Editorial: Brandon Johnson’s desperate loan gambit to keep the Chicago...
Brandon Johnson wants Chicago Public Schools to take out the equivalent of a payday loan to address its budget challenges. That’s what passes these days for making the tough decisions on the fifth...
View ArticleZachary D. Clopton and David A. Dana: Climate change should get its day in court
Climate change is an exceptional phenomenon — exceptional above all in the urgency of the solutions it demands. One might favor, therefore, the courts stretching current jurisdictional doctrines to...
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Editorial: A Teamsters pitch at the Republican National Convention suggests...
“The biggest recipients of welfare in this country are corporations,” said Sean O’Brien on Monday night. “And this is real corruption.” You’d expect the president of the Teamsters, one of America’s...
View ArticleLetters: Donald Trump’s assassination attempt changes the calculus of the...
The assassination attempt on Donald Trump, dastardly as it was, changes the entire calculus of the race for president. It brings attention, sympathy and dollars to the ex-president’s campaign, starkly...
View ArticlePaul Vallas: It’s time for Chicago to prioritize Emergency Medical Services
There is a serious long-standing crisis in the Chicago Fire Department’s Emergency Medical Services, and it has a simple solution. The city needs to make EMS a priority once and for all, and that not...
View ArticleGregory Royal Pratt: Lessons for Joe Biden’s campaign from Lori Lightfoot’s...
Politicians looking to win reelection have to ask themselves important questions. Do they have a base that wants to vote for them? Is it big enough to win? Can they succeed in the race by not being...
View ArticleLetters: Illinois’ economic troubles need policymakers who think long term
Sunday’s editorial covering Illinois’ economic performance (“Time to sound the alarm on Illinois’ miserable economic performance,” July 14) reminded me of ancient political wisdom: “Why worry? You...
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Joel Brammeier: The imperiled Great Lakes take the national stage
This past winter, Great Lakers noticed something conspicuous by its absence — ice. Ice coverage on the lakes was the lowest in 50 years. Lake scientists told us that 2024 was one year of a long-term...
View ArticleEditorial: The Democrats should let delegates vote in person in Chicago
Joe Biden has done little since his awful debate showing of June 27 to reassure his fellow Democrats, let alone the country, that he’s fit to serve another four years in the toughest job on earth....
View ArticleJack Rakove: Democrats should be willing to deploy the 25th Amendment
Our election clock is ticking faster. The attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on Saturday has added a strange and untested new variable to our political equation. Trump’s...
View ArticleHeidi Stevens: What if the assassination attempt on former President Trump...
Two years ago, after 18-year-old Salvador Ramos walked into Robb Elementary School with his brand new AR-15 and killed 19 students and two teachers, surveillance video was made available to the public....
View ArticleEditorial: Happy 20th birthday, Millennium Park
The idea was audacious: bury the railroad tracks that ran to the east of Michigan Avenue and create a beautiful park dedicated to the arts. The leader was formidable: the late Sara Lee CEO John Bryan,...
View ArticleAdam Patric Miller: Looking at the good, the bad and the ugly of last school...
This is the part of summer break when I check my blood pressure at the community center and find out it has dropped enough so the machine no longer recommends that I consult my doctor Immediately. I...
View ArticleLetters: JD Vance is not a wise choice for Donald Trump’s VP
I happen to like JD Vance, but I don’t believe Donald Trump made a wise choice in selecting him as his running mate. I can understand why Vance may have seemed like a good choice since Trump obviously...
View ArticleFaith leaders: The Chicago Sky represent our city’s resilience. Let’s pay...
On Saturday, the stars of the WNBA will come together in Phoenix for the league’s All-Star Game. We wrote this essay well before the tipoff of the game, let alone its final result, and so, as they say,...
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David Greising: The mayor learns who is really calling the shots on CPS budget
Within a few years Chicago’s Board of Education will be fully elected. For now, though, Mayor Brandon Johnson appoints the city’s school board, which in theory should mean he is the decision-maker on...
View ArticleRep. Sean Casten: It’s time for Joe Biden to pass the torch
Our country faces an existential threat this November. On the one hand, we have Joe Biden. A man who passed the biggest climate and infrastructure bills in our nation’s history; expanded NATO; has...
View ArticleEditorial: On the RNC floor in Milwaukee, Donald Trump is the protector and...
Our predecessors on the Tribune Editorial Board would not recognize the Republican Party we found Thursday as we took to the floor of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. There were a few...
View ArticleTribune Opinion quotes of the week ending July 20
This week started with dangerous weather in Chicagoland. The controversy over Chicago Public Schools’ budget continued, and the mayor discussed removing the statue of George Washington from in front of...
View ArticleLetters: The dire effects of climate change are becoming apparent. But there...
In the last week, I spent three nights wondering if storms are going to flood or damage my home and potentially injure me or my family. I’ve had to accept the fact that this is our short-term reality,...
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