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: A 14-year-old Chicago kid has connected more than 100 people to COVID-19 vaccines. ‘It’s completely beautiful.’
Benjamin Kagan, 14, spent winter break remotely navigating the COVID-19 vaccine system in Florida, where...
Column: Joe Ligon, America’s longest-serving juvenile lifer, has a message for young Black offenders
I wish that every troubled young African American boy could meet Joe Ligon. I hope...
Column: With Madigan gone, can Illinois afford a Munchkin moment?
Illinois and its great city of Chicago — suffering crushing taxes, political corruption and now...
Column: It’s never too early to start managing your obituary
Author and political pundit Jon Meacham has introduced me to a new term, "obituary management."...
Column: NASA’s Perseverance lands on Mars while Tucker Carlson goes space cadet over Texas windmills
As a group of brilliant scientists and engineers landed a research rover on the surface...
Column: Day after day at sunrise, 3 Chicago women are ‘swimming through’ the winter in icy Lake Michigan
It's minus 2 degrees and the sun hasn't quite cracked the horizon when Jennefer Hoffmann...
Column: A frozen Texas shows the perils of denial
In an era of global climate change, Texas has retained an unshakable allegiance to fossil...
Column: Female faculty wrote a brave letter to Northwestern about sexual harassment, racism allegations from cheerleaders. I hope it’s a catalyst for real change.
Eighty Northwestern University faculty members, all women, have sent a letter to university leaders expressing...
Column: Sorry, don’t expect the Fairness Doctrine to come back and prevent more Rush Limbaughs
Speak not ill of the dead, I was taught in Sunday school. I respect that....
Column: Crime, taxes, closed schools or clogged side streets. But Lightfoot focuses on statues.
Chicago homicides and carjacking numbers skyrocket, taxpayers continue to flee, many of the city's side...