Editorial: In US Steel mess, Gary should not be the victim of Pennsylvania...
At the Democratic National Convention in Chicago last month, Vice President Kamala Harris did not say much about China. But we did hear her say she intended to ensure “that America, not China, wins the...
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Edward Keegan: With stadium plans, the Bears are proposing a barely veiled...
As the Bears open another season at Soldier Field, discussions around their lakefront stadium proposal have shifted to the world of financing. The team seems intent on pushing public financing onto the...
View ArticleClarence Page: Our nation’s symbols belong to all Americans
If you don’t tell a lie, my father used to say, you won’t have to worry about which version of your story you told last. Right, I agreed, but with an attitude like that, ol’ Dad was well advised to...
View ArticleEditorial: Goodbye, Hemispheres magazine and little bottles of shampoo
If you have a little bottle of fancy shampoo in your bathroom drawer, the perfume of which reminds you of a long ago trip to the Caribbean or some swanky joint you could not afford, you might want to...
View ArticleLetters: We failed the Georgia school shooter, and we failed the victims
Another day, another school shooting. Students and teachers have been killed because an at-risk young teen reportedly has criminally negligent parents and no one cared. Who reaches out to a 14-year-old...
View ArticleDr. Igor Galynker: To prevent suicide, we have to change to a scientific...
I’ve spent most of my medical career treating people who’ve tried to take their own lives or who are at risk of dying by suicide. What I’ve learned from my patients and research conducted in my lab is...
View ArticleLaura Washington: Donald Trump said he ‘lost’ the 2020 election. Imagine that.
Former President Donald J. Trump must be worried. Trump will face off with Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday night in their first presidential debate, one that may be the most consequential...
View ArticleProfessors: What can Illinois do to better protect workers from inhaling...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Tribune and other news outlets have just reported the case of a man, José Gómez, who required a lung transplant after severe lung damage caused...
View ArticleEditorial: The alliance against Mayor Brandon Johnson on zoning is justified
Opponents of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s nomination of progressive firebrand Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez as chair of the City Council’s powerful Zoning Committee are backing an alternative chairman and say...
View ArticleEditorial: America needs merciless moderators at Tuesday’s presidential debate
A New York Times/Sienna College poll this weekend suggested that the presidential race was tightening (again) and that while a vast majority of voters generally felt comfortable with Democratic nominee...
View ArticleDaniel DePetris: Are tensions in the South China Sea at risk of explosion?
While the world’s attention largely remains fixated on the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, U.S. officials across the national security apparatus also have another part of the globe on their minds: the South...
View ArticleJohn T. Shaw: Our nation needs muscular rhetoric and problem-solving...
I attended the recent Democratic National Convention and was struck, as were others, by the abundance of stirring political oratory, not only from midcareer politicians but also from so many younger...
View ArticleLetters: Banning single-use plastics is a necessary step in taking on a huge...
In “Goodbye, Hemispheres magazine and little bottles of shampoo” (Sept. 8), the Tribune Editorial Board raises the question, “We’re not sure what the little bottles did to merit this specific legal...
View ArticleSheriff Tom Dart: Our law enforcement leaders must condemn political violence
The election is just weeks away. The first presidential debate is just hours away. Both candidates have heightened the velocity and ferocity of their attacks. Events overseas are challenging Americans...
View ArticleLetters: We can’t help but try to understand how the White Sox turned into a...
I’m a lifelong White Sox fan. I remember listening to Bob Elson call Sox games on the radio and taking what the CTA now calls the Green Line to 35th Street. Sometimes kids were let into old Comiskey...
View ArticleJerald McNair: There has been a paradigm shift in how we respond to school...
The shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia, where 14-year-old Colt Gray is alleged to have killed two students and two teachers, is why so many school administrators have sleepless nights,...
View ArticleLyle Goldstein: What can the US do to stabilize its relationship with China?
National security adviser Jake Sullivan’s recent trip to Beijing is a good sign that President Joe Biden’s administration is taking U.S.-China relations seriously. While the visit did not result in...
View ArticleEditorial: Brandon Johnson should exempt cops and firefighters from his...
Mayor Brandon Johnson faces a budget crisis that he and his staff saw — or should have seen — coming a mile away. With news Monday that his administration is responding with a hiring freeze, including...
View ArticleAshley A. Kannan: Prioritizing leadership and mentorship will prevent...
Our eighth graders have a yearly tradition: They walk the hallways on their last day of school while the sixth and seventh graders and their teachers stand and honor them as they leave. As I walked...
View ArticleResearchers: ShotSpotter helps gunshot victims receive rapid first aid. Does...
In just a few weeks, Chicago’s contract with ShotSpotter, the gunshot detection system, will expire. The debate about ShotSpotter has focused on whether it helps solve crime. We have new data about...
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