Violence at teen takeovers doesn’t come from young people gathering, but the feelings of hopelessness many young people live with.
Category: Opinion
Letters: As a high school student, I can confirm that school is harder now that it was for my dad
It felt more validating hearing school is different from the author, a teacher, than maybe one of my friends or another student.
Tio Hardiman: Redirect migrant funds to empower Chicago’s youths
Chicago leaders should direct the financial support that they committed to the migrants to boosting opportunities for youths.
Editorial: Beware, small investors. Trump’s gyrations are distorting fundamentals.
Should you buy or sell the Trump economy? It’s a complicated and unusual question.
Editorial: Buckle up, folks, Illinois’ budget is $536M short. Tax hikes cannot be the fix.
Given that state spending has ballooned by 43% just in six years, we’d say the best approach is to reduce spending.
Paul Vallas: Two years in, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s rhetoric doesn’t match reality
As Mayor Brandon Johnson completes his second year, what is his record? And what is the real state of the city?
Mike Fox: Let’s empower jurors to halt an injustice
A juror in a federal drug trail did not know he didn’t have to vote to convict, regardless of how strong the government’s case was.
Editorial: Why is CPS treating charter and private schools like liquor stores?
Charter schools are not liquor stores or smoke shops. They are public schools, funded by taxpayers and accountable to public standards.
Letters: Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton is rising on her own merit
It is regrettably not uncommon to witness the qualifications and integrity of a Black woman overshadowed by political speculation.
Peter S. Wenz: Thanks to Pete Hegseth, I’m censored more here than in China
The Chinese have been more open than Pete Hegseth to my presentations, and that of others, on environmental matters.