Clarence Page: Bill Maher, Mark Twain Prize winner, proves that free speech isn’t just for laughs
In this age of rampant left-or-right coding by humorists of all types, Bill Maher refuses...
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John T. Shaw: Former Bulls star Steve Kerr’s statesmanship as a coach nurtures a culture of excellence
The Warriors coach's work to create a culture of excellence has had an impact that...
Ald. Bill Conway: Chicago’s debt is a slow-motion crisis. The clock is running out.
Debt service quietly crowds out everything else. Every dollar we owe is a dollar we...
Chicago 2050: Envisioning the city in 25 years
Voices from around the city will explore what Chicago could and should look like in...
Faith leaders: Chicago fires public safety leaders right before summer. This is deeply troubling.
This level of turnover as summer nears underscores what we have said for years: Chicago...
Chicago 2050: Tracy Baim writes about the city’s next transformational ‘Great Migration’
Backlash against diversity, equity and inclusion could cause a 21st century New Great Migration to...
Chicago 2050: Laura Washington wants to bring glittering downtown institutions to the city’s neighborhoods
The lions of the Art Institute of Chicago would love to extend their kingdom, to...
David Greising: Prediction markets have caught states by surprise. Illinois has its work cut out for it.
The stakes are high for the states as the conflicts and uncertainty over prediction markets...
Mehrnoush Soroush: As an Iranian American, I bear witness to the generational trauma of America’s fossil wars
As a child raised in Iran amid war and displacement, uncertainty and subliminal anxiety felt...
Ja’Mal Green: Don’t surrender Chicago to ‘teen takeover’ chaos
When downtown Chicago feels unsafe, the damage doesn’t stay there — it spreads across the...