Sustainability advocates: DuSable Lake Shore Drive vision undermines...
In Chicago, we stand at a critical juncture. The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) are proposing a rebuild of North DuSable Lake Shore Drive,...
View ArticleLetters: US Center for SafeSport is in Team USA’s corner
Athletes are safer today because the U.S. Center for SafeSport exists. As the first national, independent organization of its kind in the world, we are pioneering a culture shift within the Olympic and...
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Editorial: Evan Gershkovich comes home, thanks in no small part to The Wall...
The freeing of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on Thursday was not first reported in the paper where he works. We first heard the glorious news about his coming home as part of a large...
View ArticleTribune Opinion quotes of the week August 3
The Olympic Games in Paris provided a much needed distraction from the seemingly endless presidential campaign news of late. Gymnast Simone Biles is back at full strength, and on the men’s side,...
View ArticleLetters: ‘Medium Cool’ features Uptown neighborhood in the 1960s
Ed Bachrach in last Saturday’s Tribune writes a wonderful, insightful essay on “10 reasons to see ‘Medium Cool,’ featuring real scenes of 1968 DNC.” He correctly calls the Haskell Wexler film the best...
View ArticleMark Lynn Ferguson: Maybe JD Vance is the perfect politician for this...
This is a rough period for U.S. Sen. JD Vance. Since becoming Donald Trump‘s running mate, he has awoken to headlines like these: Politico: “JD Vance Has a Bunch of Weird Views on Gender” New York...
View ArticleSarah Moskowitz: Private water customers in Illinois are crying for help....
Hundreds of customers of Illinois’ largest private water utility packed an Illinois Commerce Commission public forum in Bolingbrook one recent summer night. They were fed up with how high their bills...
View ArticleMichael Peregrine: Joe Biden, Richard Nixon and 2 turbulent political summers
So you think it’s been a turbulent political summer, with President Joe Biden’s surprise decision not to run for reelection? Try 50 summers ago, with President Richard Nixon’s equally surprising...
View ArticleLetters: Our planet is our only home. We need to cut carbon emissions.
The Aug. 1 Tribune article “Sticky air and hotter nights” discusses the effects of climate change on the Midwest. A big part of reducing the greenhouse gasses that cause climate change is reducing...
View ArticleEditorial: Illinois is a leader in yet another dubious category — zombie...
Illinois has a knack for leading the country in areas other states avoid, vying for the worst public pension debt, the most units of government per capita and the biggest parade of wealthy people...
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Laura Washington: Donald Trump tried to court the Black vote in Chicago. He...
Let him speak, then hold him accountable. That was my reaction last week when the National Association of Black Journalists announced it had invited former President Donald Trump to its annual...
View ArticleMicky Horstman: Candidates shouldn’t ignore young voters this election
After President Joe Biden’s decision to drop out of the race, I’m reaffirming my prediction that despite primary turnout, it’s wrong to write off young voters. While Chicago saw low turnout during...
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Letters: A grandma’s message to JD Vance
Here’s my message to Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance: I am a retired baby boomer grandma, and I vote on issues for a future that I will not experience. My family is grown, but I care...
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Editorial: Here comes the predictable fallout from police watchdog Andrea...
When videos were made public in April of the police shooting of a Chicagoan named Dexter Reed after a traffic stop, the head of the agency tasked with investigating police shootings publicly questioned...
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Christopher Roos: We need a new Smokey Bear that embraces good fire
On Friday, the Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service and other federal agencies will celebrate the 80th birthday of the most potent symbol of America’s wildfire issues — Smokey Bear. Born from a...
View ArticleDaniel DePetris: Largest prisoner exchange since the Cold War becomes fodder...
The scenes tugged at the heart strings. Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter nabbed during a reporting assignment by Russian police last year on bogus charges of espionage, was finally...
View ArticleEditorial: Unemployment rates and recession risks matter more than eyeliner,...
On Monday, Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock index fell 12.4% for its worst single day since the Black Monday crash of 1987 and European stocks had a similarly rough session. Former Federal Reserve economist...
View ArticleForrest Claypool: Chicago’s renaissance under Richard M. Daley is at risk
Republicans recently telegraphed their strategy to stay on offense during the Democratic National Convention. The GOP plans to spotlight Chicago’s violent crime, graffiti, homeless camps, pension debt...
View ArticleLetters: Reflection on Donald Trump highlights the values we uphold as crucial
In light of his recent antics in front of an audience of Black journalists centering on his behavior and his approach to empathy, rationality and respect for diversity, a provocative question arises:...
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Editorial: The 2024 White Sox already are a team for the ages. There’s still...
The 2024 Chicago White Sox deserve to be in the record books. A team this bad — this arduous even to watch — shouldn’t just toil away in obscurity. It should be remembered for posterity, and thanks to...
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