Laura Washington: Why is Dorval Carter Jr. still head of the CTA?
As times get tougher at the CTA, Dorval Carter Jr., the agency’s embattled president, has been making himself notoriously scarce. So, it was news when Carter made a rare public appearance last week to...
View ArticleLetters: We need CPS CEO Pedro Martinez to hold the line
Regarding his op-ed “I’m not resigning as CPS chief, and we’re not closing any schools” (Sept. 25): Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez embodies the American Dream, and his commitment and zeal to...
View ArticleEditorial: CPS crisis is mobilizing establishment Chicago against Brandon...
For months, prominent Chicagoans in for-profit commerce and nonprofit governance, Democrats all, have fretted and shaken their heads as Mayor Brandon Johnson lurched from one crisis to another. So far,...
View ArticleIsabel Skinner: Chicago needs a shelter plan for migrants before temperatures...
When I lived in the Sonoran Desert, I came to know it as a place of majesty and tragedy. The pink sand desert has incredible biodiversity and a vibrant border culture. But it can be an unforgiving...
View ArticleWill Johnson: Most Chicagoans reject higher city taxes, no matter the...
Mayor Brandon Johnson has been upfront from the get-go that he wants to raise taxes in Chicago to spend on more social services. After voters rejected a $100 million increase in real estate transfer...
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Patrick Corcoran: With pedestrians and cyclists endangered, Portage Park...
As part of a response to an epidemic of automobile crashes across Chicago, many of them involving pedestrians and cyclists, a new strategy for safer streets is taking hold at our 110-year-old...
View ArticleDavid Greising: Stacy Davis Gates’ attacks on Pedro Martinez aren’t what’s...
Stacy Davis Gates’ scheming to oust Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez has marked another step in the power portfolio she has built since engineering Brandon Johnson’s election as mayor....
View ArticleEditorial: Gov. Pritzker needs to speak forcefully against Mayor Johnson’s...
A year ago, the city of Chicago was in the beginning stages of housing thousands of migrants in tents on a former industrial site contaminated with toxic metals. That effort carried on for another two...
View ArticleHeidi Stevens: Why voters — even women, like, past 50 — care about abortion...
Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock has a saying: “A vote is a kind of prayer for the world we desire for ourselves and for our children.” He said it in 2022, after defeating Republican challenger Herschel...
View ArticleChristine Nannicelli: We can’t count on dirty, costly gas to fix Illinois’...
A recent Tribune editorial about the state’s power needs is correct in assessing that Illinois is facing a critical moment in its clean energy transition, but it misses the mark on how we got here and...
View ArticleBill Meincke: Men face infertility too and must speak up about IVF
There is a great deal of rhetoric surrounding in vitro fertilization on the campaign trail this election season. Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance is against it, Republican presidential...
View ArticleEditorial: All aboard Amtrak’s ‘Floridian’ from Chicago to Miami. See you in...
In a shrewd act of branding, Amtrak announced Monday a “new” daily train beginning in November, just as snowbirds get chilly. “The Floridian” will take Chicagoans all the way to Miami, with...
View ArticleStorer H. Rowley et al.: Americans are losing interest in our nation’s...
Americans are losing touch with the world, and the presidential campaign isn’t solving the problem. Economic issues, immigration, taxes, and even dogs and cats dominated the recent presidential debate...
View ArticleLetters: Bears have a lot of nerve in pursuing lakefront stadium
Many kudos to the organizations and groups that came out in opposition to a Bears stadium on the lakefront (“Groups join forces to oppose Bears stadium,” Sept 19). I hope Mayor Brandon Johnson takes...
View ArticleLetters: We must protect the Chicago River and our other waterways
Earlier this month, the Tribune reported on a Cook County judge’s finding that Trump Tower violated state and federal environmental laws that protect fish in the Chicago River (“Trump Tower faces...
View ArticleThe Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz for Sept. 28
On Monday, ShotSpotter, the city’s controversial gunshot detection system, was officially taken offline. As the City Council weighs a lawsuit against Mayor Brandon Johnson if he doesn’t come up with an...
View ArticleChris Lamb: Former Vice President Dan Quayle deserves our thanks, not our...
George H.W. Bush, who was then vice president, selected the little-known 41-year-old U.S. Sen. Dan Quayle of Indiana as his running mate when Bush ran for president in 1988. The boyish-looking Quayle...
View ArticleLetters: Contrary to the stereotype, accounting is a fulfilling and...
I was both shocked and elated at the Sept. 22 editorial (“Not every finance major can be an investment banker. We need more accountants”): shocked to see attention to the horrific shortage of certified...
View ArticleJohn Austin: VP candidates are different sides of the same populist coin
The world is mesmerized by the evolving drama that is the U.S. presidential contest between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. Both of these coastal top-of-the-ticket...
View ArticleFaith leaders: How do we reduce violence in Chicago? Here are 2 people doing...
The view from the pulpit provides a unique perspective. While we faith leaders see the larger picture of societal problems such as the plague of gun violence, we also see the individuals who are...
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