Editorial: Northwestern’s new stadium is shaping up beautifully
We were in favor of Northwestern University’s new stadium from the start. For one thing, the plans arrived funded almost in totality by the Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan family to the tune of some...
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Andy Shaw: Rahm Emanuel is the best choice to lead Democrats out of the...
In the 1980s, when a recent college graduate named Rahm Emanuel was fundraising on a bicycle through the north suburban neighborhoods where he grew up and he convinced a wealthy Democrat to contribute...
View ArticleLaura Washington: Rahm Emanuel leading the Democrats is a nonstarter
In the wake of the Democrats’ Nov. 5 wipeout, there is no shortage of theories on how the party can get back to winning. One that got my attention is a dubious pitch from David Axelrod, the prominent...
View ArticlePaul Vallas: Chicago’s federal consent decree will not improve policing
While most of Chicago was captivated by the drama surrounding the City Council’s 50-0 defeat of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $300 million property tax increase plan, state officials were alarmed by...
View ArticleHeddy Lahmann: Why we should care about arts education in public schools
Donald Trump has big plans for schools in his second term, which include gutting the Department of Education. His proposals have major implications for public school funding, and you can bet that arts...
View ArticleTazewell Thompson: Presenting my opera ‘Blue,’ here and now, feels all too apt
In rehearsal at Lyric Opera of Chicago for my two-act work, “Blue.” I had gone to bed on election night with a mixed sense of hope and dread and woke up Wednesday morning with a deep sense of grief,...
View ArticleLinda Goler Blount: Government has the tools to end severe obesity. It should...
Obesity has long been the leading risk factor for death among Americans — and it’s getting worse. New research by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that cases of severe obesity have...
View ArticleEditorial: Meet the new ‘head tax’: Brandon Johnson’s business levy could...
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration has been hunting frantically for politically palatable tax hikes to replace the $300 million property tax increase Chicago aldermen rejected unanimously last...
View ArticleLetters: Editorial about immigration fails to recognize Republicans’...
The editorial “Trump’s immigration deportation plans need compassion and a dose of humanity” (Nov. 17) makes some excellent points, but the Tribune Editorial Board forgot to mention some key past...
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Editorial: The ghost of Jussie Smollett rises up to haunt the Kim Foxx exit tour
What name does the Cook County state’s attorney least like to hear? Easy. Jussie Smollett. Kim Foxx hates to be linked to the television actor who everyone knows rigged up a phony racially charged...
View ArticleLetters: President Joe Biden should act to have the Equal Rights Amendment...
The women of the United States have been waiting for more than a century to see the Equal Rights Amendment made part of the Constitution. They have waited long enough. It is time for President Joe...
View ArticleDavid Greising: CPD’s consent decree will be worth the cost if reforms are...
The term “police consent decree” may sound legalistic, but in fact, peace in our neighborhoods, racial justice, responsible policing, care for the mentally ill and even human lives hang on the many...
View ArticleJuan Rangel: How Latinos found their voice in Donald Trump
Donald Trump won 46% of the Latino vote, according to some exit polls highlighting the complexity and nuance of this demographic, which pundits too often mischaracterize as monolithic, or worse, an...
View ArticleHeidi Stevens: University of North Texas bans words ‘race,’ ‘gender’ from...
Not so long ago (this year), in a land not so far away (this one), a debate roiled fiercely about free speech on college campuses. On one side, students, faculty and interested observers advocated for...
View ArticleAmanda Pyron: We need Illinois to step up in the fight against gender-based...
In a poem about seeking asylum, Warsan Shire writes, “No one puts their children in a boat unless the water is safer than the land.” As individuals around our state take stock of the election results,...
View ArticleJames Coltella: It is critical that we find the hope to carry us for the next...
With studies confirming that negative headlines can undercut our mental health, it is perhaps important for us to turn away from all the attempts to deconstruct what went wrong for us Democrats and...
View ArticleThe Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz for Nov. 23
Well, we started the week with another crushing defeat for the Chicago Bears, this time a 20-19 loss to the rival Green Bay Packers. As the team prepares to take on the Minnesota Vikings this Sunday,...
View ArticleLetters: COVID-19 remains a public health challenge. Getting a booster will...
A new strain of COVID-19 known as XEC is gaining traction in Chicago, just as the holidays approach and seasonal respiratory virus season gets underway. The COVID-19 virus remains a public health...
View ArticleClarence Page: Donald Trump’s Cabinet of the mediocre invites possible...
“Kakistocracy” is trending again. The obscure term, coined as early as the 17th century and defined by Merriam-Webster as “government by the worst people,” has surged on Google Trends since the...
View ArticleEditorial: 4 in 10 Chicago Public Schools teachers were ‘chronically absent’...
By any measure, Chicago Public Schools teachers are extraordinarily well paid given the norms of their profession. The median salary for a CPS teacher is nearly $95,000. That’s 21% more than teachers...
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