Daniel DePetris: Comprehensive peace in Gaza is still just a dream By Daniel DePetris August 4, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. The unveiled agreement is not new as much as it is an effort to get back...
Joseph Tomás McKellar: What Pope Leo XIV really asks us to do with AI By Joseph Tomás McKellar August 4, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. For the pope, there are three basic pathways to dignity that are exacerbated and threatened...
Alaina Hampton: Illinois House Speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch should resign for his failures By Alaina Hampton August 3, 2026 at 11:26 a.m. When Emanuel "Chris" Welch was elected speaker, lawmakers elevated someone who had never answered questions...
Ray LaHood: The FAA just protected more than O’Hare’s runways By Ray LaHood August 3, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. Chicago risks losing visitors to other cities if fares, delays and cancellations rise from gridlock,...
Clarence Page: AI bots are busting loose. Have we seen this movie before? By Clarence Page August 3, 2026 at 8:24 a.m. Do we get a choice in this AI future? That's the question at the heart...
School board member: Good governance lost with passage of CPS budget. Students may pay the price By Angel Gutierrez August 3, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. Advocacy is not budgeting. Advocacy asks what should happen. Budgeting requires us to act responsibly...
Jeanne Theoharis and Erik Wallenberg: The unknown history of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Chicago housing movement By Jeanne Theoharis August 2, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. Chicago’s movement too often appears as a failure, but Black residents organized to expose the...
Charlie Beck, Jens Ludwig and Chico Tillmon: Four ideas that could cut Chicago’s shootings in half By Charlie Beck August 3, 2026 at 8:38 a.m. Chicago's next mayor must get the gears of government better aligned with what the gun...
Michael Peregrine: Chicago’s rock ’n’ roll summer of 1966 was culturally transcendent By Michael Peregrine August 1, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. In 1966, Chicago became the epicenter of a world that was transitioning from the Wall...
Louis Martinez: Geofence warrants that give police access to location data need firm guardrails By Louis Martinez July 31, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. When investigators obtain location data from your device, they don't just learn where you were...