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Attorneys for Christa Pike hold a news conference after a judge ruled the Tennessee Department of Corrections must preserve all evidence related to the failed execution of Pike, on Oct. 7, 2026, in Nashville, Tennessee. (George Walker IV/AP)

Clarence Page: A botched execution shakes our death penalty presumptions

By Clarence Page

October 12, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The botched execution of Christa Pike offers a gross illustration of the cruelty that capital...

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...

Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah on April 29, 2024. (Mohammad Jahjouh/AP)

Daniel DePetris: The implications of an Israeli assault on Rafah are horrible

By Daniel DePetris

May 7, 2024 at 8:18 a.m.

Sending Israeli forces into Rafah has the potential to do a great deal of harm...

Chicago Public Schools students gather with other students and activists during a rally at a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Chicago on May 1, 2024, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Laura Washington: Deep divides over war in Middle East couldn’t come at a worse time for Democrats

By Laura Washington

May 6, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

If young voters stay home in November because they are turned off by the heavy-handed...

Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., speaks at a news conference during a visit to Columbia University in New York on April 24, 2024. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., faced boos at Columbia as he criticized protesters after meeting with Jewish students. (Bing Guan/The New York Times)

Clarence Page: Congress enters thorny debate over how to define antisemitism

By Clarence Page

May 5, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

It's ironic that the debate over a bill to curb antisemitism that passed in the...

A migrant from Venezuela prays as he waits for U.S. Border Patrol agents to cut the razor wire after he crossed the Rio Grande to Eagle Pass, Texas, on Sept. 24, 2023.

Heidi Stevens: Rabble-rousing pastor John Pavlovitz is back with a message: Keep fighting

By Heidi Stevens

June 7, 2024 at 11:50 a.m.

"We are not passive participants in this life," says Pavlovitz, whose new book is “Worth...

Pro-Palestinian protesters rally outside of a building where they had established an encampment at Fordham University Lincoln Center campus on May 1, 2024, in New York City. The occupation of the building comes a day after police raided both Columbia University and City College, arresting dozens and closing down encampments there. (Alex Kent/Getty)

Elizabeth Shackelford: College protests and the right side of history

By Elizabeth Shackelford

May 3, 2024 at 11:34 a.m.

Student protesters' approach most closely echoes the protests against South Africa’s apartheid government.

Former President Donald Trump outside the courtroom of his trial in a Manhattan criminal court, April 30, 2024, in New York. (Curtis Means/Daily Mail)

Steve Chapman: Trump’s claim to presidential immunity prompts a Republican about-face

By Steve Chapman

May 2, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

During Bill Clinton's administration, conservatives universally scorned the notion that he should get a break.

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, left, Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, and Bernie Moreno, a Republican primary candidate for the U.S. Senate, center, cheer as former President Donald Trump speaks during a Buckeye Values PAC Rally in Dayton, Ohio, on March 16, 2024. (Maddie McGarvey/The New York Times)

Clarence Page: J.D. Vance, running mate for Donald Trump? That would complete quite the political journey.

By Clarence Page

May 1, 2024 at 5:05 a.m.

J.D. Vance's conversion from Donald Trump critic to a reported vice-presidential candidate is quite something.

Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah, right, and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, second from right, walk to a Joint Ministerial Meeting of the GCC-U.S. Strategic Partnership to discuss the humanitarian crises faced in Gaza, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on April 29, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)

Daniel DePetris: The anatomy of an Israel-Hamas hostage deal

By Daniel DePetris

April 30, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Until Israel, Hamas or both moderate their demands for a hostage release deal, the negotiating...

Sway cannabis dispensary, the first LGBTQ+- and BIPOC-owned cannabis company in Illinois, seen April 12, 2024, opened in the Lakeview neighborhood. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Laura Washington: North Side dispensary Sway is deeply rooted in LGBTQ+ history

By Laura Washington

April 29, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

A new North Side dispensary, Sway, is deeply rooted in the history of America’s AIDS...

National Guardsmen open fire on students, some of whom are fleeing for cover into Taylor Hall May 4, 1970, in Kent, Ohio. Four students died and nine others were wounded during the student protest at Kent State against the Vietnam War. Clouds of dust at the far left of the photo near the sidewalk show bullets hitting the ground. (Paul Tople/Akron Beacon Journal)

Clarence Page: Campus protests carry echoes of five decades ago

By Clarence Page

April 28, 2024 at 5:05 a.m.

We've seen unrest on campuses like this before. And we've seen similar responses.

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