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Tokunbo Adenekan holds an image of Sandra Bland during a vigil at Chicago's Federal Plaza on July 13, 2016, on the one-year anniversary of Bland's death.

Column: Police traffic stops are a needless danger

April 14, 2021 at 3:21 p.m.

Driving has become much less dangerous over time, thanks to new safety features in cars, better highway design and a decline in drunken driving. But that's no solace to motorists...

A CTA Pink Line train travels through the West Loop on March 8, 2021.

Column: Mass transit has to change for the post-pandemic world

April 9, 2021 at 5:39 p.m.

The Biden administration has grand dreams for mass transit. In its blue-sky vision, subways and buses will do everything from reducing traffic congestion to curbing climate change. But like generals...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., steps into an elevator at the Capitol in Washington on March 11, 2021.

Column: Republicans vs. ‘woke corporations’: A losing battle

April 7, 2021 at 3:08 p.m.

Mitch McConnell has been presented with the spectacle of giant American corporations taking sides on a political issue, and his eyes were seared by the sight. The Senate Republican leader...

Signs are seen in a tree at a protest against masks, vaccines and vaccine passports March 31, 2021, outside the headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.

Column: Conservatives’ rejection of vaccine passports defies conservatism

April 2, 2021 at 1:49 p.m.

If there is any fundamental belief that has always united conservatives, it's the central importance of property rights. James Madison wrote: "Government is instituted to protect property of every sort...

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, center, reviews an honor guard at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 21, 2021. Austin arrived in Kabul on his first trip to Afghanistan as Pentagon chief, amid swirling questions about how long American troops will remain in the country.

Column: Will Biden end the war in Afghanistan? Don’t bet on it.

March 31, 2021 at 5:02 p.m.

The U.S. mission in Afghanistan is nearly old enough to buy a beer, having gone on since 2001. Two presidents, Barack Obama and Donald Trump, promised it would come to...

Isabella Lee, left, helps friend Lane Stelzer Jocks, both 12, light a candle during a vigil on March 25, 2021, in Oak Park in honor of the eight people killed at three Atlanta-area spas the previous week. The vigil was organized by a group of Oak Park and River Forest High School students.

Column: Banning assault weapons is unlikely to stop mass shootings

March 26, 2021 at 3:19 p.m.

Many national problems have simple, effective solutions. To curb global warming, reduce fossil fuel use. To combat child poverty, give money to families with kids. To end a pandemic, get...

President Joe Biden at the White House on March 23, 2021.

Column: Biden’s low profile is a bonus, not a burden

March 24, 2021 at 2:41 p.m.

This is a time of pandemic, economic turmoil and mass shootings, but no issue has galvanized the American public more than President Joe Biden's long refusal to hold a news...

Aerial view of a migrant camp where asylum seekers wait for U.S. authorities to allow them to start their migration process outside El Chaparral crossing port in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, on March 17, 2021.

Column: The real causes of the border crisis — and the real remedies

March 11, 2024 at 1:46 p.m.

In 2014, the Obama administration was faced with a surge in unaccompanied minors from Central America showing up at our border and seeking asylum. In an effort to reduce the...

The Eisenhower Expressway looking west through Chicago's West Side in 2017.

Column: We don’t need Biden’s infrastructure binge

March 17, 2021 at 3:05 p.m.

Donald Trump did many bad things as president, but he deserves a smidgen of credit for what he didn't do: go on an infrastructure spending binge. He vowed that under...

A yellow "Black Lives Matter" mural is painted on Dodge Avenue in front of Evanston Township High School on July 6, 2020.

Column: A good start: Evanston takes on racial reparations

March 12, 2021 at 12:12 p.m.

Difficult tasks often don't get done, because they are, well, difficult. It's easier to ignore them, delay them, hope they'll go away or give up on them. But the city...

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