Chicago must begin the process of true zero-based budgeting requiring that all city activities and programs be closely re-evaluated.
Category: Commentary
Hugo Jacobo: Latino leaders failed CPS CEO Pedro Martinez — and our community
Chicago’s Latino elected leaders failed our community by not doing more to save Pedro Martinez’s position at Chicago Public Schools.
Willie Wilson: What should Chicago and Illinois leaders do in 2025?
If we are to achieve a stronger, better Chicago and America, we must acknowledge and learn from the mistakes of 2024.
Michael Alcee: New Year’s resolutions seem to set us up for failure. How can we course-correct?
As counterintuitive as it may seem, we need the marginalized, dissenting voices inside us in order to rock New Year’s resolutions.
Will Johnson: The Rahm rehabilitation? Debate over Emanuel will show what Democrats have learned from 2024.
Chicago is a good proxy for judging the Democratic Party’s mood.
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.
Randall Balmer: Jimmy Carter’s election was a high point in resurgence of progressive evangelicals
During his candidacy, Jimmy Carter drew on progressive evangelicalism and the promise that he would never knowingly lie to the American people.
Dr. Donald R. Hopkins: Jimmy Carter worked tirelessly to eradicate a deadly parasite in Africa
President Jimmy Carter said he wanted to see the last Guinea worm die before his death. His eradication efforts have nearly made that a reality.
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.
2024 in review: A look back at the election through Tribune op-eds
Donald Trump is going to be our nation’s next president, but how he got there and how the Democrats lost are a journey worth revisiting.