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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”...

Vice President Mike Pence speaks as President Donald Trump looks on April 22, 2020, during the the daily briefing on the coronavirus at the White House in Washington.

Column: Mike Pence needs to save the country from Trump

By Steve Chapman

January 8, 2021 at 10:43 a.m.

After three years and 50 weeks of meekly deferring to Donald Trump, Mike Pence finally...

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

Column: Trump incited violence in the U.S. Capitol and NOW some Republicans disavow him?

By Rex W. Huppke

January 8, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

In the wake of President Donald Trump inciting a violent mob of raving lunatics to...

Parishioners raise their hands in worship as the Rev. Michael Pfleger leads the Sunday morning service at St. Sabina Church on June 6, 2021. "It's good to be home," an emotional Pfleger said to a packed and jubilant crowd at St. Sabina Church — his first time leading a congregation in five months.

Column: The silence of Father Mike

By John Kass

January 8, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

Chicago's celebrity lefty political priest, the Rev. Michael Pfleger, is strangely silent. He's in crisis,...

President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in support of Georgia Republican Senate candidates Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue in Dalton, Georgia, on Jan. 4, 2021.

Column: There’s plenty of blame to go around for this awful end of the Trump era

By Eric Zorn

January 7, 2021 at 5:06 p.m.

To those who thought oh, what the hell, let's take a chance and elect a...

Column: The lessons of Insurrection Day 2021

By Mary Schmich

January 7, 2021 at 7:11 p.m.

Welcome to class, students. Today we're going to review the historic events of Jan. 6,...

Sara McIntosh, right, works with bag-maker Stephanie Wheat on Jan. 6, 2021, at her beloved Chicago School of Shoemaking, which she is in danger of losing because of the pandemic.

Column: Struggling to survive, a Ravenswood shoemaking school is one of Chicago’s odd, wonderful spots threatened by COVID-19 pandemic

By Heidi Stevens

January 13, 2021 at 9:16 a.m.

Sara McIntosh made her first pair of shoes in 1974. Her baby girl (who's now...

A woman receives the COVID-19 vaccine at John Knox Village in Pompano Beach on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. A total of 170 John Knox Village staff and residents were given their second doses of the vaccine and 50 staff members received their first doses.

Column: Year 2021 was supposed to be Chapter 1 of a hopeful story. Alas, the virus can’t read.

By Chris Jones

January 7, 2021 at 9:37 a.m.

In the final days of 2020, the COVID-19 virus revealed the same disrespect for the...

Column: Trump owns this

By John Kass

January 7, 2021 at 9:35 a.m.

There is one man responsible for what happened in Washington on Wednesday, as America watched...

Column: All Trumpsters are not a mob. But when the combat boot fits, wear it.

By Clarence Page

January 6, 2021 at 8:55 p.m.

As supporters of President Donald Trump turned violent Wednesday in our nation's capital, the question...

Column: After four years of drama, the reality TV star president got his shocking season finale

By Michael Phillips

January 7, 2021 at 9:22 a.m.

"We're coming for you. And we're gonna have a good time doing it," promised Donald...

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