Our View: Hold Facebook accountable if Instagram harms teens

Asked about the mental health impact of social media on children, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Congress this year, "The research that we've seen...

Editorial: Biden needs to start taking some tough questions

Britain’s rumpled Prime Minister Boris Johnson has plenty of reasons to fear the press. He was fatally slow to respond in the early weeks of the...

Our view: Supreme Court must strip federal agents of absolute immunity

Kevin Byrd's ordeal began in the parking lot of a bar near Houston, where he says a federal Homeland Security agent pointed a gun at him and...

Editorial: Guinness raises a toast to the demise of the Magnificent Mile

On Tuesday, fans of creamy Irish stout had cause for rejoicing when the beer giant Guinness announced plans to open a taproom in Chicago. Although...

Editorial: An urgent task for City Hall. Tackle the lending gap that holds back the South, West sides.

A city neighborhood isn’t merely a hodgepodge of housing and businesses. It’s an amalgam of anchoring entities that keep it alive and thriving,...

Editorial: Lightfoot’s budget. Pain from the pandemic, salve from nearly $2 billion in federal relief.

Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt, a place of oppression, famine and plague. Moses had the Red Sea, which was willing to part at his behest. But...

Editorial: When police stop citizens, ‘reasonable and articulable’ suspicion matters

A lawsuit with more than a million plaintiffs? It boggles the mind to imagine that many people involved in a single lawsuit. But that’s the...

Joe Manchin Got the Voting Bill He Wanted. Time to Pass It.

Congress needs to protect voting rights. Now.

Editorial: Pedro Martinez’s ascent to CPS boss was ‘historic.’ But here’s how he can make our schools better.

As San Antonio’s schools superintendent, new Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez stood up to Greg Abbott, Texas’ Republican governor. Even...

Editorial: Republicans must heed the message from California and consign Trump to the past

The name Donald J. Trump is toxic for Republicans. It doesn’t matter if they’re Illinois Republicans, Indiana Republicans or members of the Grand...

Our View: President Biden knows what you want. But can he deliver?

You’re reading Our View, one of two perspectives in Today’s Debate. For the Opposing View by Gov. Kristi Noem, read If President Biden...

The Endless Catastrophe of Rikers Island

The mayor promised to close the jail years ago, but the situation there is as desperate as it’s ever been.

Editorial: It’s a lousy moment for an automatic aldermanic pay raise

Ald. Jim Gardiner, 45th, texted offensive rants about his colleagues and stands accused of withholding city services from constituents who criticized...

Our View: Decline of men on college campuses will hurt America

This fall, women outnumber men on two-year and four-year college campuses by millions. Nearly 60% of students are women while only about 40%...

Editorial: The Bradley Aldrich saga, and the disturbing questions it raises about the conduct of the Blackhawks.

Fans have every right to wince at the Chicago Blackhawks’ lackluster performance as of late. They’ve reached the playoffs just once in the last...

Editorial: We were wrong to abandon Chicago’s taxicabs for ride-shares and the city now needs to find a fix

When Uber and Lyft arrived in Chicago around 2013, we all were seduced by the shiny new thing. A car would arrive at your digital command in less...

Our view: Don't let California recall election blow up U.S. experiment

Editorial: PGA-caliber golf in Jackson Park. An idea buried in the bunker.

Weekend duffers heave a sigh of relief when they slice a tee shot into the woods, turn to the rest of the foursome, and declare, “Mulligan!” It...

Our View: 20 years after 9/11, Americans are dangerously divided The Editorial Board 

You’re reading Our View, one of two perspectives in Today’s Debate. For Another View, read 9/11 doubly targeted American Muslims, attacking our...

Biden Is Right: Vaccine Refusal ‘Has Cost All of Us’

Requiring Covid vaccines is necessary to safeguard the country.

Editorial: What can rebuild Illinoisans’ faith in Springfield? Ethics reform. What won’t? Faux reform.

Democrats in the General Assembly seem to think a swatch of ethics reform is better than none at all. They pushed through a bill that nips at the...

Our View: 20 years after 9/11, Americans are dangerously divided

You’re reading Our View, one of two perspectives in Today’s Debate. For Another View, read 9/11 doubly targeted American Muslims, attacking our...

Editorial: Mayor Lightfoot, demand safety equipment now for Chicago’s dangerous lakefront

Most Chicago mayors face a moment when they just need to get something done. Right now. Never mind lawyers worrying about liability, or kvetching...

Our View: To avoid housing crisis, states must distribute rental aid faster

Vote No on California’s Recall

California’s recall process is badly broken.

Editorial: Watch your pocketbook as General Assembly pushes energy bill

Remember when Illinois consumers benefited from honest and efficient oversight of the state’s electric utilities? We don’t, either, and we’re...

Editorial: Tackling the rising tide of expressway shootings with technology that reads license plates

Let’s list everything that’s maddening about driving on Chicago area expressways. The gridlock that wears away at your time, patience and sanity....

Letters: 9/11 brought us together. We can unite once again.

I was getting ready for my French class. My tutor was going to arrive in about an hour, and then I heard that something crashed into one of the twin...

Editorial: Plea to southern Illinois: Wake up and get the vaccine

Walk the halls of Springfield or drink a beer in Carbondale, and you will hear a lot of discussion about the city of Chicago, and not much of it...

Letters: How the Chicago Board Options Exchange molded me into a professional

The recent editorial “Keep the ‘Chicago’ in Chicago’s financial exchanges” (Aug. 27) hit home for me. I was among the first Lawndale...

Editorial: Bring Mark Frerichs home from Afghanistan

President Joe Biden’s vow to Americans left behind in Afghanistan — “We will get you home” — rings hollow to the family of Lombard resident...

Editorial: At least Walgreens took a risk with Theranos

She was young, confident and a hit with the smart money in Silicon Valley. One of Chicago’s biggest companies showered her with millions. Now...

The Abortion Ruling Was Stunning but Not Surprising

The groundwork was laid long ago for the Texas anti-abortion law that the Supreme Court allowed to go into effect.

Editorial: That ‘novel’ Texas abortion legislation is thoroughly un-American

Whatever your views on abortion, there can be no debate that the new Texas legislation limiting the procedure has one laser-focused purpose: to get...

Our View: Supreme Court needs to make clear it won't shield bad cops

For decades, the Supreme Court has shielded police and prison guards from accountability even when they violate people’s rights in the most...

Editorial: A lakefront encounter between a Black woman and police seems minor. Data suggests otherwise.

Last weekend, a Black woman walking her dog at the North Avenue Beach had a troubling encounter with a Chicago police officer. The incident took...

Our view: Texas abortion law is grossly un-American

Women in Texas soon will face a sickening new reality. A bill signed into law in May and set to go into effect Wednesday offers a $10,000 or more...

Letters: Did some people respond to Hurricane Ida like they did to the pandemic?

Reading about Hurricane Ida’s blasting ashore, I wondered: Were there people in Ida’s projected path who didn’t prepare because they thought...

Editorial: Welcome to Chicago, maestro Enrique Mazzola. Sorry we were so distracted.

An exuberant Italian of Spanish birth, Enrique Mazzola was so impressive to the French that they offered to make him an honorary citizen. He now calls...

Our View: Ida underscores nation's hellish battle with climate change

Louisiana Highway 1 is a winding two-lane highway that passes through New Orleans and ends at the state's southernmost harbor, Port Fourchon. It...

Editorial: Grubhub, DoorDash racket needs reform. The city of Chicago was right to sue.

Imagine that you own a neighborhood restaurant with a loyal base of customers. It’s likely that you started offering delivery during the pandemic,...

Editorial: ShotSpotter as an effective crime-fighting tool? Jury’s still out.

Stemming the tide of gun violence that paralyzes so many Chicago neighborhoods is an all-hands-on-deck endeavor. It requires commitment from community...

Repression Without Borders

Authoritarian leaders have taken their repressive tactics global.

Editorial: Afghanistan withdrawal doesn’t mean the war on terror is over. It must continue.

Rooting out global terrorism is not synonymous with imperialist hubris. And those who strive for power through suicide bombings thrive in violent,...

Editorial: Keep the ‘Chicago’ in Chicago’s financial exchanges

We felt a little thrill when news broke last week that CME Group, Chicago’s No. 1 operator of financial exchanges, was in talks to acquire Cboe...

Our View: Mr. President, leave no American behind in Afghanistan

There are moments in American history when the hopes of a nation turn on the next critical move a president makes. Dwight Eisenhower's decision in...

Editorial: Set too low, speed cameras snag hundreds of thousands of Chicagoans in a matter of weeks

For many Chicagoans, the thrill of the daily mail drop is now tempered by the high probability of a missive, or several missives, from the city’s...

Editorial: The Illinois legislative remap, aka Democrats’ incumbent protection plan

It’s never surprising when politicians say one thing and do another. It’s also never surprising when politicians put their own interests above the...