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Editorial: We mourn the slayings of two young Israeli Embassy workers, and...
Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim were soon to be engaged. The young couple met at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., where Lischinsky was a research assistant, and Milgrim organized visits and...
View ArticleDavid Greising: With state lawmakers in the final stretch, transit and...
We’re coming down to the very short strokes before the Illinois General Assembly is scheduled to conclude its spring session. Several hundred bills pass each spring, most of them eluding the public’s...
View ArticleSheetal Khedkar Rao: The Blue Origin flight reminds us that there is no...
The recent Blue Origin space mission, and its all-female crew, faced widespread criticism for their rocket’s climate impact. Although the purported mission of Blue Origin is to “restore and sustain...
View ArticleMichael Hodges: The disappearing home and doomed fate of a Grand Teton bear
They called it paradise. The place to be. A mountain realm like no other. A place where the spectacular Teton range rises 6,000 feet above the valley floor, offering one of the most distinct and...
View ArticleEditorial: For the love of Leo, hold your horses on seizing the pope’s...
Boy, did Dolton need that white smoke rising from the Vatican. The south suburb just outside Chicago has taken blow after blow in recent years. Former Mayor Tiffany Henyard’s antics led to an FBI...
View ArticleLetters: How can we improve agricultural practices to prevent another dust...
Thank you for your excellent coverage regarding the recent dust storm and its effect on our farmland (“Rare city dust storm fuels debates over role of agriculture,” May 20). I was especially interested...
View ArticleDr. Cory Franklin: The lessons of ‘Shoeless’ Joe Jackson and the MLB’s...
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred recently removed Pete Rose’s permanent ban from baseball, which will make him eligible for induction into the Hall of Fame. Manfred reinstated 17 other banned players as...
View ArticleLetters: Father’s diary provides a window in World War II
My dad was 30 years old and in the Army Air Corps when his troop transport sailed from New York Harbor in August 1942 to join a convoy headed for the Mediterranean Theater — first to North Africa, then...
View ArticleThe Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz for May 24
This week was chillier than usual in Chicago. Luckily, we’re shaping up to have a sunny and slightly warmer Memorial Day weekend. But enough about the weather! Let’s review what happened this week....
View ArticleDarryl Barthé: The pope’s Creole connection isn’t a new one for Chicago
“We fooled them.” These were the words of an elderly Creole woman from New Orleans, who spoke to me recently in light of the elevation of Robert Prevost to office of the Holy See. Those words spoke to...
View ArticleFaith leaders: Memorial Day often marks an uptick in violence in Chicago....
For all the awful news filling our papers and screens on a daily basis, there is some very good news we would be remiss not to mention: Homicide rates in Chicago are dropping, and our city’s slayings...
View ArticleLetters: Remembering my childhood friend who died in Vietnam
Editor’s note: In observance of Memorial Day, we asked readers to share personal stories and offer thoughts about the military members who have died while serving the United States. Here is a selection...
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Editorial: Why Chief Justice Roberts is right and Vice President Vance is wrong
President Donald Trump returned to office bent on pursuing a more expansive view of executive power than he did in his first go-round. The manifestation of that intent by his young administration has...
View ArticleRebecca R. Bibbs: Why the pope’s Black ancestry matters
Since news of the new pope, Robert Prevost, who assumed the name Leo XIV, hit the wires, he has been universally celebrated as being an American from Chicago. But he’s also another important first,...
View ArticleJohn T. Shaw: A statesman’s formula — statecraft, stagecraft and soulcraft
For the past two decades, I’ve had the good fortune to know and study Jan Eliasson, an extraordinary Swedish diplomat and global statesman. His career offers insights about statesmanship and provides...
View ArticleEditorial: On this Memorial Day, we especially remember the veterans of 21st...
Memorial Day once was dedicated to the solemn acknowledgments of soldiers who gave all for their countries. Now, the day has morphed into the informal kickoff of summer, devoted mainly to grilling the...
View ArticleJim Nowlan: With the Chinese outpacing our tech advances, has our ‘Sputnik...
In 1957, my high school science teacher stopped me in the corridor between classes. “Do you know what just happened, Jim? Russia has sent a satellite into orbit around the earth!” He was shaken, and so...
View ArticleClarence Page: President Donald Trump’s grudge against South Africa is based...
I can hardly think of President Donald Trump and Africa without also remembering his global insult to underdeveloped nations. In a 2018 Oval Office meeting, you may recall, he grumbled aloud about why...
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Editorial: Gas is cheaper this Memorial Day. So why does your wallet still...
You pull into the gas station, surprised to see a $3.49 pump price staring back at you. That’s cheaper than last summer. So why doesn’t it feel like a win? Maybe because inside the grocery store, the...
View ArticleLetters: I recall the Chicagoans who lost their lives serving our country
Editor’s note: In observance of Memorial Day, we asked readers to share personal stories and offer thoughts about the military members who have died while serving the United States. Here is the...
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