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Category: Opinion
ACLU officials: Why do trans children in sports warrant an executive order from Donald Trump?
Donald Trump is directing the power of government to attack a handful of young trans people.
David Greising: CTU President Stacy Davis Gates is a lot like Elon Musk
Stacy Davis Gates and Elon Musk gained power by helping their respective chief executive win office, and they’re now cashing in.
Letters: Think of the many ways federal workers serve us
Federal workers are having the worst day of their careers, day after day, and yet are still showing up to do their job to the best of their ability.
Editorial: Aldermen backed Mayor Johnson’s irresponsible bonds. Investors may be a tougher sell.
Mayor Brandon Johnson cajoled a slim majority of alders to approve his irresponsible $830 million bond plan. Investors are likely to be skeptical.
Laurence Bolotin: The world has been horribly silent on the deaths of Ariel and Kfir Bibas
The deaths of two Israeli boys will become yet another moment in which humanity failed to rise in unison against an unspeakable wrong.
Editorial: City workers are afterthoughts in Chicago’s bizarre game of pension hot potato
Time is nearly up in an embarrassing, months-long battle of wills over which Chicago governmental body will pay for pensions.
Heidi Stevens: Access is not a trophy the White House can hand out to its favorite reporters
You don’t have to be a journalist to demand answers from people in charge. But you do have to demand answers from people in charge to be a journalist.
Ray LaHood and James Nowlan: Extreme gerrymandering is as bad as old white-only primaries
Illinois offers arguably the worst illustration in the nation of anti-democratic gerrymandering.
Editorial: From Dolton to Will County, municipal voters stood against drama and for moderation
Races in Aurora, Cicero and Dolton show that municipal races are still very focused on what’s happening in our own backyards.