Daniel DePetris: Donald Trump’s fight with Volodymyr Zelenskyy reveals a deeper frustration By Daniel DePetris October 20, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. The likely driver for the latest fight over Ukraine is that the war Donald Trump...
Shawn Gude: Democratic socialism is as American as apple pie. Eugene Debs showed it. By Shawn Gude October 20, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. Eugene Debs made people realize that to be an American and a socialist was the...
Suhag Shukla: As a thwarted mass shooting in Aurora shows, we can’t ignore hate against Hindu Americans By Suhag Shukla October 19, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. For those of us who warned that unchecked anti-Indian and anti-Hindu rhetoric would turn deadly,...
Clarence Page: Beware the charm of our rising chatbots By Clarence Page October 19, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. Besides the existential risks of artificial intelligence, consider how AI chatbots insinuate themselves in the...
David Woodard: In 2001, a Chicago ad agency foresaw the livestreamed execution By David Woodard October 19, 2026 at 9:42 a.m. The ad grasped what the government had not: Put an execution on a screen, and...
John T. Shaw: How the Illinois congressional delegation can avoid endless brawling By John T. Shaw October 18, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. There will be five new House members and a new U.S. senator from Illinois come...
Edward Keegan: Is the minimalist fieldhouse in Chicago’s Cragin Park architecture or just a building? By Edward Keegan October 19, 2026 at 8:09 a.m. The Cragin Park Fieldhouse expresses a clear architectural character with its exposed steel structure. I...
Jens Ludwig: After Cornell lawsuit, universities don’t know what to do with fraternities By Jens Ludwig October 18, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. In the case of campus sexual assault, there are forward-leaning schools like Rice that have...
Andrew Chrismer: What if public housing was a real choice for Chicagoans? By Andrew Chrismer October 16, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. Homeownership is often sold as the ticket to the middle class, yet buying a cheap...
Elizabeth Shackelford: Trump’s abhorrent Russian diesel deal defies US laws and won’t lower gas prices By Elizabeth Shackelford October 16, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. Donald Trump has illegally undone sanctions efforts against Russia. For all of this, Americans won’t...