Heidi Stevens: When a shooting — any shooting — shakes a nation, we need to look at the guns September 19, 2025 at 8:19 a.m. Charlie Kirk's cause of death is all too common. His shooting wasn’t even the only shooting at a school that day.
Heidi Stevens: I’m sure a suburban, domed Bears stadium will be lovely, but that doesn’t mean I have to like it September 12, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. I do understand the appeal of Arlington Heights. But we Chicagoans are not fancy people who need a fancy facility.
Heidi Stevens: Forgetting — or erasing — our past is a sure path to repeating it. Now more than ever September 5, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. The Smithsonian museums are in the crosshairs of President Donald Trump, who believes they’re too “woke.”
Heidi Stevens: Chicago is filled with people whose hearts and lives are devoted to solving its violence. Donald Trump has no such devotion August 29, 2025 at 9:03 a.m. What often gets lost in the dialogue about Chicago is the tremendous work that takes place day in and day out to prevent violence, to heal trauma.
Heidi Stevens: Trump’s latest voting threat was inevitable next step in his long history of undermining electorate system August 22, 2025 at 7:47 a.m. Donald Trump has been diligently and incrementally chipping away at the American people’s constitutional right to free and fair elections.
Heidi Stevens: After a child leaves the nest, you get the privilege of parenting the new version of them August 15, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. In a few days I’ll drop my daughter at college for the second time. I don't know if it will feel harder or easier.
Susie Lee, co-founder of Early Birds dance parties, dies at 49. ‘The spirit and the soul of the whole thing’ August 7, 2025 at 8:46 a.m. Susie Lee, 49, died Sunday and is remembered as the founder of a dance club for women that sparked joy and connection.
Heidi Stevens: When newsrooms shrink, so does our capacity to know and understand one another August 1, 2025 at 1:18 p.m. Mistrust is being fed to us by corporate conglomerates, crooked politicians and others with a vested interest in hoarding power and hiding truth.
Heidi Stevens: As our land literally burns, we don’t owe the president quiet subservience July 25, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. A country that doesn't allow citizens to criticize their leaders is not a democracy. It's not where liberty or justice flourish.
Heidi Stevens: Years after his death, Hinsdale boy’s legacy of kindness leads the way July 18, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. Nora and Rob Tonn launched Brooks Strong, a nonprofit to fund pediatric cancer research and to cover the costs of sports for kids with cancer.