Donald Trump’s and Elon Musk’s attacks on USAID and foreign assistance will hurt American national security.
Elizabeth Shackelford: Foreign aid delivered by USAID is for our nation’s benefit — including our farmers
Category: Opinion
Heidi Stevens: Even amid this cloud of cruelty, Sen. Tuberville’s comments about beating kids with ADHD stand out
Tuberville lamented what he says is an overreliance on medication to treat ADHD. He lost credibility when he mentioned whipping a child.
Editorial: An ode to Chicago’s unappreciated suburban commuters
A hostile relationship between the city and the suburbs is no good. The more suburbanites, the better.
Editorial: Super Bowl Sunday looms and the Bears are viewers like the rest of us. Again.
The Chicago Bears’ disaster of a 2025 campaign has led to organizational changes that are reason for at least cautious hope.
Paul Vallas: The Dexter Reed settlement shows how criminal justice reform has become a moneymaking enterprise
Suing the city has become a lucrative enterprise, both for those who bring the lawsuits and those whom the city hires to settle them.
Letters: Mayor Brandon Johnson is just deflecting criticism
Mayor Brandon Johnson deflected comments about the city’s “gift room” by calling out the current president of the United States.
Daniel DePetris: Donald Trump’s cowboy diplomacy in the Western Hemisphere is succeeding, but has risks
Donald Trump aims to flaunt American power and coerce Washington’s allies and partners in the Western Hemisphere to meet his demands.
Steve Chapman: Donald Trump puts his former aides at risk of assassination
Donald Trump is nonchalant about the grave risks the men face as a direct result of their service to him.
Editorial: Arrests in two shocking Chicago murder cases give us hope there’s a price to be paid for violent crime
We cheer news of arrests in the murders last year of Elgin teen Jesse Kendall and separately of Innovations High School students Robert Boston and Monterio Williams.
Letters: President Donald Trump’s tariffs will hurt working families
For families in Illinois, tariffs will translate to less disposable income for groceries, school supplies and daily necessities.