Column: If this nation wanted to protect children, we’d curb gun violence and poverty — not criminalize IVF
Where is the energy, the passion and the policymaking to protect and defend children once they enter the world?
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Column: ‘Erica is the reason.’ Student of late, beloved theater instructor is headed to Broadway
Reagan Pender, set to star in “The Who’s Tommy,” is dedicating the show to Erica Heillman, who ran a renowned youth theater program in Oak Lawn.
Column: You whining about Taylor Swift at football games won’t break your kid. But it is a wasted opportunity
Barring a cataclysmic event, like the flight from her Tokyo tour getting delayed, Taylor Swift is very likely to be at the Super Bowl cheering for her boyfriend Travis Kelce...
Column: ‘He was such a sweet soul.’ A community grieves the loss of its neighbor Pete, who lived quietly in a big, orange tent
For a few years, it's hard to say how many exactly, a man named Pete lived in a tent near the ramp connecting Addison Street to Interstate Highway 90 in...
Column: In attempt to shield kids from sexual content, Florida school district bans dictionaries. Do better, grown-ups
A school district in Florida has made the bold and bewildering decision to ban dictionaries (dictionaries!) from its libraries on the grounds that allowing children to read them violates a...
Column: ‘I’m going to do everything I can to help them land on their feet.’ How one Chicagoan is helping a family navigate this sanctuary city
Brad Zibung, a Chicago real estate agent, was heading east on the North Avenue bus to see a play at the Steppenwolf Theatre. It was November. The play was "Sanctuary...
Column: Disastrous weather, an airport bomb scare and a lesson from Walter Payton that I’m taking into the new year
A few months back my son was invited to participate in a lacrosse showcase in Delray Beach, Florida, in December. Book it, I said, picturing ocean-front meals and sunset walks...
Column: ‘Ask for help. Just ask for help.’ How a community rallied around the ‘Home Alone’ Santa during his illness
Of all the Santas who've entered hearts and homes — down a chimney or through a TV screen — Ken Campbell has entered more than most. In 1990, Campbell played...
Heidi Stevens: Toy drive helps incarcerated moms give kids holiday gifts. ‘It’s not an act of charity; it’s an act of solidarity.’
It started with a hopeful phone call. The holidays were approaching and Sharon Fitzer, family coordinator at Logan Correctional Center, a women's prison in central Illinois, was hearing from moms...
15 The Joy of Running on an Empty Lakefront
Chicago in the winter is a reminder that love, for all its heart-pounding, soul-stirring, head-spinning magic, also requires some suffering. Anyone can relish the lakefront path in the summer. The...