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People chant and cheer in support of access to an abortion drug in front of the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on March 26, 2024. The event was held the day the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the abortion pill case FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Steve Chapman: The grave threats to abortion rights are sparking a backlash

April 4, 2024 at 5:01 a.m.

Regarding abortion, Democrats are not reticent about what they are defending. And Republicans are not quite so forthright.

Rioters breach the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)

Steve Chapman: Trump may evade justice, but some insurrectionists are paying a price

March 7, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

One by one, those who participated in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot have had to face severe consequences.

People rally against national anti-transgender legislation at Federal Plaza in Chicago on April 27, 2022.

Steve Chapman: Here’s why we shouldn’t deprive transgender kids of medical options

January 31, 2024 at 7:39 p.m.

Much of the opposition to gender transition treatment rests on rigid ideology, not reasoned judgment.

Ukrainian service members lower the coffin of Ukrainian army officer Vasyl Medviychuk into a grave at a cemetery in the Carpathian Mountains in Krasnyk, Ukraine, on Dec. 29, 2023.

Steve Chapman: Gaza, Ukraine and ‘the futile logic of war’

January 4, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

In his Christmas Eve Mass address, Pope Francis cited the conflict in Gaza in lamenting "the futile logic of war." In recent decades, he might have noted, humans have found...

Former President Donald Trump speaks after testifying in his civil fraud trial at the New York State Supreme Court on Nov. 6, 2023.

Steve Chapman: A reelected Trump could make himself president for life

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

In the 2024 presidential election, voters may decide to keep Joe Biden in office for the next four years. If they elect Donald Trump, though, he could be in office...

Denver Broncos fans hold signs of Taylor Swift during a game against the Kansas City Chiefs on Oct. 29, 2023, in Denver.

Steve Chapman: How Taylor Swift restored my faith in humanity

November 2, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

These are boom times for pessimists. Wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, climate change, mass shootings, hate speech and threats to democracy all offer grounds for despair. Sometimes, it...

People from more than 100 countries, including, Amal Ahmed Abedl Rahman of Palestine, right, and her husband, Izzddin Al Zaghloul, raise their right hands as they take the oath to become U.S citizens on Dec. 7, 2022, as the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Illinois hosts the largest ever naturalization ceremony for people becoming U.S. citizens at Wintrust Arena in Chicago.

Steve Chapman: Repealing birthright citizenship would be a disaster

October 5, 2023 at 10:04 a.m.

Some bad ideas just won't die, and in today's political environment, the worse the idea, the longer its life expectancy. One of the more harebrained is ending birthright citizenship, which...

A U.S. soldier on guard near the U.S.-Mexico border in Donna, Texas, in 2018.

Steve Chapman: Will a Republican president start a war with Mexico?

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

In 1916, with Europe embroiled in armed hostilities, President Woodrow Wilson won reelection on the slogan "He kept us out of war." In 2024, President Joe Biden could offer a...

People walk down a busy Michigan Avenue, the shopping and business district in downtown Chicago, on July 13, 2022.

Steve Chapman: Who deserves the credit for our surprisingly strong economy?

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

America's economic past is littered with depressions and recessions, which destroyed jobs, bankrupted businesses and spread misery. But one downturn is not likely to make the history books: the recession...

Former President Donald Trump at the New Hampshire Federation of Republican Women's Lilac Luncheon in Concord on June 27, 2023.

Steve Chapman: A plea bargain is Donald Trump’s best option

July 6, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Donald Trump is campaigning to return to the White House, which Bill Clinton once called "the crown jewel of the federal penal system." But Trump would be wise to focus...

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