Jennifer Obel: ‘The Pitt’ dramatizes the very real burnout that threatens medical care workers and patients
"The Pitt" reflects the failures of our health care system — overcrowded emergency rooms, too...
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Yunus Emre Tozal: A mapping of Chicago’s buildings is exciting. Will the city put it to good use?
Chicago is about to know itself in a way that's extremely detailed. Will that lead...
Pegah Banihashemi: Iranians, facing war, repression and ruin, are not defined by their leaders
This is the reality for millions of Iranians: a state that built underground fortresses for...
Clarence Page: Birthright citizenship debate puts America’s melting pot on trial again
The U.S. is hardly an outlier in allowing birthright citizenship. It is the law in...
Chicago 2050: IDOT’s secretary writes about the future of transportation in ‘The City that Works’
Any bold idea for the future of Chicago and its transportation system should question the...
Chicago 2050: Daniel Holz writes about pursuing progress and avoiding doomsday
The defining challenge for the coming 25 years is to ensure that new technologies are...
Edward Keegan: UIC’s new computer science building is willfully eccentric
UIC’s newest addition — the Computer Design, Research, and Learning Center — is the most...
Colin Fleming: Take a lesson from Easter. Emerge from your cave and show faith in yourself and others.
Unlike the man Easter celebrates, we imprison ourselves in a cave rather than go forth...
Elizabeth Shackelford: Russia racks up the wins thanks to the United States
While Donald Trump derides our allies for not helping him fight Iran, he has refused...
Robert Lynch: How America lost its sense of humor
American comedy used to be anti-elite. Its mission was to upset hierarchies, not reinforce them.