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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...
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...
Tempers have been fraying among those who govern the feisty college town just north of Chicago, and it’s not only about Northwestern University’s...
Very few solo music artists in history have been capable of selling out Soldier Field for three consecutive nights. For that reason alone, Taylor...
If a police officer cannot be trusted, then there’s really no reason for that cop to remain on the force. That’s the thrust of a new report from...
Restaurants had a rough pandemic, but customers were understanding. The industry’s struggle brought out the best in many Chicagoans. Loyal patrons...
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On June 1, 1973, Clarence Page began 50 years as a staff writer and columnist for the Chicago Tribune. Since that day, readers have warmed to Page’s...
On May 11, then-Mayor Lori Lightfoot appointed her longtime deputy mayor for economic development, Samir Mayekar, to the Metropolitan Pier &...
The age of “screenagers” has been upon us for some time now. Parents of teens know it well. How many times, Mom and Dad, have you smoldered at the...
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The Illinois attorney general’s gut-wrenching 696-page report on Catholic clergy child sex abuse in Illinois is illustrated, incongruously but...
The General Assembly is in the midst of crafting legislation that reflects its most pivotal function — passage of an annual budget. And yet,...
Ambassador Rahm Emanuel never was going to stay diplomatically quiet in Japan for long. The former Chicago mayor has reemerged in recent weeks, taping...
We think the Illinois legislature should have better things to do than spend its time arguing about the gender-based configuration of restrooms in...
All’s fair in love, war … and campaigning. At least that’s what some political candidates think. During her unsuccessful bid for reelection as...
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Sam Zell’s misadventures at Tribune Co. hardly were emblematic of one of the most financially successful careers in Chicago history. As his private...
This is planting season in the Farm Belt, and Midwest farmers are revving up for a big year ahead. Global demand for corn, soybeans and other basic...
Regarding “US Supreme Court action solicited on Illinois gun ban” (May 9): A Naperville gun shop owner and the National Association for Gun Rights...
It was widely expected that massive numbers of migrants would stream into the U.S. following the expiration Thursday of Title 42, the COVID-19-era...
As Mayor Brandon Johnson was celebrating “the soul of Chicago” in his inaugural speech, his office was churning out a batch of deeply radical...
Chicago firefighters, who risk their lives to keep us safe, deserve a decent living and a secure retirement. So, don’t get us wrong when we call out...
“Fahrenheit 451″ is fiction, but America’s dangerous dalliance with censorship reminiscent of Ray Bradbury’s novel is becoming increasingly...
On Monday, Brandon Johnson, 47, born and raised in Elgin and a graduate of Aurora University, becomes the 57th mayor of Chicago. Johnson has been a...
Here are a few no-brainer responses to mass shootings in our beloved nation: 1. No one is permitted to buy a gun until age 21. What is the drinking...
Chicago media swarmed with debate over the events of the April 15 weekend, when a large group of Chicago teens headed downtown, with some causing...
Many on the left were apoplectic over CNN’s decision to hold a so-called town hall event Wednesday night, not just with the former President Donald...
Amid all of the partisan wrangling that characterizes lawmaking in Springfield, there are examples of bipartisan teamwork that yield resounding...
In 1991, lawyer Anita Hill tried to warn the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee about Clarence Thomas’ character flaws. The committee, chaired by...
Can Americans for once wait for the actual facts? There are clear and dangerous signs of how the influence of social media and the tendency to see...
Broadsides to the global economy have myriad causes, not all within the control of governments. But when global economic pain is caused not by a...
President Biden is offering a reasonable path to resolve the latest debt ceiling standoff. Are Republicans willing to take it?
A new report from the International Energy Agency confirms what you probably knew already: The rush is on to electrify transportation. Across the...
Lori Lightfoot, an attorney and former prosecutor with a strong interest in police reform and other civic issues, took office as the 56th mayor of...
Like many terrible ideas, this one probably began with the best of intentions. As part of the coronation Saturday of King Charles III, British...
Senate seats are not lifetime sinecures.
“Politics as usual.” That’s how defense lawyers in the corruption trial of the so-called ComEd Four tried to explain away their clients’...
To make renewable energy widely available, the United States needs a lot of new power lines. The nation is struggling to build them.
Chicago business owner and former mayoral candidate Willie Wilson is writing a series of columns for the opinion section, focusing on important issues...
Anyone closing a grocery store in a nonaffluent Chicago neighborhood is in for a world of criticism. When Amazon announced it was closing its Whole...
Campaign sleight of hand comes in many forms. Illinoisans are learning more about a particularly deceitful stratagem called Local Government...
Certain phrases cause alarm bells to ring. When it comes to the Chicago Public Schools, “soft accountability” is one of them. The phrase showed up...
In the annals of infrastructure investing, Chicago is best known for getting fleeced in a notorious parking meter deal under ex-Mayor Richard M....
The U.S. naval base on Cuba has become synonymous with American shame.
Thank you for the story on human composting (“Proposal offers eco-friendly approach to burial,” April 24). I have been fascinated by this concept...
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s brutal invasion of Ukraine has passed the 14-month mark, with no resolution in sight. It also has come with a...
I recently retired from the Chicago Police Department after 27 years. I spent the last five years investigating officer-involved shootings, including...
A poignant irony came wrapped in the news that Harry Belafonte had died of congestive heart failure Tuesday at age 96. Surely, one easily imagines,...
In a speech at Chicago’s City Club Tuesday, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx announced she would not be seeking reelection and, at the same...