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People browse artists' booths on June 11, 2023, at the Old Town Art Fair.

Laura Washington: Summer street festivals have fallen victim to commercialization. Where is the creativity?

August 28, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Summer lingers, languorous and sultry, but I am nostalgic as I watch the passing of my favorite season. I am a hot weather lover who treasures those three, desperately short...

Voters enter a polling precinct at the Knox Presbyterian Church in Cincinnati on Aug. 8, 2023. Issue 1 was defeated, as 57% of voters opposed the measure.

Laura Washington: Republicans’ miscalculations on abortion will give Democrats an edge in 2024

August 14, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Republicans may have won the war against Roe v. Wade, but the battles continue. Issue 1 is advantage No. 1 for the Democrats. The Issue 1 ballot proposal in Ohio...

A Chicago police officer watches as several young people leave an area near South Canal Street and West Roosevelt Road on July 30, 2023.

Laura Washington: Don’t demonize young people who go to the Loop for fun. But violence must have consequences.

August 7, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

My husband was about 13 years old, he recalled. He was hanging out with a crowd of miscreants. "There was a whole bunch of us." They were running around north...

People exit a CTA subway station along North State Street in Chicago's Loop on May 16, 2023.

Laura Washington: CTA leaders are far removed from the realities of mass transit in Chicago

July 31, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

What will it take to bring back the CTA? The indispensable public transportation system has been in crisis since the COVID-19 pandemic descended on our city. I ride the CTA...

President Joe Biden shakes hands with U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, second from left, upon his arrival at the U.S. Marine Corps base in Iwakuni, Japan, on May 18, 2023, ahead of the G-7 Leaders' Summit in Hiroshima.

Laura Washington: Memo to Joe Biden: Put Rahm Emanuel to work for you in 2024

July 24, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

He's back! Well, for a minute. The former mayor of Chicago swooped into town recently and visited with his newly minted peer, Mayor Brandon Johnson. Last year, after decades of...

Anthony Driver, second from right, of the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability, speaks before the announcement of its three nominees for the Chicago Police Department superintendent job during a public meeting at Kennedy-King College on July 13, 2023.

Laura Washington: As Brandon Johnson mulls choices for Chicago’s top cop, we need far more transparency

July 17, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

The selection of Chicago's next top cop will have a singular impact on the city's future. History suggests he may be set up to fail. On Thursday, the Community Commission...

Magicians visit each table to perform at Chicago Magic Lounge in December 2019.

Laura Washington: Readers offer tips on finding the magic in Chicago in my search for quality fun

July 10, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

As I recently wrote, the pandemic may have ended, but sophisticated, elegant fun is still hard to find. The disruption wrought by COVID-19 has made a quiet dinner, grown-up music...

Robert Kennedy Jr. and mother Ethel Kennedy attend the RFK Pro-Celebrity Tennis Tournament at Forest Hills in New York City in 1976.

Laura Washington: If there is a Kennedy in your past, you might weigh a Kennedy for president in your future

July 3, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is running for the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee. Anxious Democrats are taking note. The longtime environmental lawyer is the son and namesake of Robert F. Kennedy...

Acasia Gibson and Patrick Crosson watch the Trinity Irish Dancers on July 11, 2021, during the first "Sundays on State" block party near State and Madison streets in Chicago.

Laura Washington: Elegant fun is harder than ever to find in Chicago after our emergence from the pandemic

June 26, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

What happened to my fun? At my certain age, the bottom has dropped out of my nightlife. Fun is harder than ever to find as we continue to emerge from...

Demolition crews hired by the Chicago Bears begin knocking down the grandstand at the former Arlington International Racecourse on June 16, 2023, in Arlington Heights.

Laura Washington: The city appears to be making a last-ditch effort to keep the Bears in Chicago. Don’t do it.

June 19, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Teddy bears may be cuddly, but keeping the Bears in Chicago would be toxic for Mayor Brandon Johnson's ambitious agenda. Last year, the Bears organization announced it was looking at...

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