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The new Cragin Park Fieldhouse stands Oct. 15, 2026, in Chicago’s Belmont Cragin neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Edward Keegan: Is the minimalist fieldhouse in Chicago’s Cragin Park architecture or just a building??

By Edward Keegan

October 18, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The Cragin Park Fieldhouse expresses a clear architectural character with its exposed steel structure. I...

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”...

The U.S. Capitol in Washington as a mob of Trump supporters breached the building on Jan. 6, 2021.

Column: In today’s America, the neighbor next door could be a domestic terrorist

By Dahleen Glanton

January 13, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

One of the most disturbing revelations from last week's insurrection at the Capitol is that...

Poll: A Tweet of Week double feature, for those who might need a laugh this week.

By Eric Zorn

January 15, 2021 at 2:59 p.m.

Lots of activity on Twitter this week, as you might imagine. So much, in fact,...

President Donald Trump at a rally in Dalton, Georgia, on Jan. 4, 2021.

Column: Under Siege: A poem about Donald Trump, to the tune of ‘The Yellow Rose of Texas’

By Mary Schmich

January 12, 2021 at 5:49 p.m.

This is the latest, and close to last, installment of my ongoing rhyming chronicle of...

Henriks Lizenbergs, 6, of Evanston, rolls a recycling bin outside his home on Jan. 12, 2021. He had taken to helping the garbage and recycling crew in his neighborhood since the pandemic started and was presented by the crew with a safety vest, hard hat and employee award.

Column: A recycling crew, a 6-year-old boy and a friendship that reminds us how much of humanity is good

By Heidi Stevens

January 12, 2021 at 9:27 p.m.

When Henriks Lizenbergs' kindergarten class moved to remote learning last spring, Tuesdays quickly became his...

People walk in front of the now-closed St. Jane Hotel in Chicago on May 17, 2019.

Michigan Avenue’s Carbide & Carbon Building to get new hotel this spring, in rare vote of confidence during pandemic

By Ryan Ori

January 13, 2021 at 2:35 p.m.

The new owner of the Carbide & Carbon Building plans to open a rebranded hotel...

Supporters board a bus at Lincoln Land Community College for a short ride to the 32nd annual Democratic Evening on the Lake fundraiser May 8, 2012, at Island Bay Yacht Club in Springfield.

Column: A Madigan loyalist warns of the ‘what comes next?’ problem

By Eric Zorn

January 12, 2021 at 3:31 p.m.

"So let the fun begin," said Jaime Andrade dryly. Andrade, 48, is my state representative...

Demonstrators gather after painting a sign in the middle of Broadway outside the historic Old Courthouse in downtown St. Louis on Jan. 9, 2021. Speakers called for Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., to resign following a seizure and occupation of the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

Column: Twitter’s action against Trump opens a can of First Amendment worms

By Clarence Page

January 12, 2021 at 2:17 p.m.

Ironies abound in the debate over free speech, now that Twitter has taken away President...

Trump supporters participate in a rally Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

Column: I took part in a pro-Trump attack on the US Capitol and now I have to face consequences? That’s tyranny!

By Rex W. Huppke

January 12, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

Hello, I am a patriotic supporter of President Donald Trump who broke into the U.S....

Column: To the teachers helping our kids make sense of the Capitol attack, thank you

By Heidi Stevens

January 11, 2021 at 3:27 p.m.

Benito Juarez Community Academy civics teacher Daniel Michmerhuizen starts every class with bell ringers. Bell...

Ted Cruz hugs his father, Rafael, and his wife, Heidi, after suspending his 2016 presidential campaign in Indianapolis.

Column: Sen. Ted Cruz’s peculiar aversion to protecting Hong Kong dissidents

By Steve Chapman

March 11, 2024 at 1:54 p.m.

The Cold War was a dark, tense time when two hostile superpowers were locked in...

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