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Chicago police officers watch the procession of police vehicles leading the ambulance carrying the body of a fellow officer as it arrives at the Cook County medical examiner.

Column: Can we turn our latest police tragedy into a triumph over violent crimes?

August 10, 2021 at 2:31 p.m.

You would need a heart of granite to remain unmoved by the loss of Chicago police Officer Ella French. The 29-year-old, on the force for three years, was fatally shot...

Jacob Anthony Angeli Chansley, known as the QAnon Shaman, amid the U.S. Capitol riot in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021.

Column: Has America’s right wing entered its ‘hippie phase’? Ask the QAnon shaman.

August 6, 2021 at 6:57 p.m.

As radical supporters of Donald Trump stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, I was taken by an odd sense of deja vu turned on its head. I was reminded of...

Tyson Foods team members receive COVID-19 vaccines from health officials at the Wilkesboro, N.C. facility on Feb. 2, 2021.

Column: Vaccine hesitant? There’s nothing to fear but fear — and the virus

August 3, 2021 at 4:35 p.m.

President Joe Biden and his team were beginning to sound noticeably nervous about falling short of his national goal to administer at least one vaccine dose to 70% of adult...

Robert Swiderski snacks on ice cream while making his way around Chicago City Hall on July 15, 2021. Swiderski is halfway through a 28 hours straight combination run and walk to raise awareness for mental health and suicide prevention of police officers.

Column: Police suicides remind us that our folks in blue get the blues, too — to a deadly degree

July 16, 2021 at 4:58 p.m.

Reports this past week of the death of a Chicago police officer from a self-inflicted gunshot reminded me of a sadly startling statistic: Police in recent years have been more...

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams talks to reporters outside the White House July 12, 2021, following a meeting with President Joe Biden. Adams is joined by, from left, Chicago police Superintendent David Brown, Memphis police Chief C.J. Davis and Wilmington police Chief Robert Tracy.

Column: Hey, Chicago, New York Democrats sent you a message: Fund the police, but wisely

July 13, 2021 at 2:37 p.m.

Civic pride prevents me from looking too often to New York for political guidance. Chicago's and New York's styles of politics are about as far apart as their preferences for...

Former President Donald Trump announces a class-action lawsuit against big tech companies at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster on July 7, 2021, in Bedminster, New Jersey.

Column: Donald Trump vs. Big Tech: If you can’t beat ’em, raise money off of ’em

July 10, 2021 at 10:48 a.m.

Former President Donald Trump's lawsuit against Facebook, Twitter and Google's YouTube social networks is a lot like his presidency: full of sound and fury, signifying spectacular fundraising opportunities. Yet, as...

Gwendolyn Berry, left, looks away as DeAnna Price and Brooke Andersen stand for the national anthem June 26, 2021, after the finals of the women's hammer throw at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials in Eugene, Oregon.

Column: Pot, politics, protests — yes, it must be time again for the Olympics

July 6, 2021 at 2:28 p.m.

Hey, sports fans, it's time for the Olympics again. So let's talk about pot, protests and politics. Purists still decry the intrusion of politics into their sacred Games, especially if...

Bill Cosby, center, listens to members of his team speaks with members of the media outside Cosby's home in Elkins Park, Pa., June 30, 2021, after Pennsylvania's highest court overturned his sex assault conviction.

Column: Race, gender blame game won’t save Bill Cosby or Mayor Lori Lightfoot

July 2, 2021 at 4:29 p.m.

Bill Cosby and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot may not know each other but both have been giving genuine racial victimization a bad name. After the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned the...

Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testifies during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 23, 2021.

Column: Can the left defend critical race theory? Or merely oppose its critics?

June 29, 2021 at 2:33 p.m.

A national panic mostly from conservatives over critical race theory — erupting perhaps in a state legislature, university or school board meeting near you — triggers spirited counterpunches from its...

Then-Vice President Joe Biden, center, joins police officers for a group photo with President Barack Obama during a National Association of Police Organizations event at the White House in 2014.

Column: Can Biden chill the spike in gun violence? He knows he must try.

June 25, 2021 at 2:17 p.m.

Let's start with a guessing game: Which presidential hopeful made the following boast about how he was tougher on crime than even than "law-and-order" President Richard Nixon? "Every time Richard...

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