David Greising: The race for Chicago school board president is about ideas — and character
It will take savvy strategic thinking, backed by the character needed for leadership, to make...
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Heidi Stevens: I wish we modeled better care for the young people who are making sense of the world right now
I hope that when we’re all writing our stories, the ones that are still being...
Steve Chapman: Republicans are fanning baseless fears about American Muslims
You might expect that as the memory of the 9/11 attacks and the global war...
David Greising: Many of the ideas for closing Chicago’s budget gap won’t make a dent
About half the task force's ideas won't make much difference. Some are not politically likely...
Heidi Stevens: 20 years into motherhood, I’m finding that we are the safety nets we all need in this fragile world
My column lets me go in search of people who care about each other, and...
Daniel DePetris: European nations recognize Palestinian statehood. It won’t help end the war.
Countries can formally recognize Palestine, but nothing happening in Israel gives confidence that the war...
Clarence Page: Free speech is under fire again because we need it
For now, the endless debates over free speech and hate speech are necessary to protect...
Elizabeth Shackelford: Why we need dissent
Officials of the Donald Trump administration made direct threats against free speech this week.
Heidi Stevens: When a shooting — any shooting — shakes a nation, we need to look at the guns
Charlie Kirk's cause of death is all too common. His shooting wasn’t even the only...
Daniel DePetris: NATO rose to the challenge and passed Russia’s test in Poland
After Russian drones breached Polish airspace, NATO sent a message to the Russians that such...
Clarence Page: Is another era of political violence upon us?
I remember the sort of tit-for-tat violence that plagued this country in the 1960s —...
David Greising: Gov. JB Pritzker should keep his attention on the work needed to offset Donald Trump’s actions
When Gov JB Pritzker gets distracted by the rhetoric about the guard, he risks taking...
Heidi Stevens: I’m sure a suburban, domed Bears stadium will be lovely, but that doesn’t mean I have to like it
I do understand the appeal of Arlington Heights. But we Chicagoans are not fancy people...