Editorial: Where are the connectors like Lois Weisberg in Brandon Johnson’s...
In 1999, the writer Malcolm Gladwell wrote a famous, later-anthologized New Yorker article about a Chicago grandmother named Lois Weisberg. In the subhead to the piece, entitled “Six Degrees of Lois...
View ArticleLetters: I wish the debate moderators would have kept Kamala Harris and...
Disappointing! That is probably the best way to describe Tuesday’s presidential debate. Both candidates obviously had prepared their talking points and were going to express them, no matter what...
View ArticleMark Ishaug and Dan Lustig: After the Blue Line shooting, Chicago needs to...
In the Sept. 5 Tribune editorial about crime on the CTA, the editorial board left out one important fact: Unhoused people, while often unfairly painted as dangerous, are much more likely to be the...
View ArticleBrent E. Adams: Proposed federal rule targeting the earned-wage access...
Disagreements are common, especially during an election season and especially during an era of intense polarization. Plenty has been written about that already. Less common is a disagreement among...
View ArticleHeidi Stevens: The lie about immigrants eating pets raises a larger question:...
First of all, immigrants aren’t eating people’s pets in Ohio. It’s the sort of thing that should go without saying. The sort of thing that makes you wince a little when you say it (or type it) because...
View ArticleColleen Connell and Luis Gutierrez: Chicago should embrace, not reject,...
Seven decades ago, the federal government launched a cruel, mass deportation effort known as Operation Wetback. In Chicago, this program commenced just as Chicagoans began to celebrate Mexican...
View ArticleEditorial: When government has to subsidize people’s property taxes,...
How do you know property taxes are too high in this state? Most homeowners if asked that question would laugh at the notion that there was any doubt. But there hardly could be starker evidence than...
View ArticleLetters: Editorial ignores the efforts Ald. Sigcho-Lopez is making to make...
Why is the Tribune Editorial Board (“The alliance against Johnson on zoning is justified,” Sept. 9) pushing a divisive, business-as-usual narrative that ignores the real risks Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez...
View ArticleMegan Ross: ‘Chimp Crazy’ is evidence of why primate protection is so important
As a scientist, I view every animal behavior as a crucial data point, revealing an animal’s well-being through the collective story they tell. After 25 years in the wildlife world, this skill is finely...
View ArticleDavid Greising: Is a property tax hike in the making to fill Mayor Brandon...
When Brandon Johnson ran for mayor two years ago, he did so on the strength of an expansive progressive agenda. His vision for equity in housing, schools, neighborhoods and downtown would come at a...
View ArticleJonathan Zimmerman: How the University of Pennsylvania lost its way on free...
I teach at the University of Pennsylvania, which is an equal-opportunity censor. It suppresses voices on the right and the left, even as it proclaims its commitment to free and open dialogue. That’s...
View ArticleThe Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz for Sept. 14
What happened this week? Well, to recap, there was a presidential debate and a big celebrity endorsement that followed, Mayor Brandon Johnson enacted a citywide hiring freeze, the Bears snagged their...
View ArticleLetters: Artificial stone fabrication cannot be made safe. Ban the products...
In their Sept. 9 op-ed “What can Illinois do to better protect workers from inhaling silica dust,” professors Linda Forst and Lee Friedman, while well intended, incorrectly state that “prevention of...
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Editorial: Chicago must keep ShotSpotter. The data leaves no doubt.
There now is no question that Chicago needs the gunfire detection technology known as ShotSpotter. We sympathize with those who wish this financially strapped city did not have use for an expensive...
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Clarence Page: Kamala Harris makes the most of her chances, while Donald...
Many, many moons ago, my family elders advised me: “Son, prepare yourself, because you never know when the doors of opportunity are going to open up. And when they do, you need to be ready to step...
View ArticleHannah Kypta: As a high school senior, I’m tired of living in fear of a...
On Sept. 5, my high school in O’Fallon, Illinois, a suburb of St. Louis, practiced an intruder drill. The next day, my little sister’s middle school practiced the same drill. The day before the drill...
View ArticleJames Coltella: Can we trust a politician if they change their opinion?
People crave stability. When it comes to others, we feel comfortable when we know who they are, what they think and what they represent. This is particularly important when it comes to politicians. If...
View ArticleLetters: State lawmakers are right to take steps to make prescription drugs...
I have been living with multiple sclerosis (MS) for many years prior to my diagnosis in May 2016. In late August, I attended a town hall in Chicago where legislators discussed the issue of prescription...
View ArticleEditorial: White Sox are on the cusp of historic MLB record. Will home...
It seems all but assured that the Chicago White Sox will end their 2024 campaign as the worst team in Major League Baseball history in terms of won-loss record. With a 33-114 record as of Friday before...
View ArticleLetters: Those opposed to Donald Trump twist statements to support their stance
The Rev. Pam Rumancik is right in her letter to the editor: “Hatred is no American value” (Sept. 2). But neither is twisting or using misleading statements to support one’s own thinking. For instance,...
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