The Editorial Board – Page 30

President Donald Trump holds up a red card during a meeting with FIFA President Gianni Infantino in the Oval Office of the White House on Aug. 28, 2018, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/AP)

Editorial: Why Donald Trump should not have intervened in that World Cup dispute over Folarin Balogun

July 6, 2026 at 3:04 p.m.

By lobbying for Balogun, Trump wallowed in the mud with FIFA.

Pickup associate Jordyn Jenkins collects grocery items on Aug. 18, 2022, at Mariano’s Bucktown location. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Editorial: Higher prices are making Americans into smarter, tech-savvy shoppers

July 6, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

In a K-shaped economy, scrappy consumers are finding the smart phone can be an equalizer.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson talks about summer jobs at an event in the 1300 block of West 13th Street, July 12, 2024. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Editorial: Why teens need summer jobs and why we worry they are disappearing

July 6, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Part time work makes for one of the best classrooms ever invented

Melat Kiros, center, at an event in Denver on June 27, 2026. Kiros, a democratic socialist, defeated Rep. Diana DeGette on Tuesday. The insurgent progressive movement jolting the Democratic Party rolled through Colorado on Tuesday evening in the latest test of the left’s ability to oust establishment politicians and usher in generational change. (Chet Strange/The New York Times)

Editorial: Centrist Democrats must not let ‘democratic socialists’ take over their party without a fight

July 5, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Centrist Democrats need to find their voice in internal battle with democratic socialists.

An audience watches filmmaker Michael Glover Smith's short film before it is destroyed during the Destroy Your Art event at Music Box Theatre, Sept. 26, 2023, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Editorial: The Music Box, air-conditioned heart of a Chicago summer

July 3, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

A place to fall in love on a summer weekend.

White Sox Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf exits after watching batting practice before a White Sox-Dodgers game at Rate Field on June 12, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Editorial: Will the Bulls and White Sox drop their penny-pinching ways with billionaires now in play?

July 3, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

New billionaire owners of the Bulls and White Sox have fans excited.

Preschoolers listen as Chicago Public Schools CEO Macquline King reads to them at Wadsworth STEM Elementary School in April. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Editorial: Illinois’ population is growing again. But we’re losing our children.

July 2, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Kids are disappearing from Illinois.

A throwback trailer from "The Sandlot" plays at McHenry Outdoor Theater on May 8, 2020, in McHenry. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Editorial: Major League Baseball showcases a retro drive-in theater near us

July 2, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

It’s an honor for an Illinois venue to be among these select few sites to honor America’s 250th in this unique way.

DuSable Black History Museum in Chicago, Oct. 9, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Editorial: The DuSable, the other South Side museum celebrating civil rights, needs some help

July 1, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

While the DuSable Black History Museum is hoping for a boost from the opening of its new neighbor, it might as well be a lot farther away than its longstanding...

Members of the League of United Latin American Citizens gather outside the Supreme Court after a decision on birthright citizenship in Washington, D.C., June 30, 2026. The Supreme Court struck down President Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship. (Allison Robbert/The New York Times)

Editorial: On the birthright matter, the US Constitution is pretty clear

June 30, 2026 at 1:55 p.m.

There's little evidence that parents are using their American kids to help them jump the line themselves. The process is too complex for that.

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