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Chicago school board president candidates Jessica Biggs, Hilario Dominguez and Victor Henderson participate in a forum at the Copernicus Center on Sept. 29, 2026. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

David Greising: The race for Chicago school board president is about ideas — and character

By David Greising

October 10, 2026 at 10:01 a.m.

It will take savvy strategic thinking, backed by the character needed for leadership, to make...

Heidi Stevens: I wish we modeled better care for the young people who are making sense of the world right now

By Heidi Stevens

October 9, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

I hope that when we’re all writing our stories, the ones that are still being...

Far-right activist Jake Lang stands on the back of a truck displaying anti-Muslim messages during a demonstration outside the annual Palestine Fest at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, Oct. 4, 2026. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Steve Chapman: Republicans are fanning baseless fears about American Muslims

By Steve Chapman

October 8, 2026 at 10:10 a.m.

You might expect that as the memory of the 9/11 attacks and the global war...

Employees work in a textile factory in Tlaxcala, Mexico, Feb. 4, 2025. (Eduardo Verdugo/AP)

Daniel DePetris: Donald Trump’s cowboy diplomacy in the Western Hemisphere is succeeding, but has risks

By Daniel DePetris

February 6, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Donald Trump aims to flaunt American power and coerce Washington’s allies and partners in the...

The space where a portrait of retired Gen. Mark Milley hung is empty at the Pentagon on Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (Tara Copp/AP)

Steve Chapman: Donald Trump puts his former aides at risk of assassination

By Steve Chapman

February 6, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Donald Trump is nonchalant about the grave risks the men face as a direct result...

President Donald Trump talks to reporters after arriving at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, Feb. 2, 2025. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)

Laura Washington: Trumpian justice is already undermining Americans’ faith in the system

By Laura Washington

March 9, 2025 at 12:54 p.m.

America's hundreds-year-old system of “and justice for all” is morphing into a “friends and family”...

President Donald Trump takes questions from reporters in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on Jan. 30, 2025, about the collision of an American Airlines jet with a military helicopter. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty)

Clarence Page: When disaster strikes, Donald Trump’s instinct is to blame DEI first

By Clarence Page

March 9, 2025 at 12:02 p.m.

As Team Trump implements reforms, it must balance preserving merit-based standards while maintaining policies that...

Heidi Stevens: We can’t go it alone despite America’s notion of rugged individualism

By Heidi Stevens

January 31, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

We're living in a country where needing help is for losers and providing it is...

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul adjusts his glasses as he speaks along with Gov. JB Pritzker during a news conference Jan. 28, 2025, about the impact of President Donald Trump’s order to freeze trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

David Greising: Conflict between Donald Trump and Illinois will test state’s rights vs. federal power

By David Greising

January 31, 2025 at 9:35 a.m.

Illinois’ Gov. JB Pritzker can lead in an effort to develop state responses to counteract...

Walgreens announced it would shutter five stores in Chicago, including the store at 4005 W. 26th St., shown Jan. 16, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Laura Washington: Walgreens is closing stores and creating pharmacy deserts on Chicago’s South and West sides

By Laura Washington

March 9, 2025 at 12:54 p.m.

The five local Walgreens stores to be closed are all on the city’s South and...

President Donald Trump speaks outside the White House on Jan. 25, 2025. (Kent Nishimura/Getty)

Daniel DePetris: President Donald Trump doesn’t have a foreign policy yet

By Daniel DePetris

January 28, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

What we have is a lot of noise from Donald Trump but not much in...

The United Center, shown in 2023, is surrounded by parking lots. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Edward Keegan: Redesign of the area around the United Center is being done (mostly) right

By Edward Keegan

June 3, 2025 at 7:26 p.m.

There needs to be clarification about how these extensive new “parks” in the plans to...

Enrique Tarrio, the Proud Boys leader who was freed from prison after receiving clemency from President Donald Trump, arrives at Miami International Airport in Miami on Jan. 22, 2025. (Saul Martinez/The New York Times)

Clarence Page: Donald Trump’s pardons must not lead to the unpardonable

By Clarence Page

March 9, 2025 at 12:02 p.m.

Hindsight, as the old saying goes, is always 20/20. That thought came to mind after...

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