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Illinois U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin departs July 22, 2026, at the Lutheran Church of the Reformation on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., after a mock graduation event to commemorate Durbin’s long advocacy for the Dream Act, a path to citizenship for undocumented people brought to the U.S. as children. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

John T. Shaw: Sen. Dick Durbin is not giving up on immigration reform

By John T. Shaw

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

Sen. Dick Durbin has a strategy on immigration reform that draws from others' earlier struggles...

A rendering of a planned 160-key hotel that is part of the Woodlawn Central development on Chicago’s South Side at 6320 S. Dorchester Ave. near Jackson Park and the Obama Presidential Center. (Gensler)

Edward Keegan: Planned high-rise apartments show new tendencies in the Chicago tall building

By Edward Keegan

November 1, 2026 at 8:43 a.m.

Until recently, it was quite unusual to find a tall building outside of the Loop....

Supporters of candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva react to the vote count news on general election day on Oct. 25, 2026, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Alexandre Schneider/Getty)

Elizabeth Shackelford: Elections in Brazil and Serbia show us that democracy can be surprising

By Elizabeth Shackelford

October 30, 2026 at 10:48 a.m.

Brazil and Serbia proved to the world that, even on an uneven electoral playing field,...

Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Georgia, from left, Thomas Massie, R-Kentucky, and Ro Khanna, D-California, before a Sept. 3 news conference calling for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post)

Clarence Page: Jeffrey Epstein case exposes divisions in MAGA unity

By Clarence Page

November 16, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

A handful of Republicans do not wish to move along with their eyes averted from...

The working area for trainees at nonprofit Revolution Workshop in Chicago on Nov. 14, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Edward Keegan: Architecture becomes real through construction at Revolution Workshop

By Edward Keegan

November 16, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Nonprofit Revolution Workshop's newly renovated space in Garfield Park supports activities that improve lives in...

Displaced Sudanese people who fled el-Fasher after the city fell to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), walk in the Um Yanqur camp, located on the southwestern edge of Tawila, in war-torn Sudan's western Darfur region on Nov. 3, 2025. (Getty-AFP)

Elizabeth Shackelford: Horrifying violence returns to Sudan, exposing the deadly legacy of impunity

By Elizabeth Shackelford

November 14, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

In Darfur, history just seems to be repeating itself since the offenders include many of...

Mariscos El Camaron Coketo owners Mauro Gomez, center, and Juana Santos, left, bring eggs they donated to the Hope Center in Blue Island on Nov. 4, 2025. Local businesses came together to donate items for Hope Center advocates to deliver food to those struggling due to SNAP benefits being cut. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)

Heidi Stevens: It’s morning in America, and we have no idea if the day will bring help and hope — or more cruelty

By Heidi Stevens

November 13, 2025 at 10:25 a.m.

Our country and our city are at a precipice, and we may soon see what...

People on Nov. 2, 2025, carry the coffin of late Mayor Carlos Alberto Manzo Rodríguez, who was fatally shot during Day of the Dead celebrations, in Uruapan, Michoacan state, Mexico. (Eduardo Verdugo/AP)

Daniel DePetris: The death of a mayor brings Mexico’s cartel violence to the fore

By Daniel DePetris

November 11, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

The death of the mayor of the Mexican town of Uruapan shows us that Mexico...

Street art depicts former Justice Department employee Sean Charles Dunn on a wall in the Union Market District neighborhood Aug. 16, 2025, in Washington. (Yong Kim/Philadelphia Inquirer)

Clarence Page: When federal authorities disrupt the peace in the name of preserving it

By Clarence Page

November 9, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

President Donald Trump’s policies to tighten immigration enforcement appear to have done more to create...

People wait for a Red Line CTA train at the Sheridan Red Line station in Uptown on Aug. 21, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

David Greising: Gov. JB Pritzker pushed back on the transit bill. He needs to do that with pensions.

By David Greising

November 7, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Illinois must keep an eye on the way Gov. JB Pritzker handles pension reform, which...

President Ronald Reagan signs legislation implementing the U.S.-Canada free trade agreement during a ceremony at the White House on Sept. 28, 1988. (Scott Stewart/AP)

Steve Chapman: No, Ronald Reagan did not love tariffs

By Steve Chapman

November 5, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Ronald Reagan could not have differed more from Trump on international trade or relations with...

The USS Gravely, a Navy destroyer, departs the Port of Spain on Oct. 30, 2025. The U.S. warship arrived in Trinidad and Tobago on Oct. 26, 2025, for joint exercises near the coast of Venezuela, as Washington ratcheted up pressure on drug traffickers and Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. (Martin Bernetti/Getty-AFP)

Daniel DePetris: Is Donald Trump’s military campaign against drug traffickers in Venezuela legal?

By Daniel DePetris

November 4, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

The legal justification for the military campaign off the coasts of Venezuela and Colombia is...

Mayor Richard J. Daley is flanked by Mr. and Mrs. Milton Lee Olive Jr., parents of the medal of honor winner, at ceremonies on June 19, 1966, unveiling the monument to the memory of Pfc. Milton Lee Olive III in a park now known as Olive Park. The monument is sculpted in bronze. (William Vendetta/baiduhai)

Clarence Page: Pete Hegseth’s war on ‘woke’ is an assault on American history

By Clarence Page

November 2, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Now, more than ever, it is important to remember people like soldier Milton Olive III...

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