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A young woman reacts as she looks at her damaged home after Russia's night missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Oct. 14, 2026. (Efrem Lukatsky/AP)

Elizabeth Shackelford: Trump’s abhorrent Russian diesel deal defies US laws and won’t lower gas prices

By Elizabeth Shackelford

October 16, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Donald Trump has illegally undone sanctions efforts against Russia. For all of this, Americans won’t...

Saturday Night Live Host Shane Gillis during the monologue on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026. (Will Heath/NBC/TNS)

Heidi Stevens: Shane Gillis ‘SNL’ opener misses the mark — and the moment

By Heidi Stevens

October 16, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

The most disappointing thing about Shane Gillis’ shopworn, hackneyed, tone-deaf, retrograde, unfunny “Saturday Night Live”...

Former Indiana U,S. Rep. Lee Hamilton, who was co-chair of the Iraq Study Group, in his office at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington on Nov. 24, 2006. (Pete Souza/baiduhai)

John T. Shaw: We need Congress to ponder the long term with a new future-focused group

By John T. Shaw

October 14, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Half a century ago, many lawmakers viewed their responsibilities differently and created a forum to...

Claire, a preschooler in Jeanine O'Malley's class, completes her Polar Plunge by dunking her feet in ice water March 4, 2021, at St. Cajetan School in Morgan Park.

Polar Plunge for Marty and Reese’s Warriors

By Contributed Content

March 4, 2021 at 2:29 p.m.

Preschoolers at St. Cajetan Elementary School, which one of Reese Panatera's cousins attends, ran through...

The Vic Theatre is lit in red on Sept. 1, 2020.

Column: A massive theater limited to 50 people? Pritzker needs to amend his Phase 4 reopening plan

By Chris Jones

March 4, 2021 at 3:08 p.m.

In recent days, Lori Lightfoot has given fans of in-person baseball reason to look forward...

Column: Stimulus checks are coming, but first we must address Mr. Potato Head and Dr. Seuss

By Rex W. Huppke

March 4, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

I know struggling American families need COVID-19 stimulus checks, but as an educated, adult-human conservative...

People gather outside Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office in New York City to protest against cuts to health care on March 1, 2021.

Column: A glittering group of nominees in race for Golden Moutza

By John Kass

March 4, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas. The union boss sending...

Column: Sexual misconduct can’t bring down Gov. Cuomo alone. It needs the help of partisan politics.

By Dahleen Glanton

March 4, 2021 at 8:53 a.m.

Three women have accused New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of making lewd sexual advances. If...

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at the state Capitol in Albany on April 15, 2020.

Column: Democrats should disown Gov. Andrew Cuomo

By Steve Chapman

March 3, 2021 at 1:15 p.m.

There are many instances when it sucks to be a Democrat, and the emergence of...

Column: In ‘Professional Troublemaker,’ Luvvie Ajayi Jones talks courage, fear and failing loudly

By Heidi Stevens

March 3, 2021 at 12:49 p.m.

Luvvie Ajayi Jones kicked off her "Professional Troublemaker" book tour on Tuesday night talking with...

Students arrive to Sutherland Elementary School on Chicago's South Side on March 1, 2021. Chicago Public Schools reopened for children in kindergarten through fifth grades.

Column: Teachers union boss in California caught taking daughter to private school becomes poster boy for school choice

By John Kass

March 3, 2021 at 9:08 a.m.

Who's the woke white guy in dreadlocks in that viral video taking his daughter to...

Column: The Senate hearing proves white supremacy played a big role in the Capitol Hill riot

By Dahleen Glanton

March 3, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

Republicans are determined to blame Black Lives Matter and antifa for the Capitol Hill riot....

The word "thug," which was once merely a synonym for goon, violent hooligan, ruffian has evolved into a coded racial slur in some instances.

Column: ‘Thug’ is a problem word — even if it didn’t used to be

By Eric Zorn

March 2, 2021 at 4:53 p.m.

The recent dust-up on social media over WGN-TV sports anchor Dan Roan's use of the...

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