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Editorial: Our endorsements for the Illinois House, Part 1
Only just over half of the 118 House seats are contested this year in Illinois’ state legislative districts. That level of gerrymandering isn’t healthy for democracy and leads to a General Assembly...
View ArticlePaul Vallas: Chicago needs a nuisance ordinance, not another speeding ticket...
Last week, Mayor Brandon Johnson endorsed Ald. Daniel La Spata’s ordinance to lower the city’s default speed limit to 25 mph, which they claim will save lives. Also, Johnson allowed Chicago’s use of...
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Blair Kamin: On a course very different from Chicago’s, triathletes race in...
As thousands of marathoners streamed through Chicago’s streets earlier this month, another endurance sport, the uber-striving triathlon, was celebrating its 50th anniversary in San Diego, routing...
View ArticleLetters: Northwestern’s removal of sukkah is a violation of free speech
As members of Jewish Voice for Peace who set up a sukkah to celebrate Sukkot and honor Palestine, we express our gratitude to the Tribune for its coverage and offer context and clarification...
View ArticleDoctors: Today’s potent marijuana is spawning public health dangers that we...
In 1964, Bob Dylan reportedly introduced the Beatles to cannabis, a seminal moment in the 60-year campaign to legalize marijuana. Before that, marijuana was hardly a part of mainstream American...
View ArticleDean McGee: Here’s why Chicago teachers are suing their own union
The Chicago Teachers Union, representing more than 25,000 educators, touts itself as “the most democratic institution devoted to this city’s schools.” But for more than four years, the CTU has failed...
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Editorial: Our endorsements for Illinois House, Part 2
Today, the Tribune Editorial Board is continuing our endorsements in contested Illinois House races. This is the second of our four installments. District 34 This is a rematch of a race won easily in...
View ArticleRobert Ford: Biowearables are the future of personalized health care
People are hungry for information about their bodies. Nearly one-third of Americans don smartwatches and other wearable technology to measure things such as step counts, calories burned and heart...
View ArticleHeidi Stevens: A thank you note to my 40s, which are now in the rearview mirror
This is a thank you note to my 40s, which I just left behind. My 30s gave me my children. My 40s gave me the setbacks and screwups and strength and soul-searching to be worthy of them. My 30s gave me...
View ArticleLetters: Paul Vallas’ proposed nuisance ordinance would be harmful
It is hard to know where to begin with Paul Vallas’ advocacy for a new nuisance ordinance in Chicago (“Chicago needs a nuisance ordinance, not another speeding ticket trap,” Oct. 23). Vallas casts...
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Editorial: Illinois House endorsements, Part 3
Today, the Tribune Editorial Board publishes our third installment of endorsements for all contested Illinois House races in 2024. District 49 Voters are blessed with two appealing candidates in this...
View ArticleFroylan Jimenez: How do we encourage more accountability at the Chicago Board...
Accountability, especially in the public sector, is grounded in the principle of taking responsibility for one’s actions and is one of the most crucial elements of our democratic system. “Showing up”...
View ArticleDavid Greising: State lawmakers offer hopeful sign that pension reform is a...
With pension reform possibly within reach, there’s a Goldilocks problem for the state lawmakers setting plans to tackle Illinois’ worst-in-the-nation pension problem. Some fixes would be too small;...
View ArticleJames Coltella: Our country needs a new version of the Fairness Doctrine
We live in a world of partisan media, in an ecosystem in which facts can go unchecked and opinion forms the reality for many audiences. But it didn’t used to be this way. In the 1940s, concern over the...
View ArticleThe Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz for Oct. 26
We have less than two weeks until the seemingly endless election ads and campaign donation request texts end. Before you cast your vote, check out the Tribune’s voter guide here. And then read all the...
View ArticleLetters: State lawmakers should pass Karina’s Bill to help protect domestic...
The Network, which advocates against domestic violence in our state, shockingly predicts that 130 people will die in Illinois from domestic violence in 2024. Most of the victims will be women, and most...
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Editorial: Illinois House endorsements, Part 4
Here is our fourth and final installment of endorsements in contested Illinois House races. District 72 State Sen. Willie Preston, left, and state Rep. Gregg Johnson applaud invited guests as Gov. J.B....
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Melita M. Garza: There are lessons to learn from the news ghosts of...
The ghosts that haunt Gregory Hall at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are cast in bronze. They are forgotten silent sentinels of press freedom — pioneering Prairie State editors and...
View ArticleEdward Keegan: Solverre in Uptown adds, provocatively, to Chicago’s long...
While some of Chicago’s late 19th-century tall buildings, such as the Reliance Building at State and Washington streets, were predominantly glass, it wasn’t until the arrival of Mies van der Rohe and...
View ArticleEditorial: Illinoisans, vote ‘no’ on the millionaire’s tax ballot question
“Should the Illinois Constitution be amended to create an additional 3% tax on income greater than $1,000,000 for the purpose of dedicating funds raised to property tax relief?” This statewide ballot...
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