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Letters: Lawsuit against Des Moines Register is really about silencing...
Patrick Hughes in his commentary (“Lawsuit against Des Moines Register is about holding media groups accountable,” Jan. 9) suggests that his group’s lawsuit against The Des Moines Register and pollster...
View ArticleZena Naiditch: Stacy Davis Gates’ comments reinforce harmful prejudices about...
I was appalled to hear Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates’ recent remarks comparing Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez to a special education student who cannot be suspended....
View ArticleEditorial: Dorval Carter was an ineffective CTA leader. Now Chicago needs a...
Dorval Carter Jr., who announced his retirement Monday to widespread relief, was no “train daddy,” to use the phrase applied to Andy Byford, the widely admired British transport executive who variously...
View ArticleCarissa Zaffiro: People see the US becoming isolationist. But I see Americans...
Just before Christmas, a family arrived at the airport exhausted from a multiday trip from Pakistan to Cincinnati, Ohio. They faced hundreds of unknowns and as many fears. What would they find in this...
View ArticleLetters: Criticism of Illinois House Speaker Welch over hemp bill is unwarranted
The recent backlash against Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch for not calling HB4293 to a vote — including in the Tribune editorial “Welch’s recent behavior in Springfield raises questions...
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Daniel DePetris: Are Donald Trump’s peace dreams for Ukraine mission impossible?
It was perhaps his most outlandish claim on the campaign trail, yet one Donald Trump repeated as he was seeking to win back his old job as president of the United States: He can resolve the war in...
View ArticleEditorial: City Council should keep close watch on federal immigration...
President-elect Donald Trump takes office next week, and his border czar, Tom Homan, has made it clear that Chicago tops his list for deportations. With a clear target on our backs, does the City...
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Editorial: Drive safely, but we don’t need a blanket speed limit change....
For Chicagoans used to being stuck in traffic, especially on the Kennedy Expressway, the idea of traveling 25 mph might seem merely aspirational. But the last thing Chicago needs to do right now is to...
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Mark Harris: Oh, say, what will we see on the new Illinois state flag?
Illinoisans, our civic duty is not done. I know you’re exhausted and battle-scarred after voting in the presidential election, appointing a new congressional delegation and legislature and deciding...
View ArticleAlessandra Hirsch: No, I am not a better doctor since my cancer diagnosis
A few months ago, I had an experience much more familiar to me as a writer than a physician: getting rejected. I had written a piece about my experience as a woman trying to hide her cancer diagnosis....
View ArticleLaura Washington: Post-pandemic Chicago needs a revival. Downtown is where it...
Chicago has a problem that must be solved: how to revive our downtown. Frank Sinatra’s “State Street, that great Street” is no more, replaced by blocks of empty storefronts. LaSalle Street, once a...
View ArticleLetters: As the LA fires show, lives depend on reducing carbon emissions
Several major events last week combined to remind me of the importance of taking action to address the existential challenges of climate change. The passing of Jimmy Carter reminded me that he was...
View ArticleMichael Peregrine: Presidential farewell addresses provide memorable civics...
As President Joe Biden prepares to leave office, it’s appropriate to revisit the important, if underappreciated, role of the presidential farewell address in the American democratic process. The...
View ArticleLetters: Restoring exceptions to Chicago’s sanctuary city law would help most...
Last week, Ald. Silvana Tabares and I gave notice to discharge and vote on changes to the Welcoming City Ordinance that would have returned the exceptions as to when our city departments could engage...
View ArticleEditorial: Credit rating downgrade an unsurprising warning about the future...
It’s bad news — though unsurprising — that following the passage of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s most recent city budget, S&P downgraded the city’s credit rating to BBB. Bad policy decisions trigger bad...
View ArticleEditorial: Jurors in Madigan trial hear the sad ballad of Mike and Mike
It won’t be long before jurors meet behind closed doors to determine the fate of Michael Madigan, the longest-serving statehouse speaker in U.S. history. We don’t envy those 12 their task. Trying to...
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Willie Wilson: Now is not the time to backtrack on commitment to diversity
As some companies retreat on their commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, the silence of good people, civil rights organizations and elected leaders is deafening. Equal opportunity is not just...
View ArticleRebecca Creighton and Chris Shue: In anxious times, asylum-seekers and...
Imagine walking more than 60 miles through a deadly jungle, your children by your side, clinging to the faint hope of safety and a better future. For Yenifer and her family, this was not just a...
View ArticleDaniel Biss: Evanston will protect residents from Donald Trump’s immigration...
It’s hard to know exactly what to expect from Donald Trump’s incoming administration, but one thing seems clear: Aggressive and punitive actions against immigrants are coming. That’s why this week,...
View ArticleEditorial: Trump now has to stick the Gaza ceasefire
Which U.S. president gets credit for the Gaza ceasefire, the one incoming or the one outgoing? Who cares? Let’s just say both administrations did their part and be done. What matters is that the people...
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