At 98, Angel Delgadillo’s entire life has played out along what John Steinbeck called “the mother road.” And the historic road likely wouldn’t exist today without him.
Route 66: Meet the Mother Road’s ‘Guardian Angel’
Day: June 13, 2025
Edwin C. Yohnka: ICE officers should not be allowed to wear masks
The masks send a signal to ICE officers and the public that they are not accountable for their actions — even illegal ones.
Letters: I am disturbed by what happened on Oct. 7 and what’s happening in Gaza
I am deeply disturbed by the evisceration of the Gazan people.
Elizabeth Shackelford: East African governments turn up repression as the United States turns away
Once, the U.S. government used its influence to prevent human rights abuses overseas. Now, Washington is practically silent.
Editorial: Chicago’s Springfield delegation socks it to the city’s taxpayers with reckless pension bill
Chicago lawmakers in the state capital just voted to worsen the condition of the city’s severely underfunded police and fire pension funds.
Editorial: Leave Airbnbs and short-term rentals alone, aldermen. There’s no crisis here.
Nobody loves killing Airbnbs more than hoteliers. After New York City moved in 2022 to sharply restrict short-term rentals by enacting something called Local Law 18, hotel rates went through the roof. Last September, it cost an average of $417 to spend the night in Manhattan. And, typically, that’s for one small room; however many […]
Heidi Stevens: As demonstrations over immigration policy erupt, we can’t forget the human hearts at the center
It’s easy and convenient to focus on what divides us. But it’s more honest to look for the things we share.
Ellen Skerrett: The pope’s mother came of age during a complex Catholic-centered Chicago
Growing up in her Chicago parish, Pope Leo XIV’s mother experienced ritual on a grand scale and attended Immaculata High School.
Water flea population soared in South Side stretch of Chicago River after 2023 sewage release
Study is one of the first to look at the effects on zooplankton, tiny organisms that are eaten by fish and insects.
Retirada de cientos de reses ilegales en Amazonía provoca protestas y divide a residentes
Por FABIANO MAISONNAVE BRASILIA (AP) — La retirada de cientos de cabezas de ganado criadas de forma ilegal en terrenos públicos destinados a uso forestal sostenible en la Amazonía brasileña ha provocado protestas y dividido a los residentes, algunos de los cuales quieren preservar la extracción de caucho y la recolección de nueces de Brasil, […]