Editorials
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Daily Herald opinion: ‘Democracy in action’: Training teens as election judges — and encouraging them to vote — is a vital missionJan 09, 2026 7:12 pm - Historically, the youngest of those eligible to vote in the U.S. — those in their late teens and early 20s — are far less likely to cast ballots than their parents or gra...
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Daily Herald opinion: Our national identity: Increasing imperialistic tendencies require Congress to assert itself into foreign policyJan 06, 2026 7:12 pm - Editor’s Note: This editorial has been updated to correctly identify Karoline Leavitt as White House press secretary. As famously observed 2,000 years ago, there hav...
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Daily Herald opinion: A group effort: Every Chicago suburb should strive to meet the state’s affordable housing requirementsJan 06, 2026 4:00 am - Daily Herald opinion: While some suburbs are struggling to meet state law requirements for affordable housing, communities in the Chicago area should remain committed to the broader effort to address the issue.
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Daily Herald opinion: The power of a pause: In praise of rest, relaxation and doing absolutely nothing to start the new year off rightJan 04, 2026 4:00 am - Have you spent the last few weeks or months running around, running errands and running on empty? January is the perfect time to indulge in the art of doing nothing. Start 2026 off right with some rest and relaxation.
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Daily Herald opinion: End the ‘shell’ game: An abhorrent legislative practice intended to flout transparency and deny discussion is all too commonJan 02, 2026 4:00 am - Daily Herald Opinion: The practice of passing legislative “shell bills” is an abhorrent means of conducting the public’s business and must be brought to an end, consitutionally or otherwise.
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Daily Herald opinion: Toward better democracy: ranked choice voting coming back to forefront in 2026Jan 01, 2026 4:00 am - The discussion about ranked choice voting for Illinois has gone quiet in the last year and a half, and you’d be forgiven for thinking it had been buried, killed by a fear...
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Daily Herald opinion: Remove the debt ceiling: Repeated abuses show Congress must find a better way to fiscal disciplineDec 31, 2025 4:00 am - Daily Herald opinion: We disagree with President Trump on many things, but we can find common ground on abolishing the debt ceiling.
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Daily Herald opinion: Illinois lawmakers must avoid the mistakes that created the state’s pension crisisDec 30, 2025 4:00 am - Daily Herald opinion: While some progress has been made in addressing the pension crisis in Illinois, state lawmakers need to stop the behavior that caused the problem in the first place.
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Daily Herald opinion: A power of kings: Presidential pardons are outdated, ripe for abuse and must be curtailedDec 27, 2025 2:45 pm - Daily Herald opinion: Pardon power was written into the Constitution at a much different time, during an era of monarchs and despots that ingrained the power as a residue of our heritage. It is outdated today and ripe for abuse.
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Daily Herald opinion: Stopping a frightening free-for-all: Fair maps amendment, protections needed more than everDec 26, 2025 4:00 am - Daily Herald opinion: If you abandon the belief that elected bodies should reflect the will of voters over the whims of politicians, then gerrymandering could be on the table every time a party in power feels threatened.