Jonathan Zimmerman: To resist President Donald Trump, universities must keep...
Freedom of speech. Due process under the law. They sound good, don’t they? They’re the twin pillars of a free society and a free university. And they’re both under assault from President Donald...
View ArticleEditorial: Kudos to the seven Chicago school board members courageously...
Elections have consequences. That cliche often is used at the national level, but nowhere is it more apt right now than at the Chicago Board of Education. When Chicago voters elected school board...
View ArticleGavi Rosenthal: I worked for USAID for 16 years. I saw the profound...
This month marked the end of my 16-year career with the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance. Like thousands of other federal workers, I was dismissed without...
View ArticleDaniel DePetris: Is Europe stepping up to the plate?
Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, Kyiv’s pressing problems on the battlefield and President Donald Trump’s brazen unpredictability have done what no other combination has done before: shocked...
View ArticleEditorial: Build, baby, build. There’s good news on Chicago’s South and West...
Something exciting is happening on the South and West sides of Chicago. Quietly and with little fanfare, parts of the city better known for poverty and crime are being transformed painstakingly, block...
View ArticleLetters: There is no justification for targeting Tesla cars to protest Elon Musk
I love my Tesla. I have been driving one for almost 10 years, since as an environmentalist and a Democrat, I am concerned about the future of our planet. I am disappointed that Elon Musk decided to get...
View ArticleEditorial: Trump administration’s Signal breach was a dangerous error. Treat...
Imagine you’re a senior manager for a company. You and other members of your corporate braintrust, working in different locations, hop on a group text to discuss strategic plans relating to your chief...
View ArticleLetters: Baseball is back. Opening day brings back so many memories.
Baseball is back this week; it’s summertime’s second greatest diversion next to the cooking of weenies on an open fire. It’s also the first blush of spring even if the game time temperature is close to...
View ArticleEditorial: On childhood literacy, Illinois could learn a lesson from the...
Here in Illinois — where only 30% of fourth graders are reading at grade level — education officials should look to success stories wherever they can find them. Earlier this year, we wrote with dismay...
View ArticleEd Bachrach and Ted Dabrowski: Do Illinois and Chicago really need to sweeten...
Something remarkable happened in Chicago last month. For the first time in the memory of citizens and watchdogs, our public officials called out an egregious practice that occurs in the Windy City far...
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Laura Washington: Illinois holds its breath as Sen. Dick Durbin contemplates...
A giant tree stands tall in the dense forest of Illinois politics. His name is U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin. The time when the lumberjack yells “Timber!” is soon approaching. At age 80, Durbin is...
View ArticleMichael W. Kraus: Misperceptions about racial equity are distorting federal...
In a sweeping “Dear Colleague” letter in February, the U.S. Department of Education claimed that in the last four years, our educational institutions “have discriminated against students on the basis...
View ArticleEditorial: Gov. JB Pritzker goes to bat for Illinois’ business climate,...
It’s not news that Illinois’ economy is in the doldrums. So it was encouraging to see Gov. JB Pritzker, with a clear eye to improving the state’s economic climate, take the rare step of vetoing...
View ArticleEditorial: Illinois has too many townships. Pritzker-backed bills to prune...
Do you know which township you live in? Many people don’t. But Illinois has 1,426 of them, so it’s worth paying attention to what they do. Bob Anderson is. The former McHenry Township...
View ArticleBilal Bilici: Arrest of Istanbul mayor confirms Turkey is falling into...
The arrest and recent imprisonment of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu sent shockwaves through Turkey, marking a decisive shift toward full autocracy. On March 19, police officers — acting on...
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Willie Wilson: Where do Black Americans go from here?
The 48.3 million Black Americans in the United States are left wondering: With President Donald Trump’s direct assault on civil rights, federal agencies, and diversity, equity and inclusion policies,...
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Letters: President Donald Trump must realize he is bound by law in deportations
Deporting migrant criminals was in part what President Donald Trump was elected to do. But he must do this within the bounds of American law. The administration argues that each recently deported...
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Heidi Stevens: If your rally cry is that all lives matter, show us — with...
Remember All Lives Matter? It began as a rejoinder, invented to strip power from the Black Lives Matter rally cry born after George Zimmerman was acquitted in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, a...
View ArticleLetters: Donald Trump’s administration shows its incompetence with Signal leak
Blatant incompetence and a complete disregard for America’s safety — how could so-called senior officials in President Donald Trump’s administration not check who was in the chat when discussing war...
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Editorial: Tiffany Henyard soon will be gone, but Dolton is stuck with a...
What is it about Dolton and inexcusably bloated salaries for elected officials and administrators? The outgoing superintendent of the school district for elementary and middle schools in the village of...
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