US representatives: Newly passed bipartisan legislation will protect...
Every child deserves a chance to thrive, and as leaders, it is our responsibility to develop policies that help families provide the safety, stability and support needed to give them that chance. By...
View ArticleEditorial: Gov. JB Pritzker reads the electoral tea leaves and, hooray,...
Back in November, Springfield shuddered at the estimate from Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration that revenues in the upcoming budget year would fall $3.2 billion short of projected spending. Three...
View ArticleReshma Saujani: President Donald Trump should give parents a tax cut for...
My parents never dreamed of calling Chicago their home, and who could blame them? For two generations, my family lived in Uganda until the dictator Idi Amin shattered their world. An order was issued:...
View ArticleLaw experts: COPA’s investigations are superior to anything we’ve seen in...
With Andrea Kersten’s announcement that she is stepping down as the leader of Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability, it is important to recognize where we are with police accountability...
View ArticleLetters: We need Democrats to act like adults. Donald Trump will be vindicated.
When Joe Biden was elected as president, we were told the adults were finally in charge. Here we are four years later, and I wonder where these adults are now. Instead of calm discourse, we get...
View ArticleElizabeth Shackelford: In a stunning comeback, Russia wins the Cold War
Vladimir Putin, Russia’s long-standing dictator, never got over the Soviet Union’s collapse at the end of the Cold War. He has called it the “greatest geopolitical catastrophe” of the 20th century and...
View ArticleIan Kelly: Has America first become America alone?
Article 5 of the NATO treaty is the bedrock of the alliance: It is the pledge that an attack on one is an attack on all. It created a single security space among the democratic nations in North...
View ArticleEditorial: To improve law enforcement in Chicago and elsewhere, there’s no...
Much of the public discussion in recent years around holding Chicago cops accountable has centered on civilian agencies that probe alleged police misconduct. At least as important if not more so is how...
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Letters: What gutting the Department of Education will actually do
Thank you for printing the op-ed by Paul Vallas, “What would it mean if US Department of Education is abolished?” (Feb. 13). In this piece, Vallas argues that many functions of the Department of...
View ArticleDavid Galef: Those who say AI will never match human creativity are wrong
Most of the academic writers I know acknowledge that artificial intelligence is beginning to encroach on their field, including the ability to write a cogent essay demonstrating critical thought. If...
View ArticleEditorial: Delta’s CEO tells Gayle King that Trump will improve the FAA. Good...
On “CBS Mornings” Wednesday, Gayle King asked Ed Bastian, CEO of Delta Airlines, if he was concerned by what she referred to as the Trump administration’s firing of “many employees of the FAA.” She...
View ArticleHeidi Stevens: Banning DEI and race-based programs in schools chips away at...
On Valentine’s Day, the Department of Education sent a “Dear Colleague” letter to schools across the country giving them two weeks to stop taking race into consideration for admissions, hiring,...
View ArticleLetters: Chicago activist Ida B. Wells’ story is one we should know
Thank you for publishing the op-ed about Ida B Wells (“Chicago activist Ida B. Wells changes the face of American currency,” Feb. 15). I cried as read it. We all need to learn about her. We need to...
View ArticleThe Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz for Feb. 22
Congratulations on surviving another chilly week, Chicago. The week started with President Donald Trump appearing at the Daytona 500 on Sunday — kicking off another busy and controversial week for the...
View ArticleLetters: Tribune Editorial Board should speak truth to power like Gov. JB...
The editorial criticizing Gov. JB Pritzker’s warning about the Donald Trump regime’s ongoing attack on American democracy was appalling (“Pritzker reads the electoral tea leaves and, hooray, delivers a...
View ArticleEditorial: Mayor Brandon Johnson is maxing out Chicago’s credit card....
Mayor Brandon Johnson has largely failed to date in his many efforts to hike taxes on Chicagoans, so the city’s credit card is pretty much all the mayor and his administration has left for financing...
View ArticleKam Buckner: A city charter is the reform Chicago actually needs, not recall...
Chicago is the largest city in America without a city charter. No governing document, no foundational rules that define how power is distributed, how decisions are made and what rights the people have...
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Edward Keegan: Shedd Aquarium’s renovations honor the original buildings
The Shedd Aquarium is a Chicago original. The white Georgia marble-clad structure was designed by Daniel Burnham’s successor firm, Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, and opened in 1930. The...
View ArticleForrest Claypool: Chicago is holding itself back from a bright future
One Chicago boasts an innovative private sector, esteemed research universities and hospitals, a vast transportation network, and natural assets anchoring a proud past and potentially bright future....
View ArticleEditorial: A great rugby rivalry between Ireland and New Zealand with Soldier...
Chicago and Soldier Field have a special place in the hearts of Irish rugby union fans. As coached by Joe Schmidt, the Irish national team beat the New Zealand All Blacks here in 2016 (before some...
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