania-06xx26-52.JPG" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <img class="Image" alt="Thousands gather for an April 25 free speech protest in Cathedral Square in Vilnius after a right-wing populist party in the government’s ruling coalition tried to control the country’s Ministry of Culture and threatened the independence of its public broadcaster Lithuanian Radio and Television.
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<h3>Good morning, Chicago. ✶</h3><p>🔎 <b>Below</b>: Read the first installation in our multipart series tracing Chicago's Lithuanian connections.</p><p>🗞️ <b>Plus</b>: Much-needed grocery stores shutter after years of turmoil, a whale of a controversy arrives at the Shedd Aquarium and more news you need to know.</p><p>📝 <b>Keeping score</b>: <a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-wutyddk-l-j/" target="_blank" >The Cubs beat the Tigers</a>, 11-2; <a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-wutyddk-l-t/" target="_blank" >the White Sox were shut out by the Rangers</a>, 10-0.</p><p>📧 <b>Subscribe</b>: <a class="Link" href="https://newsletter-hub.suntimes.com/" target="_blank" ><i>Get our morning newsletter delivered to your inbox weekday mornings.</i></a></p><p>⏱️: <i>An 8-minute read</i></p><hr><p></p><h4>TODAY’S WEATHER 🌤️</h4><p>Mostly sunny with a high near 74.</p><hr><p></p><h4>TODAY’S TOP STORY 🔎</h4><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center> <div class="Enhancement-item" data-crop=""> <figure class="Figure"><a class="AnchorLink" id="image-430000" name="image-430000"></a> <picture data-crop="medium"> <source type="image/webp" width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4b8d1fe/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6267x3517+0+0/resize/490x275!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fd3%2Fc6%2F38f305c8402c9c63a8c887540dd4%2Flithuania-06xx26-52.JPG 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/347c88a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6267x3517+0+0/resize/980x550!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fd3%2Fc6%2F38f305c8402c9c63a8c887540dd4%2Flithuania-06xx26-52.JPG 2x" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <source width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/63a2a52/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6267x3517+0+0/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fd3%2Fc6%2F38f305c8402c9c63a8c887540dd4%2Flithuania-06xx26-52.JPG" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <img class="Image" alt="Thousands gather for an April 25 free speech protest in Cathedral Square in Vilnius after a right-wing populist party in the government’s ruling coalition tried to control the country’s Ministry of Culture and threatened the independence of its public broadcaster Lithuanian Radio and Television. 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- What's the story?
- <h3>Good morning, Chicago. ✶</h3><p>🔎 <b>Below</b>: Read the first installation in our multipart series tracing Chicago's Lithuanian connections.</p><p>🗞️ <b>Plus</b>: Much-needed grocery stores shutter after years of turmoil, a whale of a controversy arrives at the Shedd Aquarium and more news you need to know.</p><p>📝 <b>Keeping score</b>: <a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-wutyddk-l-j/" target="_blank" >The Cubs beat the Tigers</a>, 11-2; <a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-wutyddk-l-t/" target="_blank" >the White Sox were shut out by the Rangers</a>, 10-0.</p><p>📧 <b>Subscribe</b>: <a class="Link" href="https://newsletter-hub.suntimes.com/" target="_blank" ><i>Get our morning newsletter delivered to your inbox weekday mornings.</i></a></p><p>⏱️: <i>An 8-minute read</i></p><hr><p></p><h4>TODAY’S WEATHER 🌤️</h4><p>Mostly sunny with a high near 74.</p><hr><p></p><h4>TODAY’S TOP STORY 🔎</h4><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center> <div class="Enhancement-item" data-crop=""> <figure class="Figure"><a class="AnchorLink" id="image-430000" name="image-430000"></a> <picture data-crop="medium"> <source type="image/webp" width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4b8d1fe/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6267x3517+0+0/resize/490x275!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fd3%2Fc6%2F38f305c8402c9c63a8c887540dd4%2Flithuania-06xx26-52.JPG 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/347c88a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6267x3517+0+0/resize/980x550!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fd3%2Fc6%2F38f305c8402c9c63a8c887540dd4%2Flithuania-06xx26-52.JPG 2x" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <source width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/63a2a52/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6267x3517+0+0/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fd3%2Fc6%2F38f305c8402c9c63a8c887540dd4%2Flithuania-06xx26-52.JPG" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <img class="Image" alt="Thousands gather for an April 25 free speech protest in Cathedral Square in Vilnius after a right-wing populist party in the government’s ruling coalition tried to control the country’s Ministry of Culture and threatened the independence of its public broadcaster Lithuanian Radio and Television.
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- 1 outlet, average source rating 6.0/10.
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What can the U.S. learn from Lithuania's young democracy?
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