Clarence Page: Talk of mandated national service percolates among former Trump advisers
The former defense secretary for Donald Trump when he was president is advocating a national...
Commentary
Leonard C. Goodman: An important case threatening First Amendment rights is about to go to trial
The government alleges that three activists acted as Russian agents when they criticized U.S. interference...
Brandon Johnson: My brother Leon would have lived longer if he had received the mental health care he needed
My brother's struggles with mental illness are why the work to transform Chicago's mental health...
Sarah Garza Resnick and Dr. Allison Cowett: Aldermen must establish a quiet zone outside Chicago abortion clinic
Excessive noise outside Family Planning Associates, a Chicago health care clinic, is putting everyone’s safety...
Daniel DePetris: Should the US increase its nuclear arsenal?
The United States is considering boosting its nuclear arsenal based on the questionable belief that...
Charles Berg: Chicago undermines its own urban identity
A sense of “less-than” and “good-enough” pervades Chicago's public spaces.
Mohammad Hosseini: What will happen to generative AI after November’s election?
While Joe Biden and Donald Trump have expressed concerns about safety, the way they have...
Mike Viola: Mayor Brandon Johnson’s education policy should take a lesson from other cities
Instead of yielding to the demands of the Chicago Teachers Union, Mayor Brandon Johnson should...
Clarence Page: Wait, so Jim Crow was a good period for Blacks in America? Could have fooled me.
GOP Rep. Byron Donalds, a would-be vice presidential nominee, raised eyebrows when he said Blacks...
Julie Leininger Pycior: Hubert Humphrey’s lessons from the 1968 DNC
Herbert Humphrey's failure to publicly break with then-President Lyndon B. Johnson on his Vietnam policy...