Kelsey Burr: City should reject Francis Parker’s expansion plans
Francis W. Parker School's plan expansion proposal has real, human costs that affect not just...
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Karl Peet: Francis W. Parker School has a golden opportunity to put its principles into practice
I support Francis W. Parker’s ambitions, but an alternative proposal developed by the Lincoln Park...
David Orr: The mayor’s renters ordinance will help fight gentrification and corporate landlords
I welcome the push, led by the same groups that helped me pass the renters'...
Tom Kuczmarski and Luke Tanen: Chicago has reinvented itself from a Rust Belt city to an innovation center
Chicago has quietly transformed itself into one of the nation's most dynamic and diverse innovation...
Ald. Gilbert Villegas: Mayor Brandon Johnson’s Protecting Renters Ordinance will raise costs for renters
The majority of Chicago residents are renters. Why would we want to raise the cost...
Daniel DePetris: Will Iran become a two-front war?
Saudi Arabia risks being dragged into the U.S.-Iran confrontation against its will by the Houthis.
Aldermen: Riley O’Neil died a preventable death. We can’t cut funding for safe streets.
The number of fatal crashes on Chicago roadways remain stubbornly high because of a lack...
John Schmidt: It’s too soon to claim success in reducing Chicago violence
For the first eight months of this year, Chicago's homicide total, compared with other cities',...
Clarence Page: Don’t let the war on woke lull us all to sleep
If you are one of those innocents who believe, as I once did, that the...
Harley Johnson: Here’s why concerns over Chicago’s quantum park should give way to hope
The Illinois Quantum & Microelectronics Park is a first-of-its-kind campus where people will engage in...