Columns
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Public defender reforms promise a fairer kind of democracyMay 25, 2025 4:00 am - Guest columnist K. Edward Copeland: As we move into the next stage of passing the FAIR Act, the legislature must prioritize independence for public defenders.
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O’Donnell: Flanders Fields puts a Wrigley Field All-Star Game in perspectiveMay 24, 2025 5:10 pm - THE GRAY-HAIRED FELLOW WAS ONCE a high school second baseman with a determined spirit but weak bat. He later missed Vietnam only because a fortunate opening put him in a ...
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Lawmakers must act to protect communities from transit crisisMay 23, 2025 4:00 am - Guest columnist Jeff Schielke: State legislators must act before the close of the legislative session this month to enable new, sustainable transit funding and reforms, without which communities will face harmful service cuts.
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The unique lessons hiding within a familiar type of pictureMay 22, 2025 4:00 am - Columnist Jim Slusher: Graduation photos may seem repetitive, but each one captures a unique moment in time for an individual. The images reflect community value, the transition to adulthood and much more.
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Keeping the degrees of separation close to the new popeMay 15, 2025 4:00 am - Some statisticians claim that each of us is no more than six degrees of separation from any other person on the planet. With that as a rough measure, Chicagoans were che...
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Why let SAVE Act restrict access to a right we all agree on?May 11, 2025 4:00 am - Guest columnist : Despite consensus on upholding voting rights and rule of law, the SAVE Act restricts eligible citizens' ability to vote. Congress must craft a reasonable solution protecting all citizens' franchise.
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The complicated, unproductive search for ‘the narrative’May 08, 2025 4:00 am - Columnist Jim Slusher: When I taught high school journalism back in the 1970s, it wasn’t hard to lean on famous quotes that attempt to summarize some formula for deciding what deserves to be reported and how. But the truth today - as in the past really - is that news judgment cannot be compacted into a single clever phrase.
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Layoffs in health research put safety, access to care at riskMay 06, 2025 4:00 am - Guest columnist : When my wife and I look at our soon-to-be two-year-olds Max and Theo running around the house playing and laughing, we are so thankful IVF was available. So, you can imagine our outrage when we found out President Trump and Elon Musk laid off the very federal experts who work to ensure IVF is safe and accessible.
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Why the U.S. and Illinois should support Taiwan’s participation in the WHOMay 05, 2025 4:00 am - Guest columnist Dennis Yen-Feng Lei: Taiwan's effective universal healthcare and technological expertise make it a valuable partner for the WHO, but political barriers unjustly exclude it from participation
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New rules on investigating reporters present a risky testMay 01, 2025 4:00 am - It remains to be seen whether a new U.S. Justice Department policy on journalists’ privacy rights will be a simple impediment to reporting sensitive stories about the gov...