Laura Washington: Democrats must stop the chat and get to organizing
There’s a lot of talk out there. Social media and TV pundits have been bombarding us with high praise for the talking of U.S. Sen. Cory Booker. Last Tuesday, the New Jersey senator smashed the record...
View ArticleLetters: Israel has a right to defend itself — but not to commit mass...
Enough. We can’t allow this latest violation by Israel of international law to once again be ignored. Israeli forces killed aid workers and then covered up their actions. Their actions came to light...
View ArticlePatrick Murphy: What being Cook County’s public guardian taught me about...
The Illinois legislature is considering legislation that would allow a mentally capable, terminally ill adult with a prognosis of six months or less the option to obtain a prescription medication they...
View ArticleSheldon H. Jacobson: Big winner in the new Mega Millions lottery is not the...
On Tuesday, the new Mega Millions lottery was launched. The lottery is promoting several enhancements, including a “built-in multiplier,” “bigger jackpots and secondary prizes,” and “better odds to...
View ArticleLetters: Tribune’s coverage of Saturday’s protest should have been on the...
I was startled by the lack of meaningful coverage of the nationally coordinated “Hands Off!” rallies that took place in Chicago and across the suburbs on Saturday. While newspapers across the country...
View ArticleEditorial: If you’re in the office today, consider going out for lunch
Amy Le has been in the bricks-and-mortar restaurant business for a decade. Her Latin-Asian fusion restaurant Saucy Porka offers Loop workers exciting options such as duck gumbo, guajillo pork “bacos”...
View ArticleEditorial: Jenner & Block is right to fight back against a bullying Trump....
The bare-knuckled tactics of Trump 2.0 have brought some once-mighty companies and institutions to their knees. Many of the nation’s most prominent places of higher education such as Columbia...
View ArticleWillie Wilson: President Donald Trump’s actions are inconsistent with true...
The president has inflicted unnecessary pain on American citizens through the use of tariffs, which is a tax on the people, and his administration’s assault on the federal workforce. President Donald...
View ArticleEshan Dosani: Mobile homes are some of the best affordable housing, but Wall...
I was working in eastern Kentucky last fall when I received a call from a woman facing her second eviction. Months earlier, her apartment had been sold to a new investor, and rising rents forced her...
View ArticleSen. Willie Preston and Richard Wistocki: Why Illinois must lead on online...
The Netflix miniseries “Adolescence” isn’t just a gripping drama to binge-watch over a weekend; it’s a wake-up call about the very real dangers kids on the internet face today. The show follows a...
View ArticleMark Batinick: Illinois Republicans must embrace vote by mail or be left behind
Four years ago, the Illinois General Assembly passed Permanent Vote by Mail, or VBM. I cringed — not because of fears over fraud, ballot harvesting or cheating, but because I knew Republicans had been...
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David Greising: State action on pension reform is slow. That may prove...
Not so long ago, there was hope that major pension reform could happen sometime this year, possibly by the end of the spring legislative session. But events are not playing out this year. Two big...
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Letters: It’s teachers’ job to help safeguard democracy, especially at this...
I’m a retired educator who worked as an elementary and high school teacher for 10 years and a university teacher for 38 years. My career was part of an educational family heritage: My father and...
View ArticleEditorial: Should President Trump be giving stock tips to his followers?
“THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!! DJT” That personalized message went out from President Donald J. Trump’s Truth Social account at 9:37 a.m. on Wednesday morning. For those of us who saw it on X or...
View ArticleKenneth Seeskin: Passover is a celebration and challenge of our most...
Passover begins at sundown Saturday. There will be two ritual meals, or seders, designed to imitate an ancient Roman banquet. No leavened bread will be consumed for eight days. In fact, there will be...
View ArticleEditorial: Illinois Supreme Court’s refusal to hear gerrymandering case is a...
Last month, we urged Illinois Supreme Court justices to consider state Republicans’ strong arguments against extreme gerrymandering in the Land of Lincoln. To no one’s surprise, on Wednesday the...
View ArticleLetters: State lawmaker is wrong to blame Democrats for a shortage in...
State Rep. Chris Miller’s piece in Tuesday’s Tribune (“Gov. JB Pritzker’s policies are responsible for high rent costs”) identifies an important problem, lack of affordable housing, but misses the mark...
View ArticleThe Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz for April 12
The Trump administration’s economic and immigration policies dominated the news again this week. President Donald Trump hiked tariffs on nearly all U.S. trading partners before issuing a 90-day pause...
View ArticleEditorial: Chicago voters’ Trump aversion doesn’t mean they’ll warm to...
In February, not long after Donald Trump took office, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson was texting with 27th Ward Ald. Walter Burnett, Johnson’s vice mayor and an important City Council ally. “He is going...
View ArticleClarence Page: Trump and Vance raise puzzling question at the Smithsonian....
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that directs Vice President JD Vance to eliminate “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology” from Smithsonian museums, educational and research...
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