Letters: Editorial and Tribune investigation ignore facts in discussing Cook...
Regarding the April 8 editorial (“Ill. taxpayers deserve more than excuses for the $250M computer mess”): The Tribune’s Editorial Board compounds irresponsible reporting from a Tribune and Injustice...
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Jens Ludwig: The unforgiving origins of Chicago gun violence
Editor’s note: Regular Tribune Opinion contributor Jens Ludwig, Pritzker director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab, has a new book, “Unforgiving Places: The Unexpected Origins of American Gun...
View ArticleEditorial: Leave libraries alone. They more than pay their way.
Our public libraries serve as a great equalizer, offering the chance for anyone — rich and poor alike — to access great novels, nonfiction and literature without spending a dime. Budgetary concerns...
View ArticleEditorial: The federal financial cop is off the beat. Fraudsters are lurking,...
When the financial markets go wild, investors naturally want to know, “What’s next?” Unfortunately, one answer turns out to be true every time: Brace yourself for a big upswing in financial fraud....
View ArticleLetters: Man’s deportation to El Salvador begs the question: Who’s next?
If Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem can berate immigrants in a blatantly political TV ad paid for by American taxpayers, staged in front of a maximum-security prison, then President Donald...
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Michael Peregrine: The Great Chicago Flood’s lasting lessons, 33 years later
Ever had one of those mornings when you wake up to a flooded basement? When an overnight storm knocked out your power and your sump pump? When the plumber’s not answering his phone and you have an...
View ArticleBeth Swanson: What is the state of Chicago’s youths?
Chicago is home to a rich cultural landscape consisting of 77 neighborhoods, each with its own identity, history and sense of community. Despite the city’s tremendous promise, the reality is that for...
View ArticleDavid Petitti: Once nirvana for mall shoppers, Northbrook Court’s time has...
If the afterlife imitates art, when I die in my bed like the old lady in “Titanic,” I will be ushered into a sweet hereafter centered on the most glorious, glamorous place I knew in the physical...
View ArticleEditorial: Chicago City Council should not summarily ban Jan. 6 rioters
We understand the temptation for Chicago City Council members to blanket-ban the ragtag rioters and criminals who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 believing they had permission from the man who now...
View ArticlePaul Vallas: Latest suicide underscores how Chicago leaders are ignoring our...
Chicago has tragically lost another police officer to suicide. For the family, friends and colleagues of law enforcement officers, the fear that their loved one or comrade may be injured or killed is...
View ArticleEditorial: Chicago aldermen should watch what message their language sends
The Chicago City Council’s Finance Committee rightly but narrowly rejected a proposed $1.25 million settlement Friday in a civil rights lawsuit over the fatal police shooting of Dexter Reed during a...
View ArticleLetters: Cook County’s State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neil Burke’s policy ignores...
Recently, Cook County’s new state’s attorney, Eileen O’Neil Burke, issued a policy instructing assistant state’s attorneys to object anytime a judge orders an individual to be released on electronic...
View ArticleDaniel DePetris: Trump administration takes the first diplomatic step with...
For the first time in about a decade, senior U.S. and Iranian officials met face to face. Last Saturday, Steve Witkoff, the U.S. envoy to the Middle East, and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi...
View ArticleEditorial: It’s time to lift Illinois’ moratorium on new nuclear plants
Illinois generates more atomic energy than any other U.S. state, and the nuclear plants keeping the lights on in the Chicago area are a great benefit to us. For nearly 40 years the state has imposed a...
View ArticleRabbi Ari Hart: Passover teaches us that the struggle for freedom is always...
As millions of Jewish Americans celebrate Passover this week, we revisited the timeless Passover teaching when we gathered around our Seder tables and recited: “In every generation, a person must see...
View ArticleLetters: Republican spending cuts threaten my son David and other people who...
Robin Hood took from the rich and gave to the poor. Congressional Republicans are now poised to play Reverse Robin Hood. Their budget committees are in the process of cutting $880 billion in spending,...
View ArticleMaria Pappas: Senior citizens’ homes are in Cook County tax sale. Here’s what...
The properties of more senior citizens have been offered at recent annual tax sales, which can ultimately lead to the loss of their homes. That troubles me greatly. No one wants to see seniors who...
View ArticleEditorial: Trump says he respects the Supreme Court. So return Abrego Garcia,...
By its own admission, the Trump administration erred in deporting Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a 29-year-old married father of three who was living in Maryland until March 15, when he was seized by...
View ArticleEditorial: JB Pritzker’s first-ever Fox News interview is — surprise! —...
If we can say one good thing about President Donald Trump’s ill-advised and ever-shifting tariff policies, it’s this: They’re making at least some leading Democrats sound like old-school Republicans....
View ArticleLaura Washington: Where are the parents of teens participating in takeovers?
Once again, Chicago is struggling with so-called teen takeovers. It has become an all-too-familiar rite of spring. As warm climes blossom, dozens, even hundreds, of young people from all over the city...
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