Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas agreed to stop the war for six weeks. They still haven’t agreed to stop the war permanently.
Daniel DePetris: Let’s not overreact to Gaza ceasefire
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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.
Clarence Page: Jimmy Carter’s funeral brought a rare and much-needed vision of peace
Former President Jimmy Carter was remembered as “something of a miracle.”
Elizabeth Shackelford: Plight of South Korea’s democracy has lessons for us
Polarization in South Korea, has helped a political leader rally enough support to potentially thwart accountability.
Daniel DePetris: New Orleans attack is not a reason to sound alarm over terrorism
The majority of attacks inside the U.S. since 9/11 have been perpetrated by people who had little connection to a terrorist organization.
Heidi Stevens: His wife told him to jump in the lake. More than 4 years later, he still is. ‘There’s just a lot of joy in jumping in the water’
In the summer of 2020, when a pandemic gripped the globe and civil unrest filled city streets and dread clouded the air like a low-hanging fog, Dan O’Conor would get up every morning, drive to a parking lot at Montrose Beach and stick a hand-scrawled sign inside his windshield: WENT TO JUMP IN THE LAKE. The sign was to keep his car from getting towed. The lake was to keep his sanity. Both …
Clarence Page: Behind the ‘Lie of the Year’ about Haitian immigrants are some bitter truths
Donald Trump’s victory has much to do with the immigration issue. In the spin of the Trump campaign, it was an edifice built on some truths but also outright lies.
Edward Keegan: What kind of year has it been for Chicago architecture?
2024 was middling for Chicago architecture. No great new buildings came online, but the constant creation of the city continued apace.
Elizabeth Shackelford: Will Joe Biden’s last push to end war in Sudan be enough?
The war in Sudan has received far less attention than the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine. A last-ditch effort by Biden’s team is hoping to change that.
Heidi Stevens: Happiness, hope and some hurdles — 24 things from 2024 that I’m carrying into the new year
Here are some of the things from the past year, in no particular order, that I’m taking with me into 2025, writes Heidi Stevens.