Jim McMahon: ‘Mongo’ never quit. And neither will I, in advocating for pain...
Chicago lost a legend last week. I lost a brother. Bears great Steve “Mongo” McMichael wasn’t just a teammate during our Super Bowl run. He was a once-in-a-generation personality — fearless, funny and...
View ArticleEditorial: Believe it or not, Springfield is mulling a jobs tax
In a state where one of the only job sectors that’s growing is the government, it’s a terrible idea to implement a new tax that hits private-sector employers and workers hard. That’s what the payroll...
View ArticleEditorial: Indiana legislature launches stealth attack against Indiana...
Universities have been huddling, trying to figure out ways to collectively withstand salvos from the White House. Recent events in Indiana suggest they will need to arm themselves against some...
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Susan Koch: The magical sight of a cottonwood snowing in spring
There’s something magical about spring on the farm. In part, it’s what poet James Hearst called “the chores of birth,” and we’ve certainly seen plenty of that during the past several weeks. Nearly a...
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Heidi Stevens: Trump has treated the country as his stage. But Americans are...
Of all the roles that Donald Trump has held during the course of his life, the most consistent has been performer. Whether he’s helming a real estate company, backing a string of casinos or bankrolling...
View ArticleEditorial: A big Canadian developer just says no to Chicago political extortion
There’s been a lot of talk of late at City Hall about housing in Chicago — that is, how we need more of it. A lot more. And fast. So it’s curious that Ald. Walter Burnett, chair of the City Council’s...
View ArticleJonathan Zimmerman: Shaming Bill Maher and Saquon Barkley will backfire on...
I’m a college professor and a liberal Democrat. It won’t surprise you to learn that I also despise Donald J. Trump. But let’s imagine, for a moment, that I wanted Trump and his MAGA acolytes to...
View ArticleEditorial: Security deposits for renters are fairer than exploding move-in fees
Rent a Chicago apartment and you used to expect to have to pay a security deposit: an amount, often equivalent to a month’s rent, to be handed over to the landlord as insurance you wouldn’t damage the...
View ArticleRebecca Zorach: Donald Trump’s proposed Garden of Heroes misunderstands the...
The captive National Endowment for the Humanities recently announced a call for proposals for statues to be assembled in the Trump administration’s “National Garden of American Heroes,” a project that...
View ArticleElizabeth Shackelford: Make it make sense. What is motivating Donald Trump’s...
“The United States launched a trade war against Canada, their closest ally and partner. … At the same time, they’re talking about working positively with Russia (and) appeasing Vladimir Putin, a lying...
View ArticleLetters: Scolding Democrats over f-bombs ignores how moderation has failed
As a lifelong Chicagoan and Democrat, I was frustrated and disappointed by the editorial on political civility (“Dems are doubling down on vulgar language. To what end?” April 29). I believe the...
View ArticleLetters: Families are growing disillusioned with Chicago Public Schools
In its April 1 editorial (“Chicago Teachers Union ‘won’ what was long on the table. Financial strife abides”), the Tribune Editorial Board rightly calls out Mayor Brandon Johnson and Chicago Teachers...
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Edward Keegan: Millennium Park has failed to live up to its promise
If you were born when Millennium Park opened, you’ll be enjoying legal cocktails this summer. And while the park’s landscaping is also achieving maturity, it’s not clear when the popular venue will...
View ArticleThe Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz for May 3
Hello, quotes readers. Did you miss us? Well, it’s May and you know what that means … May Day! Thousands rallied downtown on Thursday to commemorate the annual celebration with Chicago roots. Organized...
View ArticleEditorial: Should we worry about American women having fewer kids?
Americans are having fewer children, and the birth rate has dropped to historic lows — prompting declarations of a U.S. existential crisis, most notably and volubly from Elon Musk. But how worried...
View ArticleSophia Shaw: Nonprofits may fill in the gap left by federal abandonment. But...
It has been a painful few months watching federal support for health and human services, museums, libraries, public broadcasting, science, education, diplomacy and environmental protection be...
View ArticleClarence Page: Let’s take advantage of the crime downturn to learn what’s...
Will Donald Trump have Chicago to kick around anymore? That question, an update of Richard Nixon’s memorable farewell to news reporters as he dropped out of the California governor’s race in 1962, came...
View ArticleLetters: The Tribune Editorial Board should focus on policy instead of...
The April 29 editorial “Dems are doubling down on vulgar language. To what end?” frames itself as strategic advice for Democrats, but it reads more like a veiled defense of the party’s status quo — one...
View ArticleEditorial: Illinois is Uncle Sam’s piggy bank again. But Gov. JB Pritzker...
Illinois’ schools, transit agencies and health systems have known for a long time that federal pandemic relief is ending and a budget squeeze is coming. Now an obscure but important calculation from...
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Peter DiCola and Jenny Toomey: What Chappell Roan’s Grammy speech could mean...
When Chappell Roan took the stage at the Grammys in February to accept her award for best new artist, she said something both brave and revelatory: “I told myself if I ever won a Grammy and I got to...
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