Policy researchers: How to confront Chicago Public Schools’ financial freefall
Chicago Public Schools is teetering on the brink of the financial abyss, one that threatens to unravel the recent progress families and educators have fought so hard to achieve. The system is...
View ArticleDaniel DePetris: Venezuela’s strongman president, Nicolás Maduro, steals...
Before millions of Venezuelans lined up to vote in the most pivotal presidential election in Venezuela’s modern history, Edmundo González, the opposition’s 74-year-old candidate, told journalists that...
View ArticleDr. Cory Franklin and Victoria Tiller: When it comes to physician-assisted...
Assisted dying is accepted practice today, especially in Western Europe, Canada and the Northwest United States. It is gaining traction in the United Kingdom with former British Prime Minister Rishi...
View ArticleEditorial: JD Vance’s approach to reversing US birth trends is the wrong one....
Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance’s past remarks on Americans who opt not to have children have struck a nerve during a tense presidential election season. Unearthed and popularized by his...
View ArticleToni Preckwinkle: We are driving transformative change in Cook County through...
It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by uncertainty and division, especially after the turbulent events that have transpired over the last few weeks. And it could be easy to overlook the significant changes...
View ArticleF.K. Plous: Big plans for United Center area need a tighter link to the ‘L’
It’s hard to remember a Chicago real estate proposal that made a better first impression than the Wirtz and Reinsdorf families’ proposal to create a new neighborhood around the United Center. The...
View ArticleLetters: GOP directive to party members to avoid racist, sexist attacks is...
I read that Republican leaders are asking party members to avoid engaging in racism and sexism in attacking Vice President Kamala Harris. Good luck. From what I have witnessed of the hard-core MAGA...
View ArticleEditorial: Bravo, Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Anthony Freud
“Götterdämmerung,” or “Twilight of the Gods,” is the last of the four operas, or music dramas, that make up Richard Wagner’s Ring Cycle. In April 2021, Chicagoans could see Yuval Sharon’s radical...
View ArticleCole Stallard: Chicago Streets and Sanitation is ready for the DNC
The Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation is far more than its iconic big blue sanitation trucks. It is the backbone of Chicago’s beautification and the engine that helps keep our city clean...
View ArticleDaniel DePetris: El autoritario presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, se...
Read this piece in English here. Antes de que millones de venezolanos hicieran fila para votar en la elección presidencial más crucial de la historia moderna de Venezuela, Edmundo González, el...
View ArticleRobert Weiner and Olivia Ardito: What the US can learn from Canada about...
Over the past few years, the legitimacy of American elections has been called into question by Democrats and Republicans alike. Both sides can point fingers and claim the opposing party may try to...
View ArticleEditorial: Look out, Chicago. Residential property taxes will likely rise...
Much of south suburban Chicagoland is in an uproar over a dramatic spike in residential property tax bills. In much of the southland, median homeowners’ second installment bills for the 2023 tax year...
View ArticleJanelle Goodwill: Black men’s suicides by gun need to be a part of our...
People who do not live in Chicago have a lot to say about gun violence in Chicago. Some comments ring hollow, feel deeply disingenuous and are devoid of true care and concern for the holistic...
View ArticleSteve Chapman: The false alarms about socialism keep coming as Kamala Harris...
When it comes to socialism, it’s tempting to say that Republicans resemble the boy who cried wolf. But the comparison is unfair: The wolf finally did come, just as the boy claimed. By contrast,...
View ArticleLetters: Kamala Harris is qualified, but why couldn’t voters be given other...
When Joe Biden ran for president in 2020, he suggested he’d serve just one term because of his age (76 at the time). If only he had followed through. He did the right thing by withdrawing from the 2024...
View ArticleDavid Greising: Merging teachers’ pension funds may help increase CPS revenues
Chicago Public Schools has a new “balanced” budget for the coming year. Of course, the $9.9 billion CPS budget can be considered balanced only through willful disregard for gaping holes that still need...
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Heidi Stevens: I don’t think the old, sexist playbook is going to work...
A couple things happened after Donald Trump bragged about grabbing women by their genitalia and still got elected to the presidency. One, it helped launch the Women’s March, with more than 3 million...
View ArticleEditorial: No tax on tips? Trump’s election-year sweeteners could bring sour...
At the Republican National Convention, we heard Donald Trump discuss an encounter with a Nevada waitress. The swing-state server told her customer, the former president and Republican presidential...
View ArticleSheldon H. Jacobson and Dr. Janet A. Jokela: Is the (Google) doctor in?
One thing that all of us are concerned about is our personal health and well-being. But when we are stricken with pain or discomfort, our first thought may not be to make an appointment with a...
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Jon Cohn: What would a uniquely Chicago Olympic Games look like? A race on...
As the Olympic Games got off to a dramatic and exciting start, the thought occurred to me: What if Chicago hosted its own competition? One specifically geared for our fine city. Some of these...
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