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Chicago's City Hall and County Building on Sept. 3, 2020. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Juan Rangel: Chicagoans need a transformative leader for their next mayor

March 8, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Chicago will need a new mayor willing to immediately tackle a budget bordering on insolvency, neighborhood crime and a failing education system.

Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates attends Brandon Johnson’s mayoral election night victory party April 4, 2023. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Juan Rangel: Embracing school choice will move Democrats back to the center

January 7, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

There is growing bipartisan recognition of the importance of school choice, especially for families in struggling school districts.

Latino leaders pray with then-Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, center, as he participates in a roundtable with Latino leaders on Oct. 22, 2024, in Doral, Florida. (Lynne Sladky/AP)

Juan Rangel: How Latinos found their voice in Donald Trump

November 22, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

The election outcome was the culmination of concern over the direction of Latino values on family, faith and an aspiration for upward mobility.

An employee with Chicago's Office of Emergency Management and Communications checks in migrants before they board a bus outside the 8th District police station in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on Nov. 21, 2023. With the help of volunteers, city workers transported migrants who were staying outside the police station to various shelters around the city.

Juan Rangel: The lesson of migrant handouts and the stifling of the American Dream

December 1, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Given my decadeslong work with immigrant communities in Chicago, I read with great interest, if not dismay, a recent article in the Tribune. The headline declared, "The American Dream doesn't...

Police officers stand guard as protesters stand across the street from Mayor Lori Lightfoot's home to bring attention to the demolition of the Crawford power plant in Little Village, carried out by a company named Hilco, on May 14, 2020, in Chicago. The mayor initially imposed a moratorium on the demolition after a partial implosion of the plant on April 11 created a potentially hazardous dust plume in Little Village, but residents were informed the city has allowed the demolition process to continue.

Commentary: Hilco needs to come clean with Little Village after botched demolition

May 26, 2020 at 3:20 p.m.

During the Cold War, President Ronald Reagan laid out the United States' terms for coexisting with the Soviet Union before moving forward on any arms control deal. "Trust but verify,"...

A Mexican flag waves in the wind during the 26th Street Mexican Independence Parade, Sunday, September 11, 2016, in the Little Village Neighborhood.

Assimilation, not victimization for Mexican immigrants

May 11, 2019 at 4:03 a.m.

"When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. ... They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people." With these words Donald...

Recognizing the unique views of Hispanics

August 20, 2021 at 10:41 p.m.

Since the release of the 2000 U.S. Census figures, much has been written about the rising number of Hispanics in the United States. Often these stories paint Hispanics with a...

INVOLVED PARENTS

August 20, 2021 at 7:08 p.m.

We applaud the proposal for parent checklists put forth by Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas, not only as a step in the right direction but also as the necessary...

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