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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot appears at the annual St. Sabina peace march on June 17, 2022.

The Rev. Michael Pfleger, et al.: Chicagoans deserve an office dedicated to ending gun violence

July 14, 2022 at 3:29 p.m.

Gun violence is everywhere. Here in Chicago, shootings happen in every neighborhood. And leaving the city is no escape, as we learned painfully last week in Highland Park. Gun violence...

A person lights candles at a memorial set up at Central and St. Johns avenues in Highland Park on July 5, 2022, a day after a mass shooting at the city's Fourth of July Parade left seven dead and more than 30 injured.

Rabbi Seth Limmer, et al.: If we want to curb gun violence, we need more investments in treatment

July 7, 2022 at 6:21 p.m.

One shot from one gun is not just a single moment in time. Gun violence is never an isolated event. Sitting with victims who have been shot, counseling families who...

A chair sits empty during a nonviolence gathering on Sept. 12, 2019, organized by several different groups in response to the fatal shooting of Treja Kelley, 18, in Chicago.

The Rev. Otis Moss III, et al.: Give crime witnesses the protection they need to stay safe and serve justice

July 1, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

This past Friday, 5-month-old Cecilia Thomas was fatally shot inside a car in South Shore while she was sitting in her car seat. Within hours of the tragedy, activists were...

Dozens of clergy and community members stage a "die-in" outside of Chuck's Gun Shop on June 22, 2022, in Riverdale.

Rev. Ciera Bates-Chamberlain et al.: Trafficking of guns into Chicago fuels violence. We can slow the flow.

June 23, 2022 at 1:18 p.m.

Nineteen children were killed by a gunman in Uvalde, Texas. Rather than own up to his own responsibility, Gov. Greg Abbot pulled the same old card from the deck: He...

A woman runs past members of the Chicago Fire Department in the 800 block of North Cambridge Avenue after a 20-year-old woman was shot nearby on May 29, 2022, during the Memorial Day holiday weekend.

Rev. Michael Pfleger, Rabbi Seth Limmer, et al.: We faith leaders are united in helping stop the bloodshed

June 17, 2022 at 6:19 p.m.

Editor's note: Chicago faith leaders Rabbi Seth M. Limmer and the Revs. Michael Pfleger, Ciera Bates-Chamberlain and Otis Moss III are joining the Tribune's opinion section in a summer exploration...

Officers work the scene where a 17-year-old boy was shot in the leg near the 5000 block of South Drexel in the Bronzeville neighborhood, Jan. 16, 2022, in Chicago.

Seth Limmer: Many see safety as the fast track to justice in Chicago. But we can’t ignore income inequality and despair.

February 3, 2022 at 4:50 p.m.

Everyone is worried about crime. Violent crime, to be more specific. Right here in Chicago, to be most specific. Turning on the TV provides no escapism: Homicides feature nightly on...

Rabbi Mendy Weg of Evanston and of Tannenbaum Chabad House of Evanston, lower right, leads a menorah lighting event on Nov. 29, 2021, in downtown Evanston.

Op-ed: The real miracle of Hanukkah is finding light in darkness.

November 30, 2021 at 6:21 p.m.

Everybody loves a miracle. And light isn't so bad, either. On Hanukkah, we kindle the lamps of the menorah in commemoration of that famed miracle from thousands of years ago:...

The Rev. Matt O'Donnell celebrates Mass while being livestreamed on Palm Sunday, April 5, 2020, in a nearly empty St. Columbanus Catholic Church in Greater Grand Crossing.

Commentary: A challenge for preachers: Connecting with congregations during the COVID-19 crisis.

June 26, 2024 at 1:52 p.m.

Usually preachers are in the pulpit taking in the fullness of the congregation. While the community is listening to our words, we have the benefit of beholding everyone's faces. The...

President Donald Trump speaks Aug. 21, 2019, on the South Lawn of the White House, where he said, "In my opinion, you vote for a Democrat, you're being very disloyal to Jewish people and very disloyal to Israel."

Commentary: Trump’s invoking of a Jewish ‘loyalty test’ is a concern for all Americans

August 23, 2019 at 5:26 p.m.

We have seen this before. A week in which the president of the United States repeatedly questioned the loyalty of Jews who did not vote for him and his party...

A person is detained by police along North Michigan Avenue on Nov. 27, 2015, during a demonstration billed as a "narch for justice" on Black Friday.

Chicagoans deserve justice — without delay

May 11, 2019 at 2:49 a.m.

I have colleagues in St. Louis who rushed to the front lines of Ferguson, Mo., on Aug. 10, 2014, the day after Michael Brown was shot. And I have colleagues...

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