Shadi Bartsch: The age-old debate behind the war in Ukraine
As Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, listened in increasing dismay to President Donald Trump’s display of global whataboutism at the Oval Office on Feb. 28, it was clear he had not braced...
View ArticleEditorial: Latest worry for Chicagoans? Electrocuted dogs
Chicago does not have a city charter, more’s the pity. If it did, we’d favor some aspirational freedoms for its citizens. Freedom from being the victim of violent crime would be one. For another, how...
View ArticleElizabeth Shackelford: How to spot autocracy’s rise
Global freedom and democracy have been declining for two decades, reaching historic lows, according to two reports just released from the Economist Intelligence Unit and Freedom House. To those of us...
View ArticleEboo Patel: University of Chicago religious scholar believed pluralism brings...
In 2002, I found out University of Chicago professor Martin Marty was speaking at a fundraising event in Chicago. I was a graduate student at the time, finishing up my doctoral thesis on religion and...
View ArticleLetters: Talk of federal job losses overlooks the serious fiscal cliff...
What is relentlessly missing in the ongoing coverage of America’s pain through job losses and now the inflationary impact of tariffs is the relentless and real reality that the fiscal situation of...
View ArticleEditorial: A sad day dawns for Chicago’s own Walgreens
Walgreens was scheduled in two years to celebrate its 100th year as a publicly traded company. Now the storied pharmacist and retailer won’t honor that milestone, because it no longer will be publicly...
View ArticleHeidi Stevens: Every year, in honor of her son, she nudges the world toward...
When Nina Boorstein learned that a number of Chicago Public Schools don’t have libraries, she knew she wanted to help. Boorstein, a tutor and a former first-grade teacher, has a helper’s heart. And...
View ArticleBob Kustra: Slain Ukrainian novelist provides a stark contrast to Donald...
Journalism may be the first draft of history, but in wartime, it is also the most dangerous draft of history for reporters on the front lines. On June 27, 2023, in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, one of Russian...
View ArticleState Rep. Barbara Hernandez: Improving teacher diversity is crucial to the...
When students have teachers who look like them, they are more likely to score well on tests, consistently come to school and graduate. Over the last 32 years, the Illinois General Assembly has,...
View ArticleLetters: The policies of pharmacy benefit managers continue to erode...
The Tribune Editorial Board rightly acknowledges that pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) play a significant role in cost of medications, but it underestimates their destructive impact on patient access...
View ArticleThe Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz for March 8
We made it through another week, Chicago. In Washington, President Donald Trump gave the longest address ever given to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday. And the next day, our mayor, Brandon...
View ArticleClifford Ando: The University of Chicago is crucial to Chicago. But...
The University of Chicago occupies a storied place in the history of American higher education. It was once among the wealthiest of private universities; it remains among the largest private employers...
View ArticleEditorial: Trump’s executive orders are nothing new. Neither are the court...
At the Illinois Holocaust Museum, soon to undergo a major renovation, a heart-tugging special exhibit in Skokie explores the internment of Japanese Americans in U.S. prison camps during World War II....
View ArticleEditorial: To keep more college students in state, Illinois must keep tuition...
Illinois is home to some of the finest universities in the country. But it’s losing students to out-of-state colleges, and many of these young people are choosing not to come home after graduation....
View ArticleA wasted life? Not at all, for Uncle Jerry taught me the power of books
Nebbish is the Yiddish word for dork. But in some families it doubles as a pet name for a beloved ne’er-do-well. That was my Uncle Jerry. As one fellow who married into the family described his...
View ArticleClarence Page: Let facts get in the way of performative politics
My advice to congressional Democrats: If you’re going to embrace performative politics, be sure you give a good performance. Instead, the Democrats at President Donald Trump’s speech to a joint session...
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Edward Keegan: Illinois quantum park deserves noteworthy architecture instead...
U.S. Steel’s South Works was a major economic engine on the South Side for more than a century, once supporting as many as 20,000 employees, but since the steelmaker closed the plant in 1992, it’s...
View ArticleLetters: To stop gerrymandering in Illinois, a federal authority should...
Once again, the Tribune Editorial Board has urged Illinois Democrats to engage in unilateral disarmament by changing district boundaries to give Republicans more representation in the Illinois General...
View ArticleEditorial: Investors are thrown by Mr. Trump’s wild tariff ride. Will the...
As a new workweek begins, here’s a reminder that businesses and investors hate uncertainty most of all. President Donald Trump last week should have received that message clearly, as his...
View ArticleRep. Raja Krishnamoorthi: Donald Trump’s plan to privatize the Postal Service...
Many observers suggest that the United States is coming apart as a nation. They parse us into red states and blue states, urban areas versus rural. Some believe that our social and political divides...
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