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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...

Side-by-side photos of Donald Trump and Joe Biden at their October 2020 debate in Nashville, Tennessee. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

Laura Washington: This week’s presidential debate has the makings of history

By Laura Washington

June 24, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Thursday’s faceoff between former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden could be a seismic...

Movie performers Peter Boyle, from left, Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland wait for a news conference at the Haymarket Square coffee house in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on March 13, 1971, to discuss the anti-war shows they will present. (AP)

Clarence Page: This young GI met Donald Sutherland in a bygone era. RIP to an original.

By Clarence Page

June 23, 2024 at 5:05 a.m.

In the early 1970s, Donald Sutherland, who passed away last week, was an inspiration to...

Heidi Stevens: Barrier-breaking pageant victories are cause for celebration, not manufactured panic

By Heidi Stevens

June 21, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Expanding our definitions of beauty and inviting pageant audiences to appreciate a more inclusive collection...

Chicago police Superintendent Larry Snelling, left, and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson hold a news conference at Public Safety Headquarters in Chicago, April 12, 2024, to talk about robberies and carjackings. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

David Greising: When will CPD root out police officers with extremist ties?

By David Greising

June 21, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Chicago’s police force is a regrettable outlier on the issue of removing and barring cops...

Whoopi Goldberg, center, leaves after an audience with Pope Francis in the Sistine Chapel at The Vatican, on June 14, 2024. Pope Francis is meeting with over 100 comedians from 15 countries aiming to establish a link between the Catholic Church and comic artists. (Riccardo De Luca/AP)

Clarence Page: Pope Francis believes the world needs to laugh more. He’s right.

By Clarence Page

June 19, 2024 at 5:05 a.m.

Pope Francis met with a large number of well-known comedians and reassured them that irreverence...

Lubov Novosad, third from left, reacts as the coffin of her son, Yurii Novosad — a Ukrainian soldier killed in the Kharkiv region — is carried into his home during his funeral in Bahdanivka, Ukraine, on June 17, 2024. (Lynsey Addario/The New York Times)

Daniel DePetris: What was the point of last weekend’s Ukraine peace summit?

By Daniel DePetris

June 18, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

The Ukraine peace summit wasn’t about peace at all. There were no negotiations going on...

Passersby stop to photograph a self-driving car from Waymo in San Francisco on May 16, 2024. Cable cars are still trundling up the city's hills, but the robotaxis from Waymo are shaping up as the city's latest must-do for visitors. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times)

Laura Washington: My first ride in a self-driving car

By Laura Washington

June 17, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

I hailed a Waymo for a 27-minute ride from San Fran's Mission Bay to North...

Sen. Barack Obama during his Father's Day speech on June 15, 2008, at the Apostolic Church of God on the South Side. (Nancy Stone/baiduhai)

Clarence Page: Another Father’s Day, another election-year discussion on the state of the Black family

By Clarence Page

June 16, 2024 at 5:05 a.m.

It's Father's Day in an election year, which gets Clarence Page reminiscing about Barack Obama's...

Leader of the French far right National Rally, Marine Le Pen, speaks on June 2, 2024, about the European elections in France. (Thomas Padilla/AP)

Elizabeth Shackelford: The far right makes unnerving gains in EU elections

By Elizabeth Shackelford

June 14, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

The steady trend of increased support for a platform that had been on the fringes...

An Intersex-Inclusive Pride Progress Flag is raised in front of the Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital during a ceremony on June 03, 2024 in Hines, Illinois.

Heidi Stevens: A reminder to give our kids the space to dream big about their one precious life — including who they’ll love

By Heidi Stevens

June 14, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Part of the deal when we are gifted with kids is to love them exactly...

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