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Bob Kustra: Slain Ukrainian novelist provides a stark contrast to Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin

If ever there were a contrast between sycophantic President Donald Trump and courageous Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina, it centers on empathy.

University of Chicago professor Martin Marty was convinced that totalitarianism could be avoided if we worked to build pluralism.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s tense conversation with Donald Trump was anticipated by the ancient Greek historian Thucydides.

“Camping bans” don’t reduce homelessness. They push people deeper into crisis.

Illinois’ law mandating that one-person public bathrooms be gender-neutral has some conspicuous virtues.

Mayor Brandon Johnson is putting a virtual administrative novice in charge of a system with more than 600 parks and a $598 million budget.

Republicans in Congress will use their hearing to humiliate blue city mayors, please the White House and fire up Donald Trump’s MAGA base.

Republicans passed a budget that will mean stripping away health care from working families to finance tax cuts for a privileged few.

In the current fearmongering against immigrants, language is used as a proxy for who belongs in the United States — or who does not.

As I look back over the past two years, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration has been the opposite of what we hoped for.