Besides the heartbreak of losing lives and losing homes, there are obvious economic factors here that cannot be ignored:
Letters: LA is burning. Let’s find common ground to fight climate change.
Category: Opinion
Editorial: Joe Biden, the president who did not know when to leave the stage
Few Democrats will ever forget the night of June 27, 2024, when all of the careful mitigation, obfuscation and mendacity long practiced by loyal aides and close family members met the cruel reality of a debate stage with a hostile opponent and a president finally forced to speak for himself, without a teleprompter. In a […]
Letters: Readers share their hopes for the new year
My last wish is that all the good wishes out there get fulfilled.
The Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz for Jan. 18
Think you know what went on in the world of Chicago politics, sports and pop culture this week? Take our quiz and test your knowledge.
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.
Letters: A to-do list for the new Chicago Board of Education
A path must be found to consolidating the enrollments in these underutilized schools.
Editorial: Should Chicago have a specific mechanism for recalling its mayor? With caveats, yes.
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s unpopularity has created far more interest in establishing a recall process. Johnson or no Johnson, let’s do it.
Peter H. Schwartz: Will the influence of Catholic ‘natural law’ on Trump officials make America medieval?
We cannot understand the looming jackboot of Donald Trump’s administration upon the neck of the nation without focusing on traditionalist Catholic influences.
David Greising: Taxpayers deserve to know just how much governments fattened themselves on federal COVID-19 money
COVID-19 money was supposed to go to one-time expenses, not to adding positions and programs that would continue long after the aid was gone.
Will Johnson: Many Chicago residents think their rent is too high
Two out of three tenants in Chicago today are concerned about housing affordability and availability.