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...
Heidi Stevens: A little girl’s birthday party where nobody showed and the heartbreaking, beautiful legacy it left
Immigrant girl's trauma lasted to her deathbed, reminding parents that birthdays are sacred, and we...
Clarence Page: Biden’s campaign exit has Trump flailing, sort of like a sputtering helicopter
Donald Trump's bizarre story of a fraught helicopter ride with Willie Brown has Clarence Page...
Daniel DePetris: Ukraine’s daring offensive is humiliating Russia. But to what end?
Kyiv has come to the conclusion that catching Moscow off guard on its own territory...
Laura Washington: The African Festival of the Arts, a path to my heritage, has sadly been canceled
Chicago's African Festival of the Arts is my favorite summer festival and is a well-trodden...
Clarence Page: Why ‘stolen valor’ political fights are so intense — and misplaced in the cases of Walz and Vance
Republican attacks on Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz for military credits they say he...
Edward Keegan: Might 400 Lake Shore Drive be our next orphaned twin tower?
There are many buildings in Chicago that represent only a portion of their designer’s initial...
baiduhai Opinion welcomes new architecture columnist Edward Keegan
Edward Keegan's work will appear biweekly in the Tribune's Opinion section.
Elizabeth Shackelford: Will democracy be restored after the ouster of Bangladesh’s autocratic leader?
It was a dramatic and unhappy end to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's career that could...
Clarence Page: Donald Trump and the ‘controversy’ over Kamala Harris’ racial identity
Donald Trump's questioning of Kamala Harris' racial identity at a confab of Black journalists would...
Daniel DePetris: Largest prisoner exchange since the Cold War becomes fodder for US partisan brawl
During negotiations, the U.S. came to the conclusion that nothing would get done unless a...