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Shadi Bartsch: The age-old debate behind the war in Ukraine

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.

Funding to Medicaid should be maintained, and the federal government should invest in efforts to promote vaccinations.

We are all seeking solidarity to share our shock. We are digging deep into our relationships to find the strength to survive the federal crisis.