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A memorial card for Chicago police Officer Ella French during a prayer service in Chicago on Sept. 3, 2021. French died after being shot during a traffic stop.

Op-ed: Sen. Dick Durbin: Federal law is the missing link in solving Chicago’s gun violence

January 7, 2022 at 5:20 p.m.

The year 2021 will be remembered as one of the deadliest in recent memory in Chicago and Illinois. The tragic deaths of nearly 800 victims of gun violence in Chicago...

Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney testifies on Sept. 15, 2021, in Washington during a Senate Judiciary hearing on the FBI's handling of the Larry Nassar investigation.

Op-ed: I chair the Senate Judiciary Committee. U.S. Olympic gymnasts illuminated the ugly truth about sexual assault. We must take action.

September 24, 2021 at 8:48 a.m.

Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney sat at a witness table in the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing room. All eyes were on her, but not for the reasons we were used to....

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, center left, talks with law enforcement officials and area residents during a visit to a youth league baseball game at Columbus Park in the South Austin neighborhood on July 22, 2021, in Chicago.

Op-ed: At the heart of Chicago gun violence is poverty and trauma

July 29, 2021 at 3:44 p.m.

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland faced a tough schedule with his recent trip to Chicago, but there was a special reward waiting at the end of the day. I was...

A young man with a backpack walks by Roberto Clemente Community Academy, a Chicago Public Schools high school, on Aug. 5, 2020. Earlier in the day, CPS announced the year would begin with remote learning.

Commentary: Presidential tweets won’t help Chicago schools. Real relief from feds will.

August 7, 2020 at 3:34 p.m.

There's a debate across the country about what the fall will look like for our nation's schools, schoolchildren, teachers, parents, faculty and staff. There's a legitimate concern about empty classrooms....

People observe eight minutes and 46 seconds of silence while sitting at the intersection of Ogden and Randolph Street as protesters call for the Chicago police department to be defunded during a march at Union Park on June 5, 2020.

Commentary: Sen. Dick Durbin: George Floyd’s legacy can — and should — be a ‘future where we can all breathe freely’

June 10, 2020 at 5:03 p.m.

Last weekend, I met with groups of young African Americans on the South Side and in Springfield. I also spoke with black staffers who work in my Washington, D.C., and...

U.S. Border Patrol agents process a group of migrants near the Paso Del Norte International Bridge connecting the U.S.-Mexico border cities of El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, on April 18, 2019, in El Paso.

A visit to the ‘icebox,’ where border detainees wait for a transfer to ICE

May 31, 2019 at 4:24 p.m.

The detained migrants call it the "hielera," Spanish for icebox. It is a metal-sided detention room which the detainees complain is kept painfully cold. Border Patrol insists it is kept...

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicle passes by wall prototypes, as seen from behind the Mexico-U.S. border fence in Tijuana, Mexico, on Dec. 12, 2018.

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin: Let’s end this shutdown and work on a smart border security plan, not a wall

May 31, 2019 at 4:21 p.m.

President Donald Trump has a wall around his mind when it comes to border security. He should listen to his own experts. At the end of 2017, U.S. Customs and...

Sen. John McCain, left, confers with Sen. Dick Durbin before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Sept. 3, 2013, in Washington.

My unexpected friendship with Sen. John McCain

May 31, 2019 at 4:22 p.m.

With the passing of Arizona Sen. John McCain, our country lost a legend, the U.S. Senate lost a towering figure, and I lost a friend. I met John in 1982,...

Preschoolers at El Valor Carlos H. Cantu Children & Family Center in Chicago make cards on June 25, 2018, for children separated from their parents who are being cared for at Chicago's Heartland Alliance.

Sen. Durbin asks, ‘What about the children?’

May 31, 2019 at 4:24 p.m.

Amigas. They were holding hands when they walked in the room, two tiny little girls with identical hairstyles. I thought they might be sisters. “No,” one said. “Amigas.” The 6-year-old...

On May 25, a new law goes into effect in Europe that will set some clear rules for protecting privacy of personal data.

A like for Europe’s new policies on Facebook and friends

May 31, 2019 at 4:18 p.m.

"I can hear you breathing!" When I was a kid in East St. Louis we used to have a party-line phone, meaning we shared a landline. If you picked up...

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