Maya Foa: Christa Pike execution shows lethal injection is breaking down By Maya Foa October 8, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. We are witnessing the complete breakdown of the dominant method of execution in the U.S.
Mailee Smith: Federal labor bill could force social agendas into private school contracts By Mailee Smith October 8, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. The Faster Labor Contracts Act could force private schools with unionized staff into provisions antithetical...
Advocates: CPS can lead on universal mental health screening. Will it? By Vanessa Andersen October 8, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. Done well, universal mental health screenings will provide the first population-level map of where youth...
Steve Chapman: Republicans are fanning baseless fears about American Muslims By Steve Chapman October 8, 2026 at 10:10 a.m. You might expect that as the memory of the 9/11 attacks and the global war...
Elad Strohmayer: Three years after Oct. 7, remember how this war began By Elad Strohmayer October 7, 2026 at 8:29 a.m. Had Hamas not launched its attack on Oct. 7, 2023, the war that followed would...
Laura Washington: Brutal school board elections are the name of the Chicago game By Laura Washington October 7, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. This Chicago school board will decide how much taxes we will all pay and how...
Joe Holberg: Data centers are hot. We should use Lake Michigan to cool them. By Joe Holberg October 7, 2026 at 1:24 p.m. My vision is to build a massive geothermal heat sink coil system in Lake Michigan...
Daniel DePetris: Brazil’s elections appear to be another win for Donald Trump By Daniel DePetris October 6, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. Over the last year and a half, right-wing candidates have won seven presidential elections in...
Brittany Williams: Let the Northwestern band play the pregame show By Brittany Williams October 5, 2026 at 1:58 p.m. The Northwestern marching band, a fixture of the football game day for a century, was...
Clarence Page: Donald Trump’s ‘truth’ betrayed by White House chatbot By Clarence Page October 5, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. President Donald Trump is likely not pleased to find out he unleashed a fact-checker against...