When Lincoln Yards arrives, many won’t know the Chicago before it
On the fringe of the vast sweep of dirt that will one day be the tony development called Lincoln Yards stands a giant green sign that proclaims the name of...
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The silly obsession with Lori Lightfoot’s height
In the past few weeks, I’ve heard a lot of people mention that Lori Lightfoot is short, and every time I do, I want to look the offender in the...
Cousin who? Why spending time with our aunts and far-flung relatives sustains us
I’ve heard it said that when your parents die you become an orphan, no matter how old you are. I’ve known people — children when they lost their parents —...
Chicago’s next mayor won’t be a miracle worker. But she will set the moral tone that could raise our city.
When I arrived at my polling place at lunchtime Tuesday to vote in a historic Chicago election, I was told I was voter number 91. The poll had been open...
How this Chicago mayoral election is historic, through the eyes of four young women
Four Chicago women, ages 17 to 20, gathered in a room the other day so I could ask them all a question: Does it matter to you that the new...
Spring is finally here, Chicago. Here are 10 ways to make the most of it.
Spring came a few days ago. Ignore the fact that we hardy citizens of the northern latitudes are still wearing coats, still cranking up the heat, still gazing wistfully at...
Is it time to retire the phrase ‘openly gay’?
What do the following four politicians have in common? Lori Lightfoot, candidate for mayor of Chicago. Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., who seems poised to run for...
Sorry, boss, but sometimes that ‘personal’ task really must be done at ‘work.’ Here’s why.
On any given day while you’re trying to do your work — I’m referring to the activity officially designated as “work” — there’s a good chance you’re trying to do...
‘Hate is a void.’ A few thoughts from a Muslim on how to respond to the New Zealand mosque shootings
We get up on an average Friday morning and there it is, again. The shootings. The deaths. The hatred and the horror. The poisonous fruit of white nationalism. In a...
Before the World Wide Web — which turned 30 this week — we wasted (and enjoyed) time in so many other ways
Have a seat, little children, and let me tell you about a time long ago when life was very strange and hard but also oddly beautiful. I’m talking about 1989....