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Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts receives the Henry J. Friendly Medal during the American Law Institute's annual dinner in Washington, May 23, 2023.

Clarence Page: A Supreme Court surprise. How the Right rescued the Voting Rights Act

June 11, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Although largely upstaged by former President Donald Trump's federal indictment, the Supreme Court's voting rights decision is likely to have a game-changing impact for many years to come. What the...

Ald. Jeannette Taylor, 20th, during debate over funding for migrant aid in City Council chambers, on May 31, 2023.

Clarence Page: Migrant crisis gives Chicago diversity a stress test

June 7, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

America's latest migrant crisis has come to Chicago and, in an unfortunately Chicago-style way, threatens to reopen old divisions over race, ethnicity and whether new arrivals might be getting helped...

As seen through a window, President Joe Biden addresses the nation on the budget deal that lifts the federal debt limit and averts a U.S. government default, from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, June 2, 2023.

Clarence Page: Congress finds virtue in compromise — at last

June 4, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

After four months of political wrangling, eyeball-to-eyeball negotiations and mounting anxiety in both parties about the "debt ceiling," Congress finally has found enough common ground to pay its bills. But...

Pop artist Michael Jackson performs during opening night of the Jacksons' Victory Tour at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Dec. 1, 1984.

Clarence Page’s first Tribune column: Michael Jackson, come home!

May 28, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Editor's note: This is a republishing of Clarence Page's first column after he joined the Tribune Editorial Board. It appeared in the July 29, 1984, Tribune. When you're a superstar...

Jim Brown returns to Manhasset High School gymnasium where a plaque in his honor was unveiled in Manhasset, N.Y., April 29, 2013. Brown, the Cleveland Browns fullback who was acclaimed as one of the greatest players in pro football history, and who remained in the public eye as a Hollywood action hero and a civil rights activist, though his name was later tarnished by accusations of violent conduct against women, died May 18, 2023, at his home in Los Angeles. He was 87.

Clarence Page: RIP Jim Brown, your legacy is mixed, yet memorable

May 24, 2023 at 3:00 p.m.

I usually don't try to "do sports," as some of my newsroom colleagues might say. But I beg your indulgence as I try to pay proper homage to football great...

Writers Guild of America members walk the picket line on the first day of their strike in front of Sony Pictures on May 2, 2023, in Culver City, California.

Clarence Page: Against AI, political punditry can still do the write thing

May 21, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Striking Hollywood writers are nervous about artificial intelligence — also known as AI — and I'm not feeling so good myself. When I see all those bright, clever and mostly...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis before speaking at an event hosted by Peoria County Republicans in Peoria on May 12, 2023.

Clarence Page: Justice dies when politicians turn vigilantism into a campaign stunt

May 17, 2023 at 9:56 a.m.

On his way to see whether his expected presidential bid can play in Peoria, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis upstaged himself with a newsmaking tweet. "We stand with Good Samaritans like...

Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson, left, speaks with Fred Waller, his choice for interim police superintendent, during the St. Jude Police Memorial March on May 7, 2023, at Gold Star Families Memorial and Park on the Museum Campus.

Clarence Page: Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson’s ‘holistic’ ideas got him elected. Can they be enacted?

May 14, 2023 at 7:40 a.m.

Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson barely had time to savor his victory before he was facing new questions about an issue that dominated this year's mayoral race more than any other. Would...

A memorial for Jordan Neely continues to grow on May 6, 2023, outside of the Broadway-Lafayette subway station where he died after a violent encounter with another subway passenger in New York City.

Clarence Page: Don’t jump to judgment in NYC subway chokehold death

May 10, 2023 at 9:54 a.m.

We should not rush to judgment too quickly in the case of Daniel Penny. Too many already have done that. Penny, 24, has been identified by his attorneys as the...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot after a televised mayoral debate in downtown Chicago on Jan. 19, 2023.

Clarence Page: Mayor Lori Lightfoot wasn’t here to make friends—and that’s her loss

May 7, 2023 at 9:37 a.m.

Looking back at Mayor Lori Lightfoot's only term in office, it's hard to see past my disappointment. I'm not alone, as evidenced by her defeat in the first round of...

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