Alicia Pederson: Chicago’s affordable housing plan demands a courtyard block...
Taking a bold step toward tackling Chicago’s housing crisis, the City Council voted 30-18 to green-light the Residential Investment Corp., a city-backed nonprofit developer funded with $135 million...
View ArticleKarina Ayala-Bermejo and Raul Raymundo: Stop the political theater and fix...
The strength of our nation is in the diversity of its people. The greatness of this nation will further be elevated by fixing the immigration system that has been broken for too long. President Donald...
View ArticleEditorial: The Biden health saga should remind the media to tell the truth
Even before Joe Biden’s diagnosis of prostate cancer, made public on Sunday, we were uncomfortable with the post-facto dissections of the events leading up to the former president’s late withdrawal...
View ArticleLetters: Lawmakers should pass the FAIR Act to ensure all Illinoisans get a...
Under the Sixth Amendment of the United State Constitution, all accused indigent people are guaranteed the right to effective legal representation in a court of law. Unfortunately, that is not...
View ArticleEditorial: The hits just keep coming from Chicago’s disastrous parking meter...
How do you sleep at night? That’s the question Chicagoans should be asking the private investors behind the city’s infamous parking meter lease deal — a group that may soon squeeze another $15.5...
View ArticleJack Lavin and Will Johnson: Cook County residents want transit funded — but...
As the General Assembly enters the final two weeks of the spring legislative session, pressure is mounting on policymakers to address the fiscal crisis facing Chicago’s regional public transit system....
View ArticleDaniel DePetris: Donald Trump is getting a reality check on his peace plans...
If there is one lesson President Donald Trump is learning during the first four months of his second term, it’s that talking about peace isn’t the same as fostering it. In Ukraine and Gaza, host to two...
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Jim Warren: Even the pope can be a victim of misinformation
As soon as Cardinal Dominique Mamberti stepped onto the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica and declared, “I announce to you a great joy: We have a pope!” the just-elected Pope Leo XIV of Chicago was...
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Editorial: Speak incautiously about race, Mr. Mayor, and you invite federal...
On Sunday, Mayor Brandon Johnson visited one of Chicago’s megachurches, the Apostolic Church of God in Woodlawn. The mayor sat down in front of the large South Side congregation for a discussion with...
View ArticleToni Preckwinkle and Dr. Erik Mikaitis: Medicaid work requirements threaten a...
Republicans recently released their proposed plan to cut $715 billion in federal health care spending over 10 years. While they position changes to Medicaid as removing waste and not cutting...
View ArticleEditorial: A reminder of the state’s ultimate power — Indiana executes again
Indiana’s second execution in 15 years is a grim reminder of the dual tragedy at the heart of capital punishment — the horrific violence inflicted by killers, and the irrevocable power the state wields...
View ArticleLetters: Is Huntley enabling Trump store owner’s disregard for municipal...
I chuckled when I read the Tribune article about the Donald Trump-themed store in Huntley (“Trump store may close over code issues, but owner says it’s political,” May 14). I am a longtime McHenry...
View ArticleAlexi Giannoulias: Illinoisans shouldn’t pay more for car insurance based on...
Here’s an appalling fact: The cost of your car insurance in Illinois isn’t based on your driving record — it’s based on things such as the neighborhood where you live and your credit score. This is...
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Laura Washington: Waving the flag could turn the tables on Donald Trump and...
Waving the flag is as American as apple pie. For years, Republicans have painted Democrats as far-left extremists and America haters, to disastrous effect. It’s time to turn the tables. Flag-shagging,...
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Editorial: Norm on ‘Cheers’? George Wendt meant far more to Chicagoans.
Anyone who craved a life of sitcom fame had not spent time with George Wendt, a man who could not walk into a restaurant or take a stroll in the fresh air without cacophonous cries of “Norm!” coming at...
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Editorial: Chicago will survive the Chicago Bears of Arlington Heights
“They’ll get the greatest contest they ever got in their life. They will like hell be called the Chicago Bears,” said the mayor of Chicago. The year? 1975. The apoplectic mayor? Richard J. Daley. The...
View ArticleLeslie S. Richards: Philadelphia’s transit faces deep cuts. Chicago can still...
As the Chicago region faces a $771 million fiscal cliff, leaders have a clear choice. Act now to protect public transit — or wait until it’s too late. I urge decision-makers to choose action. In...
View ArticleLetters: In defense of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s push toward equity
Regarding the editorial “Speak incautiously about race, Mr. Mayor, and you invite federal scrutiny” (May 21): As a Black Chicagoan living on the South Side, I’m not the biggest fan of Mayor Brandon...
View ArticleChristine Ledbetter: The rising revolution is gray-haired and determined
The weather was nearly perfect for the revolution. Previous days of wind subsided as the temperature soared to 70 degrees Sunday for Hands Across Chicagoland, a 30-mile stretch of demonstrators from...
View ArticleWillie Wilson: Democratic and Republican leaders pay lip service to...
During his 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump criticized foreign governments and their influence on American politics. He pledged to “drain the swamp” and reduce the power of lobbyists and...
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