Column: A nation hooked on ‘Love Is Blind’ but divided on ‘Don’t Say Gay.’ Make it make sense
Let’s acknowledge these bills and bans for what they are, which is an attempt to withhold certain rights from a segment of the population.
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Column: Dad explains appeal of his viral Caitlin Clark essay. ‘Someone on TV wears a ponytail just like her and is doing amazing things.’
The fact that Asitha Jayawardena’s daughter, that millions of daughters—and sons—can watch Clark win like they watch the sun rise and set is powerful.
Heidi Stevens: School draws clothing onto children’s book illustrations after latest book ban attempt. We’re not powerless to stop this madness
It’s hard to wrap my head around this worldview that all bodies — children’s bodies, goblins’ bodies, hand-illustrated bodies — are inherently pornographic.
Column: If this nation wanted to protect children, we’d curb gun violence and poverty — not criminalize IVF
Where is the energy, the passion and the policymaking to protect and defend children once they enter the world?
Column: ‘Erica is the reason.’ Student of late, beloved theater instructor is headed to Broadway
Reagan Pender, set to star in “The Who’s Tommy,” is dedicating the show to Erica Heillman, who ran a renowned youth theater program in Oak Lawn.
Column: You whining about Taylor Swift at football games won’t break your kid. But it is a wasted opportunity
Barring a cataclysmic event, like the flight from her Tokyo tour getting delayed, Taylor Swift is very likely to be at the Super Bowl cheering for her boyfriend Travis Kelce...
Column: ‘He was such a sweet soul.’ A community grieves the loss of its neighbor Pete, who lived quietly in a big, orange tent
For a few years, it's hard to say how many exactly, a man named Pete lived in a tent near the ramp connecting Addison Street to Interstate Highway 90 in...
Column: In attempt to shield kids from sexual content, Florida school district bans dictionaries. Do better, grown-ups
A school district in Florida has made the bold and bewildering decision to ban dictionaries (dictionaries!) from its libraries on the grounds that allowing children to read them violates a...
Column: ‘I’m going to do everything I can to help them land on their feet.’ How one Chicagoan is helping a family navigate this sanctuary city
Brad Zibung, a Chicago real estate agent, was heading east on the North Avenue bus to see a play at the Steppenwolf Theatre. It was November. The play was "Sanctuary...
Column: Disastrous weather, an airport bomb scare and a lesson from Walter Payton that I’m taking into the new year
A few months back my son was invited to participate in a lacrosse showcase in Delray Beach, Florida, in December. Book it, I said, picturing ocean-front meals and sunset walks...