Superintendent Larry Snelling: The Chicago Police Department is ready for the...
We are ready. The Chicago Police Department, from the top down, has been intensely training and preparing for the Democratic National Convention since Chicago was announced as the host city last year....
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Michael Peregrine: Why remembering D-Day is so important
Amid the turbulence of a politically divided nation, it’s often hard to remember that America has, in its short history, shown itself capable of great things. Some are technological, such as the Apollo...
View ArticleEditorial: Foxtrot dances for an unquestioning local media. But many...
Mike LaVitola, founder of the Foxtrot convenience store chain, went on a sweet little media tour this week, using the language of resurrection. “We’re like a new startup again,” he told Crain’s Chicago...
View ArticleLetters: State lawmakers should say ‘tax increases’ instead of ‘new revenues’
As an Illinois taxpayer, it makes my eyes bleed every time I read about our politicians talking about “new revenues.” This is a one-way street for taxpayers who are always on the withdrawal end of...
View ArticleAurora officials: Why our city is the ideal choice for the Bears’ new stadium
While searching for a location for a new domed stadium, the Bears don’t need to call a Hail Mary pass; they have an ideal choice in Aurora, our state’s second-largest and fastest-growing economy....
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David Greising: With Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce support, is there hope...
Bears President Kevin Warren is a spellbinding salesperson. Twice now, I’ve been in the room as he pitched his vision for a new lakefront stadium — which would come courtesy of more than $2 billion in...
View ArticlePeter H. Schwartz: I’ve learned that it may be best to email like a cat
I’ve discovered that cats, extrusions of our human souls, have much to teach us about how to use email to our advantage. I send lots of emails. Too many emails. I also respond instantly when other...
View ArticleJacob Lane: Downstate Illinois needs more advocacy, not secession
Think it’s time to add another star to our nation’s flag? New Illinois does. In an effort to separate from Chicago’s voter majority, the nonpartisan, self-described educational nonprofit aims to...
View ArticleEditorial: A Pritzker program to boost disadvantaged farmers has left them...
As Farm Belt political stunts go, this one stood out as a progressive dream come true. In early March, Gov. J.B. Pritzker arrived in Peoria to announce that he was giving away free food to the needy —...
View ArticleHeidi Stevens: New book on women as America’s safety net is the perfect...
In Gloria Steinem’s 2015 memoir, “My Life on the Road,” she recalls a lesson she learned from Florynce Kennedy, civil rights activist and lawyer, on dealing with detractors. Kennedy and Steinem would...
View ArticleAldermen: Halt all work on the DuSable Lake Shore Drive project
As City Council members, in coordination with the group Chicago, Bike Grid Now!, we have questions and concerns for the Illinois Department of Transportation regarding the state of the North...
View ArticleEditorial: All hail the men on the D-Day beaches and the women working in the...
Politics hardly took the day off in celebration of Thursday’s 80th anniversary of D-Day in France. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak took flack and was forced to apologize for leaving Normandy early...
View ArticleLetters: Congress should be thanking Dr. Anthony Fauci for saving lives
With regards to those in Congress criticizing Dr. Anthony Fauci and others in regards to the pandemic: It’s critically important to remember the conditions early on at the time decisions had to be...
View ArticleTribune Opinion quotes of the week
In a new weekly feature, the Tribune Opinion team is selecting the best quotes of the week. Check out last week’s quotes here. The world remembered the 80th anniversary of D-Day this past week by...
View ArticleJulie Leininger Pycior: Hubert Humphrey’s lessons from the 1968 DNC
Anti-war protesters decry a president who is running for reelection: Are we talking Joe Biden in 2024 or Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968? After all, just as demonstrators this spring at campuses across the...
View ArticleLetters: Climate change should be a top priority for voters
The University of Chicago’s recent GenForward Survey, which polled the political attitudes of more than 2,000 voters younger than 40, not surprisingly showed that most are concerned about the economy...
View ArticleClarence Page: Wait, so Jim Crow was a good period for Blacks in America?...
’Tis the season for Donald Trump to audition potential running mates while the rest of us speculate on who the lucky winner will be. The trial by political fire was on full display last week as the...
View ArticleLetters: Why is President Joe Biden taking action on the border now?
President Joe Biden is eyeing a tighter border? Seriously? After blaming the GOP for three years and allowing millions of people into the country, all of a sudden, five months before the election,...
View ArticleMike Viola: Mayor Brandon Johnson’s education policy should take a lesson...
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson may have temporarily paused his crusade against selective enrollment schools, but there is still a long way to go to secure education options in Illinois. Last month,...
View ArticleMohammad Hosseini: What will happen to generative AI after November’s election?
We’ve seen it play out time and again. Industries that lack sufficient government oversight prioritize short-term profits over long-term sustainability and can cause significant harm to the economy,...
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