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Rabbi Kenneth Brander: This Holocaust Remembrance Day, let’s focus on the coming light, not the current darkness
01/24/2025

Rabbi Kenneth Brander: This Holocaust Remembrance Day, let’s focus on the coming light, not the current darkness

As Jews are now faced with a new reality, I look to my father’s generation for the blueprint to build the world we want.

Heidi Stevens: Bishop Budde’s bold sermon, history’s ‘moral mavericks’ and finding our own courage to go rogue for human...
01/22/2025

Heidi Stevens: Bishop Budde’s bold sermon, history’s ‘moral mavericks’ and finding our own courage to go rogue for humanity

When she addressed Donald Trump, Budde undoubtedly expected blowback. But that didn’t prevent her from speaking her conscience.

Laura Washington: Rahm Emanuel and Jesse Jackson Jr. aren’t going anywhere
01/22/2025

Laura Washington: Rahm Emanuel and Jesse Jackson Jr. aren’t going anywhere

Rahm Emanuel and Jesse Jackson Jr. have hordes of critics and rivals, but they won’t be looking over their shoulders.

Editorial: Presidents are issuing more pardons. That’s not a good thing.
01/22/2025

Editorial: Presidents are issuing more pardons. That’s not a good thing.

Maybe you’re mad about President Joe Biden’s parting gift of a preemptive pardons for Dr. Anthony Fauci and members of the Biden family. If not, you’re likely frustrated that President Donald…

Editorial: Disengagement is no answer to Trumpian excess
01/21/2025

Editorial: Disengagement is no answer to Trumpian excess

America has always needed moderate, commonsense voices. The Second Age of Trump is no time to check out.

Editorial: Chicago should aim for ‘World’s Tallest,’ not ‘World’s Tallest Teardown’
01/21/2025

Editorial: Chicago should aim for ‘World’s Tallest,’ not ‘World’s Tallest Teardown’

The fate of 311 W. Wacker is a moment to be marked. The threat of knocked-down skyscrapers is a blow to our beloved downtown.

Heidi Stevens: Yes, 2025 is off to a heartbreaking start. And we can help heal it
01/17/2025

Heidi Stevens: Yes, 2025 is off to a heartbreaking start. And we can help heal it

We should resist the urge to wall ourselves off from what’s painful, and instead take improv’s “yes, and” approach, writes Heidi Stevens.

Letters: Restoring exceptions to Chicago’s sanctuary city law would help most immigrants
01/15/2025

Letters: Restoring exceptions to Chicago’s sanctuary city law would help most immigrants

As aldermen, we can only deal with the problem in front of us: how to address those who engage in criminal activity once they are in our communities.

Mark Harris: Oh, say, what will we see on the new Illinois state flag?
01/15/2025

Mark Harris: Oh, say, what will we see on the new Illinois state flag?

The vote for a new Illinois state flag seems to be a rare example of a bipartisan election. Hopefully, it won’t devolve into bitterness.

Letters: As the LA fires show, lives depend on reducing carbon emissions
01/15/2025

Letters: As the LA fires show, lives depend on reducing carbon emissions

It is important that our Illinois representatives and senators work to protect the climate provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act.

Alessandra Hirsch: No, I am not a better doctor since my cancer diagnosis
01/15/2025

Alessandra Hirsch: No, I am not a better doctor since my cancer diagnosis

I hope that I am just as empathetic now — after the surgeries, and the chemo, the hair loss, and the early menopause — as I was before.

Zena Naiditch: Stacy Davis Gates’ comments reinforce harmful prejudices about students with disabilities
01/14/2025

Zena Naiditch: Stacy Davis Gates’ comments reinforce harmful prejudices about students with disabilities

Students with disabilities must still meet certain criteria to benefit from IEPs. It is not a “get out of jail free” card as Stacy Davis Gates implied.

Editorial: Dorval Carter was an ineffective CTA leader. Now Chicago needs a new ‘Train Daddy,’ or ‘Mommy’
01/13/2025

Editorial: Dorval Carter was an ineffective CTA leader. Now Chicago needs a new ‘Train Daddy,’ or ‘Mommy’

A whole new style of management will be required of the successor to Dorval Carter.

Eboo Patel: My mentor Howard Morgan helped me become the leader my institution deserved
01/09/2025

Eboo Patel: My mentor Howard Morgan helped me become the leader my institution deserved

Howard Morgan showed me the importance of mentoring and community contribution.

Casey Burgat: Elon Musk and Americans are wrong about term limits
01/08/2025

Casey Burgat: Elon Musk and Americans are wrong about term limits

Term limits in Congress would make the very problems they are meant to fix far worse.

Clarence Page: MAGA takes on Elon Musk’s ‘tech bros’ and their need for immigrant labor
01/05/2025

Clarence Page: MAGA takes on Elon Musk’s ‘tech bros’ and their need for immigrant labor

The tech oligarchs who played a decisive role in Donald Trump’s reelection want immigrant labor for the tech sector. MAGA supporters are not pleased.

Letters: The Bears are plagued by terrible management
01/04/2025

Letters: The Bears are plagued by terrible management

The Bears are plagued by the worst management in the entire league, and that says a lot.

The Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz for Jan. 4
01/04/2025

The Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz for Jan. 4

Think you know what went on in the world of Chicago politics, sports and pop culture this week? Take our quiz and test your knowledge.

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