Will Johnson: The Rahm rehabilitation? Debate over Emanuel will show what...
Left foundering after Vice President Kamala Harris’ stunning defeat, the Democratic Party is engaged in the age-old political ritual: Each faction is pointing fingers and laying blame at the other’s...
View ArticleMichael Alcee: New Year’s resolutions seem to set us up for failure. How can...
Are you a New Year’s resolution hater? Could you care any less that early Christians reflected on past sins at this time of year or that your neighbor will finally use that Peloton to work out in...
View ArticleWillie Wilson: What should Chicago and Illinois leaders do in 2025?
Every new year brings excitement about the possibilities of achieving dreams and goals with the closing of one chapter and the beginning of a new one. It calls for self-reflection on the year ending...
View ArticleLetters: Former President Jimmy Carter led a remarkable life
Former President Jimmy Carter, as the longest-living president, will not escape history. This legend in his own time led a remarkable life. And whatever Carter lacked during his presidential term, he...
View ArticleEditorial: We have some New Year’s resolutions for JB Pritzker, Brandon...
With 2024 in the books and 2025 already here, gulp, our city and state find themselves in precarious places. The city of Chicago ended the year with the extraordinarily messy passage of a $17.1 billion...
View ArticleHugo Jacobo: Latino leaders failed CPS CEO Pedro Martinez — and our community
On Dec. 20, a Friday night, the Chicago Board of Education appointed by Mayor Brandon Johnson voted unanimously to fire Pedro Martinez, the first permanent Latino CEO of CPS. This decision followed...
View ArticleAbhinav Anne: This is how leadership shapes our mental health in a divided...
As the dust settles from the general election, we as a nation are facing heightened division and political tension and undergoing deep societal introspection. At the heart of these challenges is this...
View ArticlePaul Vallas: Chicago’s City Council can address the financial crisis to come...
Despite the City Council’s demonstration of defiance, the new approved budget represents a continuation of the proverbial kicking of the can down the road. Yes, the lightning rod of every budget debate...
View ArticleTom Montgomery Fate: What a literary critic’s memoir reveals about Chicago...
We live in a culture of perpetual distraction. Last year, the average American checked their cellphone 205 times per day — at work, at home, in bed, while driving and everywhere else. Life is a...
View ArticleHeidi Stevens: His wife told him to jump in the lake. More than 4 years...
In the summer of 2020, when a pandemic gripped the globe and civil unrest filled city streets and dread clouded the air like a low-hanging fog, Dan O’Conor would get up every morning, drive to a...
View ArticleLetters: Mayor Brandon Johnson should resign from office
Brandon Johnson has received well-earned criticism for his job as mayor. He was called the “worst mayor in America” by a major news publication. Unfortunately for the people of Chicago, because of his...
View ArticleThe Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz for Jan. 4
Happy New Year, quiz readers! To start the week, former President Jimmy Carter, the humble peanut farmer who won the presidency and then redefined life after the White House as a global humanitarian,...
View ArticleLetters: The Bears are plagued by terrible management
I don’t watch any of the Chicago teams except the Bears. I used to think the players were the problem, but this season has confirmed it really isn’t the players. For the most part, they play up to...
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Storer H. Rowley: Where will we find a new Jimmy Carter when we need him?
Former President Jimmy Carter had more post-White House accomplishments than any other American leader. He won the Nobel Peace Prize. He helped virtually eradicate a devastating global disease. He...
View ArticleLetters: Inspector general should look into state workers’ excessive overtime
Thank you for the Dec. 27 Page 1 story on the excessive overtime costs paid to Illinois Department of Human Services employees as revealed by a report that covered fiscal years 2021 through 2023...
View ArticleJennifer Guzman: Chicago leaders, we have an antisemitism problem
As a Mexican and Jewish American woman from West Rogers Park, I am deeply connected to and proud of my roots. My story is rich with tradition, struggle and resilience on both sides. Growing up, I...
View ArticleEditorial: Republicans, resist the urge to blow up the filibuster for...
Republicans are set to take total control of Congress and the White House and there’s excitement around getting to achieve long-desired goals. Immigration reform is near the top of the GOP priority...
View ArticleClarence Page: MAGA takes on Elon Musk’s ‘tech bros’ and their need for...
Just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump is scheduled to return to the White House, the American tech oligarchs who played a decisive role in reelecting him were busy exerting their own power in...
View ArticleEditorial: How property tax increases became a new third rail in US politics
If he thought he was selling something that anyone wanted to buy, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson sure got a wake-up call. In his initial 2025 budget proposal this past fall, Johnson requested a shocking...
View ArticleRabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz: The end of crucial safeguards for migrant children...
Last month, The New York Times published a disturbing story about the expiration of health protections for migrant children in custody. The protections, which were the result of a legal settlement in...
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