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In this Aug. 6, 2018, file photo, a statue of Thomas Jefferson stands in front of the Rotunda on the campus of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.

Column: Think we can’t judge Founding Fathers by modern ethical standards? Some of their peers did.

July 9, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

In 1798, Thomas Jefferson was asked a favor by Thaddeus Kosciuszko, who had fought in America's War of Independence a quarter of a century earlier. In gratitude for his service,...

The Christopher Columbus statue in Arrigo Park in the University Village neighborhood on Oct. 7, 2017. Faint red paint can be seen on the the statue's hand after it was defaced.

Column: Removing statues may feel like progress against racism — but it’s complicated

June 24, 2020 at 12:40 p.m.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot is taking heat for not following the lead of other cities that removed their statues of Christopher Columbus in response to the Black Lives Matter demonstrations. The...

Michelle Obama holds the bible as Barack Obama takes the oath of office on Jan 20, 2009, at the Capitol in Washington.

Column: One lesson of Juneteenth: Each step forward for African Americans has been followed by a step back.

June 18, 2020 at 11:50 a.m.

Ring out the church bells Friday for Juneteenth. Let them be bells of joy because on June 19, 1865, a U.S. Army officer stood on the balcony of a stately...

Truman Gibson, executive director of the American Negro Exposition, looks at a replica of Springfield's Lincoln Monument at the Chicago Coliseum before the opening of the exposition.

Flashback: American Negro Exposition set out to show the successes of black America — but the white establishment had its own agenda

June 12, 2020 at 9:51 a.m.

Angered by the disrespect African Americans received at Chicago's 1933 Century of Progress Exposition, an entrepreneur and a journalist shared a dream of a "Black World's Fair" that would set...

A cook at Lakeview's Diner Grill on Irving Park Road in Chicago in 2013.

Column: My culinary hero: the short-order cook

June 12, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

When Chicago's stay-at-home restrictions are fully lifted, I won't be among those who make a dash for the city's trendier restaurants to celebrate. I'm heading for the nearest greasy spoon....

President Donald Trump walks past police in Lafayette Park after visiting outside St. John's Church across from the White House in Washington. Police forcefully removed peaceful protesters from the park to make way for the president's photo opportunity.

Column: Be careful: How we talk about mayhem could reinvigorate Trump’s reelection chances

June 3, 2020 at 4:44 p.m.

Now is the time for fair-minded pundits to show some self-restraint. Please don't explain away the looting and vandalism that left Loop buildings smoldering and sidewalks covered with shattered shop...

Crime boss Big Jim Colosimo and his choir singer bride, Dale Winter, in 1920.

Flashback: Before Capone, there was Big Jim Colosimo: The father of the Chicago Outfit met his fate at the end of a gun

May 29, 2020 at 11:38 a.m.

It was 4:30 on a spring afternoon in 1920 when the father of Chicago's crime syndicate arrived at the restaurant on South Wabash Avenue to which he had proudly given...

Annette Rafacz gives Manny Orovcoa a free haircut at the state Capitol during a rally in Lansing, Michigan, on May 20, 2020. Barbers and hair stylists are protesting the state's stay-at-home orders, a demonstration that reflects how salons have become a symbol for small businesses that are eager to reopen two months after the COVID-19 pandemic began.

Column: Americans have never liked being told what to do

May 26, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

Long before armed opponents of Michigan's quarantine marched on its state Capitol, a similarly vexatious problem landed on the desk of a newly inaugurated George Washington. Americans have never liked...

It was supposed to be opening day at Wrigley Field on April 11, 1972, but these youngsters found the gates closed because of the players strike. So they formed a picket line of their own.

Flashback: When the ballparks went empty: From player strikes to lockouts to world wars, sometimes baseball just stops

May 17, 2020 at 5:51 p.m.

Whoever dubbed baseball "our national pastime" was clairvoyant. The loyalty of professional baseball's fans has survived five strikes and three lockouts, plus seasons interrupted by war, an earthquake, 9/11 and...

A crowd looks over a new neighborhood farm on July 20, 1973, in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago.

Flashback: Digging in to aid the war effort: Victory gardens helped Chicagoans fight food shortages, low morale

May 8, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

The venerable Rainbow Beach Victory Garden currently lays fallow, as its website explains: "Our Garden is closed and the season postponed as we adhere to Mayor Lightfoot's closure of the...

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