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Letters: Northwestern University president’s op-ed on encampment is misleading
President Michael Schill would like you to believe that he peacefully resolved the encampment on Deering Meadow last month at Northwestern University. His op-ed “Here’s why I reached an agreement with...
View ArticleJerald McNair: What is fueling a disregard for the rules of the road?
It’s not that uncommon nowadays for drivers to run red lights, disobey stop signs, drive around stopped school buses, ignore requests from police and show a general disregard for the rules of the...
View ArticleDaniel DePetris: Vladimir Putin has much to celebrate. But not the Russian...
Russian President Vladimir Putin, the man who plunged Russia into a war that has proved far costlier than he anticipated, is riding high at the moment. Last week, Putin formally took office for a fifth...
View ArticleEditorial: With or without CPS/CTU ‘day of action’ in Springfield, there’s no...
On Wednesday, hundreds of Chicago Public Schools teacher will descend on Springfield to lobby lawmakers in what they’re calling a “day of action” for what they contend is more than $1 billion “owed” to...
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Editorial: The courthouse parade of GOP officials courting defendant Trump is...
The procession of Republican Party standard-bearers through a New York City courtroom to pay fealty to and express outrage on behalf of Donald Trump hasn’t been surprising. But it has been depressing....
View ArticleLetters: Northwestern University wrong to capitulate to divisive activists
I’m writing to respond to Northwestern University President Michael Schill’s recent op-ed (“Why I reached an agreement with protesters at Northwestern,” May 10) in which he explains his decision to...
View ArticleJens Ludwig: More spending won’t be enough to reduce Chicago’s gun violence
Gun violence was the top issue for Chicago voters in the most recent mayoral election. It’s no wonder. What Chicagoan looks at a victim such as 7-year-old Jaslyn Adams, shot to death at a McDonald’s...
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Guy A. Medaglia: Gov J.B. Pritzker goes after insurance companies. What about...
In his February budget address, Gov J.B. Pritzker unveiled plans to hold accountable health insurance companies that put lower costs ahead of patient care. The system has evolved such that health...
View ArticleClarence Page: This era’s protesters could stand to ask a few more questions
One of the roles we old folks fall into is to wish we could painlessly and conveniently give young people the useful wisdom life has taught us so they won’t have to learn it the hard way. Such are the...
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Editorial: America is distracted by Trump’s trials and campus encampments as...
As America focuses on Donald Trump’s dalliances with a former adult entertainer and its most illustrious universities make deals with Ivy League undergraduates aligning themselves with Hamas, it would...
View ArticleLetters: Gaza solidarity encampment allowed me to practice my faith
The article “Jewish organizers explain significance of Shabbat service” (May 6) by Ahmed Ali Akbar encapsulates the beautiful and affirming experience of Jewish students in Gaza solidarity encampments....
View ArticleWillie Wilson: Government reliance on fines and fees hurts everyone
A few months ago, my staff and I visited 61 Chicago Housing Authority senior buildings to assist the residents financially. During one of the visits, my team and I parked in front of a senior building...
View ArticleKathleen Sances: Passing Karina’s Bill is crucial for protecting Illinois...
As soon as next month, the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to deliver a setback in the work to protect survivors of domestic violence if it rules to allow abusers access to guns. But in Illinois, where...
View ArticleStephanie Drenka: Will federal negotiations with Texan school district turn...
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Education notified the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund that it had contacted a school district in Southlake, Texas, to begin negotiating a...
View ArticleEditorial: Mayor Brandon Johnson plays with political fire in his refusal to...
More than the future of Chicago’s public transit system is riding on Mayor Brandon Johnson’s refusal to overhaul leadership of the Chicago Transit Authority. The mayor is risking his standing with the...
View ArticleStorer H. Rowley: President Joe Biden was right to pause bomb shipment to Israel
President Joe Biden has drawn his line in the Mideast sand by delaying shipments of 3,500 heavy bombs to Israel to deter Israel’s leader from using such weapons in an invasion of densely populated...
View ArticleMaggie Mulqueen: How couples can adjust when a husband retires before his wife
The traditional (and outdated) model of the stay-at-home wife welcoming her husband home after retirement doesn’t fit those of us who, as part of a dual-career couple, have spent decades struggling to...
View ArticleLetters: Slowing Chicago traffic to a standstill seems counterproductive
The aldermen advocating for reduced speed limits in Chicago must exist in a universe with which I am unfamiliar. Recently, I experienced travel times on three occasions ranging from 40 minutes to one...
View ArticleStephanie Kollmann: Illinois legislators should create a statewide system for...
An investigator locates an eyewitness who proves it was impossible for you to have been at the scene of the crime. A forensic expert finds a lab error that shows your little sister’s vape pen isn’t...
View ArticleEditorial: Dolton and other south suburbs can’t afford corruption taxes from...
The walls appear to be closing in around Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard. The mayor of the small south suburb has been the subject of numerous media reports detailing highly questionable spending, as well...
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