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Sugar in the U.S. costs nearly twice as much as elsewhere in the world, raising prices for candy, baked goods, ice cream and more. The reason is no...
My mother was a woman who, as they say, “don’t take no stuff.” On May 17, Gwendolyn “Gwen” Washington passed away at the age of 89 after a...
There is a disease that is raising out-of-pocket health care costs for patients. Medical schools aren’t teaching about this disease, and there are...
Two weeks ago, a new, horrific chapter on sexual abuse by the Catholic religious began. By laying bare the magnitude of the tragedy, the Illinois...
When I walk through the Chicago Women’s Park and Gardens, I always pass by a sculpture called Helping Hands by artist Louise Bourgeois. The...
The conservative wing objected to the dismissal of property rights. The liberals focused on egregious fines. But despite their different...
After four months of political wrangling, eyeball-to-eyeball negotiations and mounting anxiety in both parties about the “debt ceiling,”...
The Tribune published an article about how DuPage County is considering building its own pipeline to Lake Michigan, which could also serve other...
In March, a picture of an aggressively fashionable Pope Francis created by artificial intelligence went viral on social media. In April, the song...
My mom was not a nice person. I never knew who I was going to get. But I learned a few invaluable things from her. My mother was rude, angry,...
Thank you for the article covering the Rosehill Cemetery Memorial Day event (“Rosehill Cemetery honors veterans during event,” May 30). That is my...
Henry Kissinger celebrated his 100th birthday on May 27, proving once again his remarkable staying power as one of America’s most well-known and...
Chalkbeat Chicago reports that Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s 2024 budget, just approved in Springfield, adds another $570 million in education funding, a...
It’s no secret that Chicago faces a housing crisis. In 2020, the city’s Housing Department estimated that the city faces a shortfall of 120,000...
Chicago and its suburbs wrestle with a vast array of problems and challenges, but thanks to the cool, pure sustenance that Lake Michigan offers, an...
Tempers have been fraying among those who govern the feisty college town just north of Chicago, and it’s not only about Northwestern...
I once worked at a business where the owner had placed in the breakroom a plaque with the saying: “The beatings will continue until morale...
In 2015, a group of conservative Republicans in the U.S. House came together in hopes of gaining leverage over GOP Speaker John Boehner and foiling...
It was A. Philip Randolph, a leader in the Civil Rights Movement, who said: “Equality is the heart and essence of democracy, freedom, and...
Betty Friedan was just a fiery radical with a bad temper. It’s convenient to believe this. But at a moment when many of the rights for women she...