Kate Lowe: Chicago’s public transit fiscal crisis needs more attention
In the frustration around current CTA service and buzz around agency consolidation, the issue that should take center stage — an impending fiscal and resulting service crisis for public transit —...
View ArticleAndy Thayer: What links the 1968 and 2024 conventions? Mass youth...
Many commentators comparing the 1968 and 2024 Chicago conventions have breathlessly feared that 2024 will see chaos and violence. Lost in the hype is the one scenario that really does link the two...
View ArticleLaura Washington: As the Democrats roll into Chicago, the GOP is on the...
The whole world will be watching, once again. In 1968, political guru Don Rose first coined that phrase. The world watched as the Democratic National Convention became a tornado in a bathtub, with...
View ArticleLetters: Chicago’s parking meter deal is a case study in immorality
The Tribune article (“Parking meter deal could be even more costly,” Aug. 12) detailing how Chicago will likely owe more $100 million to Chicago Parking Meters (CPM) was highly necessary. According to...
View ArticleEditorial: American farmers are doing their jobs. Not so Congress, with no...
After a slow start to planting this spring, Illinois’ most important cash crops have taken off. Corn is standing tall across the Midwest grain belt. Soybeans are doing even better, with ideal...
View ArticleEditorial: Phil Donahue sparked Chicago’s improbably long run as locus of...
The passing of Phil Donahue at age 88 is, among other things, a time to reflect on when Chicago was the epicenter of daytime talk show America. Donahue, who began his groundbreaking talk show in the...
View ArticleEditorial: Democrats have the narrative. But look at what Republicans have...
Everyone is talking about the Democratic National Convention, which got underway Monday in Chicago, but our minds turned Monday to what we saw, or rather what we did not see, at the Republican National...
View ArticleLetters: What my father’s experience as a Chicago cop at the 1968 DNC taught me
My father’s life intersected with the tumult of the 1968 Democratic National Convention in ways that I never fully appreciated or understood as a kid. My dad was a young beat cop during the 1968...
View ArticleDaniel DePetris: Is this the last chance for a cease-fire in Gaza?
Last Friday, the White House released a joint statement with Qatar and Egypt letting the world know that cease-fire talks between Israel and Hamas were in their final stage. A so-called bridging...
View ArticleSherry C.M. Lindquist: This is why it matters that Western Illinois...
I am a professor at Western Illinois University, where the new interim president and interim provost gained approval from the board of trustees to lay off nearly 90 people, including all eight...
View ArticleKeith Kellogg: Rising stakes in the Middle East await a return of Donald Trump
As tensions escalate in the Middle East amid the threat of a wider war and potential retaliation by Iran against Israel, our adversaries and allies in the region must weigh one considerable likelihood...
View ArticleEditorial: Joe Biden, pushed out of prime time at the DNC but consequential,...
As former Democratic President Barack Obama is scheduled to speak Tuesday night at the party’s national convention and Bill Clinton will follow on Wednesday, our thoughts remained on the sitting...
View ArticleEditorial: Amtrak should welcome Greyhound for its passengers’ sake
Many enlightened U.S. cities, such as Milwaukee and Kalamazoo, Michigan, have transit centers where passengers can catch buses and trains in the same place. These are popular with travelers since they...
View ArticleLetters: Op-ed gets it wrong about medical aid in dying safeguards
As a radiation oncology physician, I must correct numerous inaccuracies in the op-ed by Dr. Cory Franklin and Victoria Tiller (“When it comes to physician-assisted suicide, safeguards aren’t...
View ArticlePaul Vallas: How to address the revenue side of Chicago’s pension crisis
There was a time when Chicago’s pension systems and the Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund were well funded. In 2000, the municipal workers’ pension funding levels were above 90% of what was needed in...
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Cal Fentress: At the 1952 Democratic National Convention, I witnessed honest...
In 1952, when I was 14, I got a job at the Democratic National Convention in nearby Chicago. I wasn’t much interested in politics, but a convention sounded like fun, so for one unforgettable week that...
View ArticleJackie Payne: Undecided moderate women could be the tipping point this November
After a wild few weeks, the top of the ticket is once again set for Democrats and Republicans. Polls show Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are neck and neck. Over the...
View ArticleEditorial: Barack and Michelle Obama showed Kamala Harris what she must do at...
How much the death of the illustrious Chicagoan Marian Robinson, the mother of Michelle Obama, had changed her daughter was evident the moment the former first lady opened her mouth Tuesday night at...
View ArticleKaivan Shroff: Kamala Harris’ nomination is a new day for Indian American...
Kamala Harris’ nomination as the Democratic presidential candidate marks a historic moment, not just for her but also for the Indian American community she represents. As the daughter of an Indian...
View ArticleWillie Wilson: Democrats have made history with Kamala Harris. Now they must...
The Democratic Party will make history by officially nominating Vice President Kamala Harris to lead the party as their standard bearer for president. Harris is the first woman of color to lead a major...
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