Letters: President Donald Trump’s aspirations for Greenland remind me of...
President Donald Trump claiming that the United States needs “to have Greenland” for our own security and ensure peace “for the entire world” and Vice President JD Vance arguing that we have “no other...
View ArticleElizabeth Shackelford: President Donald Trump’s tariffs will cost us
As President Donald Trump laid out his case for sweeping new tariffs, it sounded reasonable. He was only imposing on other countries the burden they impose on us. Those tariffs, he said, would boost...
View ArticleLetters: Americans will suffer from President Donald Trump’s tariff campaign
President Donald Trump has announced sweeping and strong tariffs against foreign goods imported into this country. As an immediate consequence, the stock market has tanked. The economy will follow. And...
View ArticleChristine Ledbetter: Smithsonian leader stands tall as Trump targets...
Lonnie G. Bunch III has never been afraid to address white supremacy. The leader of the Smithsonian Institution’s 21 museums and the founding director of the National Museum of African American History...
View ArticleEditorial: Want more voter participation? Here’s a way to get people more...
Turnout in this week’s municipal elections across Cook County was low. That’s nothing new. A measly 286,301 out of 1.7 million suburban Cook County registered voters — 17% — cast a ballot in their...
View ArticleCory Franklin: For conspiracy theorists, no defeat is final
The recent release of the last reported bunch of classified files about the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy yielded information on various mysterious CIA plans worldwide — but no agency...
View ArticleEditorial: America just dumped the world. New loves will be forthcoming.
As antacid-chugging Americans watched their portfolios and retirement account balances drop Thursday, it was easy to forget another consequence of Donald Trump’s ill-considered splaying the day before...
View ArticleThe Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz for April 5
Well, the first week of April had lots in store for us, so let’s get right into it! The stock market took a major downturn this week after President Donald Trump announced new tariffs, including a 10%...
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Andy Shaw: Need a break from Chicago? I found a winter paradise in Mexico.
My better half and I just finished our second magic winter in San Antonio, but not the one in Texas with the iconic Alamo and a very cool Southwest vibe that almost makes the concept of Texas more...
View ArticleLetters: I don’t need religion. I have the Golden Rule.
Regarding the op-ed “Famous atheist’s pivot doesn’t surprise me as a pastor” (March 29): Wow! This pastor must live in a compartmentalized little world. I stopped fantasizing about my “invisible...
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