Chicago’s police force is a regrettable outlier on the issue of removing and barring cops with extremist ties.
David Greising: When will CPD root out police officers with extremist ties?
Category: Columnists
Clarence Page: Pope Francis believes the world needs to laugh more. He’s right.
Pope Francis met with a large number of well-known comedians and reassured them that irreverence is a good thing. God can take a joke.
Daniel DePetris: What was the point of last weekend’s Ukraine peace summit?
The Ukraine peace summit wasn’t about peace at all. There were no negotiations going on between the two combatants; Russia wasn’t even invited.
Clarence Page: Another Father’s Day, another election-year discussion on the state of the Black family
It’s Father’s Day in an election year, which gets Clarence Page reminiscing about Barack Obama’s 2008 speech on Black fathers.
Elizabeth Shackelford: The far right makes unnerving gains in EU elections
The steady trend of increased support for a platform that had been on the fringes of European politics since World War II remains alarming.
Heidi Stevens: A reminder to give our kids the space to dream big about their one precious life — including who they’ll love
Part of the deal when we are gifted with kids is to love them exactly the way they are. That goes for our LGBTQ kids and our straight kids.
Daniel DePetris: Should the US increase its nuclear arsenal?
The United States is considering boosting its nuclear arsenal based on the questionable belief that it’ll deter Russia and China from increasing theirs.
Clarence Page: Wait, so Jim Crow was a good period for Blacks in America? Could have fooled me.
GOP Rep. Byron Donalds, a would-be vice presidential nominee, raised eyebrows when he said Blacks were better off during Jim Crow.
Heidi Stevens: New book on women as America’s safety net is the perfect comeback to Harrison Butker’s eye roll of a commencement speech
America needs an actual social safety net that provides essential protections like health insurance, paid sick leave and paid family leave.
David Greising: With Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce support, is there hope for Bears stadium plan?
The Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce and and World Business Chicago are the only major civic organizations to back the Bears’ stadium plans.