Daniel DePetris: Donald Trump’s fight with Volodymyr Zelenskyy reveals a deeper frustration
The likely driver for the latest fight over Ukraine is that the war Donald Trump...
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Clarence Page: Beware the charm of our rising chatbots
Besides the existential risks of artificial intelligence, consider how AI chatbots insinuate themselves in the...
Edward Keegan: Is the minimalist fieldhouse in Chicago’s Cragin Park architecture or just a building?
The Cragin Park Fieldhouse expresses a clear architectural character with its exposed steel structure. I...
Column: Trump’s coronavirus lies should spell the end of his presidency. Our humanity demands as much.
The numbers tell only the beginning of the story. One hundred and ninety four thousand...
Column: ‘It’s like we’ve been living in a pandemic all along.’ COVID-19 and recent looting add to setbacks for long-neglected North Lawndale.
Most mornings, you can find 85-year-old Bobby Woods having breakfast at his regular table at...
Column: Anna Douglass may soon get her name on a Chicago park. Who was she, in addition to being Frederick Douglass’ wife?
Raniya Thomas, who is 13, devoted hours of her summer vacation this year to changing...
Column: Years after 9/11, the political use of fear continues on
On the car radio they were talking about Sept. 11, 2001. On that unspeakable day...
Column: The era of newspaper vending boxes is snapping shut
As I gazed out recently over the graveyard of empty newspaper vending machines at the...
Column: Note to Mayor Lightfoot and Team Trump: Politics should help, not hurt law enforcement
As marriages of convenience go, Chicago's crime-fighting partnership with the Trump administration looks awkward at...
Column: Chicago’s parks are getting a workout during the coronavirus. Why one nurse thinks they may be our salvation.
Louise McCurry is a healer. She has worked as a critical care nurse since the...
Column: Have you become obsessed with bugs or hummingbirds? In the pandemic, you’re not alone.
In the midst of the grief, confusion and anger of the past few months, many...
Column: AG Bill Barr says federal corruption hunters never ‘at a loss for work’ in Chicago
What did U.S. Attorney General William Barr and I talk about the other day over...
Column: Always-calm Trump lied about coronavirus but patriotically made sure no Americans died of panic
I can tell you this: If there's one thing President Donald Trump does not want...