Commentary
The opinions in and around Chicago that inform, analyze, hold power accountable and entertain.
We urge lawmakers to approve Karina’s Bill, legislation named in memory of domestic violence victim Karina González.
One of only 13 pitchers to make 250 starts with the Cubs, Hendricks has made 253, and — after a loss Friday that dropped him to 0-4 with a 10.57 ERA — it’s fair for anyone to be asking if there should be a 254th.
My travels to every continent but Australia were not driven totally by my efforts to see the incredible light show. But for years, I had quietly chased the northern lights, It’s at the top of my bucket list — still.
Living a lie and “passing” as an “upper” caste Hindu opened doors, Yashica Dutt discovered while growing up in her native India. But when a Dalit student died by suicide and left a note that read “my birth is my fatal accident,” the journalist felt compelled to shed her armor and publicly reveal in a social media post that she, too, belonged to the community long-maligned as “untouchable.”
It does no good to help train and attract much-needed professionals if the Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation can’t figure out how to approve first-time licenses and renewals in a timely fashion.
Los jóvenes y adultos jóvenes negros y latinos que ponen fin a sus vidas a edades más tempranas apuntan a la necesidad de una intervención temprana en las escuelas y clínicas comunitarias, escriben dos investigadores de la University of Chicago.
Studies show seniors are the safest drivers on the road.
Gaza is now a humanitarian catastrophe, with madmen and murderers on every side.
The new law, which limits ballot access after primary elections, is likely to lead to claims of ‘stolen elections’ for years to come, the League of Women Voters writes. Republicans have now filed a lawsuit against the law.
In retirement, Samuel T. Cicchelli, our latest Chicago’s Next Voices columnist, took a part-time job as a crossing guard. He says the students and family members he’s encountered have given him an education in how to appreciate his fellow human beings.
America is staring down the possibility of putting someone back in power who has demonstrated he is willing to use informal violence to achieve his anti-democratic ends.
To name the Museum of Science and Industry after Ken Griffin, who repeatedly badmouths our city and fled to Florida with his company, is a shameful stain on a once-beloved institution.
The Florida billionaire paid $125 million to get his name slapped on the Museum of Science and Industry. But will anybody use the new name? Just look at 875 N. Michigan. Don’t know what that is? Exactly.
One side roots passionately for the league’s success. The other resents being told to root passionately for the league’s success.
The arguments against clearly disclosing “junk fees” come off as flighty to anyone who has felt ambushed seeng extra, unexpected charges for checked luggage, canceling and changing reservations.
Trashing the polls as wrong when they’re bad for him, lauding them when they’re good, and refusing to accept where he is in the race doesn’t bode well for the president.
“I am deeply proud of the incredible strides we have made this past year,” Mayor Brandon Johnson writes about his administration’s accomplishments since his 2023 inauguration.
What a shame that a wealthy man can buy the name of one of our city’s greatest institutions. Will our entire lakefront someday be named after a billionaire with big riches and an even bigger ego?
Chicagoans who responded to a Public Agenda poll give Chicago Public Schools mediocre grades on teaching kids, question the district’s spending and ultimately favor school choice. Lawmakers in Springfield should take note.
You’d never participate in a game with rules like the ones defining the 2024 American presidential election. But we have no choice.
Many of us are here at Lion Electric because we believe in the mission. But that belief can only sustain us for so long, writes a Lion Electric assembler, arguing for a union contract.