Elizabeth Shackelford: Trump’s abhorrent Russian diesel deal defies US laws and won’t lower gas prices
Donald Trump has illegally undone sanctions efforts against Russia. For all of this, Americans won’t...
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Heidi Stevens: Shane Gillis ‘SNL’ opener misses the mark — and the moment
The most disappointing thing about Shane Gillis’ shopworn, hackneyed, tone-deaf, retrograde, unfunny “Saturday Night Live”...
John T. Shaw: We need Congress to ponder the long term with a new future-focused group
Half a century ago, many lawmakers viewed their responsibilities differently and created a forum to...
Column: They’ve been married 80 years, and they celebrated in pandemic lockdown — with Illini basketball
Ginger Rogers and James Stewart won Oscars the year Carl and Helen Carlson were married....
Column: Breonna Taylor. We must never stop saying her name
Breonna Taylor. A year ago, no one knew who she was. Now, everyone says her...
Column: The end of Cuomo: Cui bono? Who benefits?
As Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York, hailed by Democrats as their savior just months...
Column: Sen. Tammy Duckworth’s foul language was fair comment on Fox News nitwit Tucker Carlson
Would I have preferred it if Illinois' U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth had kept it clean...
Column: After getting my first COVID-19 shot, vaccine ‘passports’ don’t sound so scary
I got it! After working my way through a labyrinth of websites and telephone numbers...
Column: Inspired by a man outside Starbucks who needed money, Chicago artist turns T-shirts into funds for Streetwise vendors
Most mornings, sometimes as early as 5 a.m., Scott Marvel descends into his crappy (his...
Five Willis Towers worth of office space is empty in downtown Chicago, and it’s going to get worse
Downtown Chicago has a record amount of unwanted office space, the equivalent of about five...
GiveaShirt aims to help Streetwise vendors
Musicians with Chicago ties donate T-shirt designs and Scott Marvel screen prints them in his...
Column: A good start: Evanston takes on racial reparations
Difficult tasks often don't get done, because they are, well, difficult. It's easier to ignore...
Column: ‘From 11 to 2 on Sundays I was straight’: After Harvard, young Chicagoan has new campaign to change Black Church attitudes toward LGBTQ people
Don Abram calls himself a queer church boy. Back when he really was a boy...