Sen. Dick Durbin: It’s time for a constitutional amendment to protect the right to vote
The SAVE America Act would upend how states register voters and maintain data — making it harder for Americans to participate in our democracy.
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Sen. Dick Durbin: Why I chose to retire
I love the job of United States senator. But I know there comes a time when the torch must be passed.
Sen. Dick Durbin: Big Pharma should disclose prices on drug advertisements
Requiring price disclosures on advertisements for prescription drugs would empower patients and reduce excess spending on medications.
Sen. Dick Durbin: Airlines’ frequent flyer programs are not very friendly to loyal travelers
Airlines are taking advantage of their customers by offering rewards, only to change the terms and conditions without consumers’ knowledge.
Sen. Dick Durbin: This decision-making moment will determine O’Hare’s future
If we don’t meet the moment by modernizing and expanding O'Hare, it will lose pace with other airports.
Dick Durbin: Proposed Biden rules would protect students from debt, improve college programs
As a first-generation college student, Victoria Vences enrolled in the criminal justice program at Westwood College in 2007 believing it would help her land a job as a probation officer...
Kerry Kennedy and Dick Durbin: Hold Russia accountable for the crime of aggression in Ukraine
A full year has passed since Russia launched its war against Ukraine in February 2022. Let us repeat that: a full year. As the rest of the world aged and...
Dick Durbin: In Chicago and beyond, we are long overdue for a fair, humane immigration system
Overwhelmed by poverty, violence and climate upheaval, many of our hemisphere's poorest are prepared to risk their lives to reach the United States. Smugglers promise them delivery at our southern...
Dick Durbin: Hospitals are doing more to tackle Chicago gun violence than treating gunshot wounds
When it comes to tackling Chicago's gun violence crisis, there is no shortage of problems. Every week, too many gunshot victims wind up as emergency room patients. In my search...
Op-ed: Dick Durbin: To improve breast cancer outcomes for Black women, we should expand health care coverage
A recent op-ed in the Tribune highlighting breast cancer mortality rates among Black women in Chicago should sadden and motivate all of us. It reminded me of a meeting I...