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This image from CCTV video released by Saudi Arabia's Media Ministry shows passengers taking cover as flames and smoke fill part of King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, during what authorities described as a strike at the airport on Oct. 10, 2026. (Saudi Media Ministry via AP)

Daniel DePetris: Resumption of war between Houthis and Saudis is bad timing for Donald Trump

By Daniel DePetris

October 12, 2026 at 1:27 p.m.

The attacks in Saudi Arabia come when Donald Trump is in a standoff over the...

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...

An undated portrait of Emmett Louis Till, a Black 14-year-old Chicago boy, whose weighted down body was found in the Tallahatchie River near Money, Mississippi, on Aug. 31, 1955.

Clarence Page: Emmett Till’s story, despite new revelations, still needs the whole truth

By Clarence Page

July 20, 2022 at 10:10 a.m.

Like a slowly unfolding detective story, the search for justice for Emmett Till keeps taking...

Video of testimony by Rudy Giuliani is played on July 12, 2022, during the seventh public hearing of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol assault.

Clarence Page: Willful blindness is no excuse for Trump’s coup attempt

By Clarence Page

July 15, 2022 at 1:20 p.m.

No matter how much congressional Republicans leaders may encourage us to look anywhere but at...

Mourners visit a memorial for the victims of a mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, on May 26, 2022.

Column: ‘The sound of children screaming has been removed’ is practically our national motto

By Heidi Stevens

June 7, 2024 at 11:51 a.m.

"The sound of children screaming has been removed." It was an editor's note attached to...

In this file photo taken on June 09, 2022, people pass by a booth of Google at the re:publica 2022 digital media convention in Berlin.

Clarence Page: Internet privacy is under siege along with abortion rights

By Clarence Page

July 12, 2022 at 5:44 p.m.

Having witnessed how much the world seemed to change after the Roe v. Wade decision...

Mourners hold candles during a community vigil in memory of the victims of the Highland Park Independence Day parade mass shooting, at Am Shalom, July 7, 2022, in Glencoe.

Clarence Page: After the shootings, partisan media offer dubious comfort

By Clarence Page

July 8, 2022 at 5:05 p.m.

Remember Bill O'Reilly? He hosted the top-rated show on cable news until Fox News forced...

A police officer picks up a water-logged American flag left behind after Monday's mass shooting on July 5, 2022, in Highland Park.

Clarence Page: It’s hard to not lose hope over mass shootings

By Clarence Page

July 6, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

I'm really getting tired of writing about mass shootings. I'm not alone in my weariness....

A multilevel back porch peeks out from the trees near the 2300 block of North Lincoln Avenue on June 30, 2022, in Chicago.

Vintage Tribune: Fond memories of when back porches were a Chicago child’s playground

By Ron Grossman

July 3, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

My only childhood memory of coming or going via our apartment's front door was on...

President Donald Trump near a portrait of George Washington in the East Room of the White House on April 18, 2019.

Clarence Page: What would George Washington say about Jan. 6? He tried to warn us.

By Clarence Page

July 1, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

As America's birthday approached during the House select committee's investigation of the Jan. 6 attack...

Abortion rights activists during a protest in front of the Supreme Court building following the announcement of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization ruling on June 25, 2022, in Washington. The court's decision in Dobbs overturns the landmark Roe v Wade case.

Clarence Page: Supreme Court abortion ruling shows Democrats what to rally around — and against

By Clarence Page

June 28, 2022 at 6:09 p.m.

After achieving their long-sought goal of overturning the constitutional right to abortion, could Republicans become...

Mildred Loving and her husband Richard P. Loving are shown in Virginia on Jan. 26, 1965.

Clarence Page: Now that Roe is gone, what’s next? Mixed marriages?

By Clarence Page

June 24, 2022 at 4:49 p.m.

Now that the Supreme Court has overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that legalized...

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