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President Biden hasn’t pushed for real justice, but at least he’s not as obsequious as his predecessor.
At last, shots are going into arms in significant numbers, but too many people could still fall through the cracks.
A suburban mayor once explained why voters’ eyes glaze over when stories of pension debt hit the headlines. It’s difficult, he said, to absorb...
When the United States and the Taliban reached an initial peace deal last year, it held out the promise of ending America's longest war. There was...
It has been two years since members of the Chicago City Council learned former Ald. Danny Solis wore a wire to record conversations with his friends...
Well, that was quick. Days after former House Speaker Michael Madigan elevated a successor to his seat representing Chicago’s Southwest Side, he...
Child poverty requires a permanent fix.
You’re reading Our View, one of two perspectives in Today’s Debate. For the Opposing View, read “U.S. Capitol Police did not fail on Jan....
In a late afternoon announcement Tuesday, U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth said Chicago-based U.S. Attorney John Lausch will stay in his...
In 1981, Mayor Jane Byrne wanted to show her commitment to reducing violence at the Cabrini-Green public housing complex. She decided to move in. She...
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law Monday a bill that will eliminate cash bail in Illinois, allow for anonymous complaints against police officers in...
“He’s a great Democrat. He ran for Congress. He was defeated. He’s a graduate of Notre Dame, of Harvard. But more than that, Mr. President, let...
The fight against domestic terrorism creates awful choices for a free society. The sacking of the U.S. Capitol by insurrectional rioters demonstrates...
The entire nation’s energy delivery system needs an overhaul.
Abraham Lincoln and Chicago go way back, from his visits here as a traveling lawyer to his nomination for president at the 1860 Republican National...
It’s hard to see, but peer down that tunnel and you’ll see light. The vaccine rollout is happening, albeit too slowly. Pandemic numbers — case...
“Fifty years ago, I decided to dedicate my life to public service. Simply put, I knew I wanted to make a difference in people’s lives. I believed...
The world must get behind Burmese protesters fighting against military rule.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposed budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 depends on two main events: a generous COVID-19 relief rescue from...
In Illinois, we continue to see a persistent decrease in our COVID-19 positivity rate and a steady rise in our vaccination rate. The state has moved...
When nearly every sector of the business community, including competitors, get behind a cause, it’s worthy of a double take. In this case,...
The past year has inflicted devastating lessons on what happens when elected leaders fail to follow the science in making decisions that affect the...
Chicago’s Siberian February shows no signs of letting up. By Tuesday, yet another snowstorm dumped nearly a foot and a half of snow on parts of the...
Gov. J.B. Pritzker is scheduled to outline his budget plan on Wednesday for the fiscal year that starts July 1. It should include sacrifice from the...
In 2013, the Archdiocese of Chicago launched To Teach Who Christ Is, or TTWCI, a capital campaign spread across the archdiocese. Its goals were...
A bipartisan panel of Illinois legislators is scheduled to meet Tuesday with a controversial item on the agenda: new teacher training rules that would...
Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s team announced last week it will enlist federal Disaster Survivor Assistance teams to help at COVID-19 vaccination sites in...
The fact that the Senate acquitted former President Donald Trump of inciting insurrection is a stain on America’s most prestigious legislative...
The Black Lives Matter movement has given leaders from the Global South new traction for change.
There’s no doubt who must be held responsible for attacking the Capitol and trying to overturn the results of the election.
The evidence is overwhelmingly clear that the Senate should vote to banish Donald Trump from American democracy. That is, after all, what is at stake....
The pandemic has freeze-framed Chicago on so many fronts. The city’s development boom is one of them. Megadevelopments that in pre-pandemic days...
When Norridge resident Adam Chudzik decided to run for village trustee in the April 6 municipal election, along with two other independent candidates,...
The unemployment insurance system needs a major overhaul.
For Barack and Michelle Obama, the finish line is near. After four years of public meetings, lawsuits, design changes and governmental scrutiny, the...
By any measure, the presidential election of 2020 was a resounding success. More Americans voted than ever — a full two-thirds of the electorate,...
While the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump unfolds in the Senate, dominating cable news networks and consuming C-SPAN audiences,...
Our neighbor is in a constitutional crisis, and instead of carrying aid, planes arrived with deportees.
In pushing for its $1.9 trillion relief and stimulus package, the Biden administration has argued that in the current crisis, there are higher risks...
Relaxing rules on indoor dining and other activities undermines vaccination efforts and gives a leg up to coronavirus variants.
With the clear intent of President Joe Biden coming into sharp focus and the confirmation process for Michael Regan to head the U.S. Environmental...
President Joe Biden’s Justice Department dismissed U.S. attorneys across the country appointed by former President Donald Trump on Tuesday, and...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot beamed as she told the city Sunday that a teachers strike had been averted. A sense of relief? Yes. Glee over avoiding the...
Chicago has a rich history of bare-knuckle labor leaders who staked their ground, fought for their members and sought reasonable compromise with their...
As the prosecution of former President Donald Trump begins this week, it is difficult to conjure up a more damnable set of actions worthy of trial...
Steve King was a long-serving GOP congressman from northwest Iowa whose endorsement was eagerly sought by Republican candidates competing in the...
It’s hard to solve a problem when you barely know what’s going on.
The new president has shown a welcome interest in combating climate change. But more will need to be done.