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President Donald Trump, right, meets with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, president of Ukraine, left, for bilateral talks at Beştepe Presidential Compound during the NATO Summit on July 8, 2026, in Ankara, Turkey. (Win McNamee/Getty)

Daniel DePetris: Donald Trump’s fight with Volodymyr Zelenskyy reveals a deeper frustration

By Daniel DePetris

October 20, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The likely driver for the latest fight over Ukraine is that the war Donald Trump...

Comedian and political satirist Bill Maher waves to the stage during the 27th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor celebrating Maher on June 29, 2026, in Washington. (Kevin Wolf/AP)

Clarence Page: Beware the charm of our rising chatbots

By Clarence Page

October 19, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Besides the existential risks of artificial intelligence, consider how AI chatbots insinuate themselves in the...

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 19, 2026 at 8:09 a.m.

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

Family and friends of slain Chicago rapper FBG Duck visit Oak Street at Michigan Avenue on Aug. 7, 2020, following his killing on the block last week.

Column: FBG Duck brought a street fight between the ‘have-nots’ into the turf controlled by the ‘haves’

By Dahleen Glanton

September 18, 2020 at 4:53 p.m.

Two opposite worlds inhabited by the "haves" and the "have-nots" collided last week on a...

A man stands in a line stretching the equivalent of two football fields as hundreds wait for early voting at Fairfax County Government Center in Fairfax, Virginia on Sept. 18, 2020.

Column: Can the United States survive the 2020 election?

By Steve Chapman

September 18, 2020 at 2:41 p.m.

At the 2004 Democratic National Convention, a little-known state senator from Illinois electrified the crowd...

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield holds up his mask during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing Sept. 16, 2020, on a review of coronavirus response efforts.

Column: The pandemic persists, despite Trump’s sidestepping

By Clarence Page

September 18, 2020 at 3:26 p.m.

With less than two months to go until Election Day, the presidential contest increasingly reminds...

Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi, 90, winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, poses at his residence in Ahmedabad on March 8, 2018. Doshi vowed March 8 to use his award, considered architecture's Nobel equivalent, to escalate his campaign for proper housing for the poor as the country battles a massive shortage of homes.

Column: A renowned Indian architect gets a Chicago showcase as Lincoln Park gallery celebrates Doshi’s humanistic designs

By Blair Kamin

September 18, 2020 at 2:41 p.m.

When Balkrishna Doshi became the first architect from India to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize...

Children demonstrate what to do and how to protect themselves using bulletproof backpacks when "shots are fired" during a news conference outside police headquarters in Chicago on Sept 17, 2020.

Column: Kids with bulletproof backpacks provide bad but real optics for Chicago

By John Kass

September 18, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

With Chicago violence out of control this year, with more than 500 people killed and...

President Donald Trump speaks during the White House Conference on American History at the National Archives in Washington on Sept. 17.

Column: Trump’s coronavirus vaccine is coming … in two weeks! And it will make you more patriotic.

By Rex W. Huppke

September 18, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

Hello, fellow patriots. My name is Rex Huppke and I'm a proud member of President...

Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority sisters Kia Sutherland, from left, Marla Blair-Hohenkirk and Susan Ellis near their homes on Sept. 17, 2020, in Chicago. Kamala Harris, Joe Biden's vice presidential running mate, is also an AKA.

Column: Kamala Harris’ AKA sisters reflect on her historic run for the White House. ‘Our ancestors are doing a happy dance right now.’

By Heidi Stevens

September 18, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

Kia Sutherland's daughter, Marlowe, 12, has already chosen her sorority. "She's known she's going to...

Southport Lanes has been a speak-easy, brothel, gambling den and bowling alley. One thing the Lakeview institution is not: A COVID-19 survivor.

By Ryan Ori

September 18, 2020 at 10:48 a.m.

Southport Lanes has lasted nearly a century by evolving, at various times serving as a...

The temptation is high for parents to duck into a child's e-learning space — or yell from the background — with any number of interruptions, well-meaning or otherwise.

Column: Why it’s so hard — and so important — to stop bugging kids about chores and snacks while they’re ‘at’ school … in their bedrooms

By Heidi Stevens

September 17, 2020 at 2:55 p.m.

Phyllis Fagell had to chuckle when she was watching a TikTok chronicling one teacher's remote...

Yard signs for President Donald Trump are seen during a Republican voter registration in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 5, 2020.

Column: If the little things get to you, then you’re probably a voter

By John Kass

September 17, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

In a thoroughly forgettable movie about a drug-addled street urchin, played by Bridget Fonda, being...

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