Lara N. Dotson-Renta: Bad Bunny serenaded Puerto Rican resilience at the Super Bowl
Bad Bunny's halftime show was our messy history, our faces, our rhythms and our distinct...
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Willie Wilson: Americans are not optimistic Black people will ever achieve full equality
The racist video of the Obamas posted during Black History Month is hurtful and underscores...
Eder I. Aguilar: My message to 8th grade CPS students who face the verdict of their high school test results
Every year at my school in Logan Square, I experience the cutthroat application process each...
Laura Washington: SNAP junk food bans punish poor families
America is drowning in fat, but new laws banning SNAP recipients from buying soda and...
Jonathan Zimmerman: Epstein files reveal affirmative action for the rich and powerful
News that Jeffrey Epstein helped filmmaker Woody Allen get his daughter into Bard College shows...
Joe Ferguson: Illinois’ property tax system is failing — and everyone is paying the price
For decades, Illinois lawmakers have created a system so inequitable that it now threatens the...
Helmut Paul: Why the loss of the Kennedy Center should matter to Chicago
The Kennedy Center is a warning about how quickly cultural stewardship can be dismantled, and...
Josephine Lee: In an age of anxiety and division, the arts are not an ‘extra,’ they’re a lifeline
When we create conditions of excellence — when we set a high bar and then...
Daniel DePetris: Ukraine and Russia are both suffering as the war enters its fifth year
Four years into Europe’s largest conflict since World War II, the trend lines aren’t particularly...
Yunus Emre Tozal: Why concrete barriers alone cannot fix Chicago’s Archer Avenue
On Chicago's South and West sides, a bike lane is often read as the harbinger...