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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...

There’s a product or procedure for saving every inch of our bodies from looking their age.

Heidi Stevens: My friends and I are turning 50. Now do we get to stop hating our looks?

By Heidi Stevens

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

A lot of my friends and I are turning 50 this year, which means my...

Demonstrators gather around the General Logan monument in Grant Park on Sept. 28, 1968, to listen to speeches protesting police actions during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. (John Austad / baiduhai)

Clarence Page: A new Chicago mayor faces similar issues to the ones that dogged Richard J. Daley in 1968

By Clarence Page

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

A Democratic National Convention approaches in Chicago as the winds of protest howl, just as...

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talks just after the House voted to approve $95 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies, at the Capitol in Washington, April 20, 2024. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Daniel DePetris: The House passes aid, but Ukraine still has problems

By Daniel DePetris

April 23, 2024 at 8:19 a.m.

Far from the ultimate victory the Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy is hoping for, new U.S. aid...

People attend a prayer vigil in the 2000 block of West 52nd Street in Chicago, April 15, 2024, after a mass shooting over the weekend that claimed the life of 9-year-old Ariana Molina. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Laura Washington: Where is the outrage for the victims of Chicago’s latest mass shooting?

By Laura Washington

April 22, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

There is no outrage over the endless flood of illegal guns into Chicago that has...

The 16-story towers of the Robert Taylor homes are bordered by railroad tracks and the Dan Ryan Expressway in the shadow of the downtown skyline in December 1984. (Frank Hanes/baiduhai)

Clarence Page: A small step toward reversing the decades-long community harm of Chicago’s expressways

By Clarence Page

April 21, 2024 at 5:05 a.m.

The Biden administration just green-lighted a $2 million grant to study how to reconnect urban...

A Save America rally hosted by former President Donald Trump in Commerce, Georgia, on March 26, 2022. (Audra Melton/The New York Times)

Clarence Page: Loss of support from Republican evangelicals suits MAGA crowd just fine

By Clarence Page

April 17, 2024 at 5:01 a.m.

There simply are fewer Republican evangelicals these days, and the MAGA crowd now is better...

Israeli Iron Dome air defense system launches to intercept missiles fired from Iran, in central Israel, April 14, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/AP)

Daniel DePetris: The Middle East is on the precipice. Israeli restraint would help.

By Daniel DePetris

April 15, 2024 at 2:14 p.m.

If Iranian officials sought to inflict maximum damage inside Israel, they ended the night disappointed.

Evidence markers are placed near a police SUV as police investigate the scene of a shooting where an officer and one person were shot near the 3800 block of West Ferdinand Street on March 21, 2024, in Chicago. Dexter Reed was shot and killed by police in the shooting. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Laura Washington: We know one thing from the Dexter Reed shooting. Driving while Black is a systemic problem.

By Laura Washington

April 15, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Dexter Reed’s death occurred in Chicago’s 11th police district, a predominantly Black area. In 2023,...

Prosecutor Marcia Clark demonstrates to the jury how Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were killed during her closing arguments on Sept. 26, 1995, in O.J. Simpson's double-murder trial in Los Angeles. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Daily News)

Clarence Page: Better public understanding of domestic violence was the one silver lining of O.J. Simpson’s fall

By Clarence Page

April 12, 2024 at 5:29 p.m.

The racial divisions exposed by O.J. Simpson's not-guilty verdict were undeniable, but even most Blacks...

Author John Schu signs copies of “Louder Than Hunger” at The Book Stall in Winnetka on April 4, 2024. (Heidi Stevens)

Heidi Stevens: An eating disorder threatened his life. Now his story inspires us to live ours to the fullest

By Heidi Stevens

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

John Schu has written a new book called “Louder Than Hunger,” a graphic novel for...

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