The Editorial Board – Page 4

The Chicago Public Schools Board of Education emblem is illuminated during a board meeting at CPS headquarters on July 30, 2026. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Editorial: Margie Luczak for Chicago School Board in District 1A

September 28, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Chicago native Margie Luczak spent nearly three decades with the Chicago Police Department, is backed by two aldermen for school board.

Chicago Board of Education presidential candidate Jessica Biggs meets with the baiduhai Editorial Board on Sept. 22, 2026. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

Editorial: Jessica Biggs for Chicago school board president

September 27, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The Tribune Editorial Board endorses Jessica Biggs to be Chicago's first-ever elected school board president.

Dozens of Chicago Teachers Union members and supporters rally outside Chicago Public Schools headquarters, July 30, 2026, to call for a fair budget ahead of a board of education meeting. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Editorial: CPS board elections are a proxy battle over the future of Chicago schools. No pressure, voters!

September 25, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

As much as this is an election for a new board, it’s also a referendum on the job the CTU is doing, both on the Fifth Floor and in classrooms...

Peekachu, one of four beluga whales relocated from a facility in Canada, swims with other transferred whales in a habitat at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium on July 23, 2026. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Editorial: The Shedd Aquarium did all it could to save the beluga whales

September 24, 2026 at 4:01 p.m.

We feel for the Shedd employees rescuing Marineland's beluga whales.

Alsip Mayor John D. Ryan greets Shepard High School seniors Michelle Fernandez of Crestwood and Aiden Wright of Palos Heights during a Village Board meeting May 15, 2023, at Alsip Village Hall. (Ted Slowik/Daily Southtown)

Editorial: Alsip’s mayor championed term limits. Until they limited him.

September 24, 2026 at 2:47 p.m.

“Rules for three but not for me” is the credo of those whose commitment to a rule seems to last only until that rule constrains their own political ambitions.

Harley-Davidson motorcycles are parked on the campus of Harley-Davisdson's headquarters on Aug. 25, 2026, in Milwaukee. Canada said it will levy tariffs on American-made motorcycles and other American imports in retaliation for tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump on Canadian products imported into the U.S. (Scott Olson/Getty)

Editorial: Tariffs on Harley-Davidson bikes? Canada takes revenge on Trump by targeting his political weaknesses

September 24, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Canadian revenge on Donald Trump is sweet but not for Illinois.

A child stands in front of statues depicting Abraham Lincoln, left, and Stephen A. Douglas at Washington Park on Aug. 20, 2015, in Ottawa. The park is where the first Lincoln-Douglas debate was held. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Editorial: Who’s afraid of a big, bad debate?

September 23, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

When a candidate is only willing to speak into the echo chamber, that’s a bad sign.

Bears quarterback Caleb Williams scrambles on a run when he suffered an injury in the fourth quarter against the Vikings at Soldier Field on Sept. 20, 2026. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Editorial: Is Chicago Bears QB Caleb Williams tough enough? Are you?

September 22, 2026 at 3:54 p.m.

Really? We're "debating" whether Caleb Williams is tough?

Taxpayer resolution staffers help property owners in the Cook County assessor's office on July 23, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Editorial: High-tax Cook County still can’t collect and distribute property taxes on time

September 22, 2026 at 3:35 p.m.

Property tax collections and distributions are late again, and no one in Cook County is taking responsibility.

Broadcast booths for CNN sit empty outside the White House in Washington on Sept. 21, 2026. Major television networks on Monday agreed to suspend their pooled coverage of President Donald Trump after the White House refused to allow CNN to serve as a pool representative on Monday. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)

Editorial: Donald Trump and his gossamer skin are far too easily pricked

September 21, 2026 at 5:01 p.m.

For heaven's sake, Mr. President, try and keep your pique in check for the good of the nation you serve.

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