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    Opinion

    Featured

    Tiffany Henyard, who was Dolton's mayor at the time, takes a seat for the Dolton Village Board meeting after showing up late on on Dec. 2, 2024. (Vincent D. Johnson/for the Daily Southtown)

    Editorial: Heads up, Georgia voters. One Tiffany Henyard will be on some of your November ballots.

    Past performance is the clearest indicator voters have of who a candidate is and how they’ll govern. 
    Ald. Samantha Nugent, 39th, prepares to speak with reporters after a Chicago City Council meeting, Jan. 21, 2026, at City Hall. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

    Editorial: The City Council must act to protect our prized restaurants

    A truck with an image of President Donald Trump and rising gas prices drives past a rally for Al Quds Day on March 13, 2026, in New York City. People gathered around the world for Al Quds Day, also known as Jerusalem Day, amid the ongoing war between the US, Israel and Iran. (Adam Gray/Getty)

    Clarence Page: Donald Trump’s Iran war not likely the jaunt he’s trying to sell

    A researcher descends a stairwell inside an experimental hall at Fermilab, Aug. 9, 2023, in Batavia. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)

    Mariangela Lisanti: What an Austrian cow and Illinois’ Fermilab teach us about scientific discovery

    Student protesters hold signs while participating in the "Hands Off Our Schools" rally in front of the U.S. Department of Education on April 4, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty)

    Megan Thiele Strong: America is sociologically ignorant and it shows

    Latest Headlines

    • The CyrusOne data center including orange and tan temporary fencing around rooftop cooling equipment on Feb. 2, 2026, in Aurora. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)

      Letters: Illinois ratepayers deserve an honest analysis of data centers’ power and water needs

    • Chief of Policy Jung Yoon, left, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, center, and Budget Director Annette Guzman answer questions from the audience during a town hall on Feb. 3, 2026, hosted by Johnson at the South Shore Cultural Center. (Josh Boland/Chicago Tribune)

      Editorial: Mayor Brandon Johnson’s public battle with aldermanic opponents is harming Chicago taxpayers

    • Lake Street Self Park at 60 E. Lake St. in Chicago on March 11, 2026. It's by architect Stanley Tigerman. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)

      Edward Keegan: Stanley Tigerman’s last book preserves traces of the architect, but his legacy is in peril

    • A few dozen New York University graduates and other supporters of the Palestinian cause rally outside Yankee Stadium during the NYU commencement in New York on May 15, 2024. (Seth Wenig/AP)

      Jonathan Zimmerman: NYU’s decision to air prerecorded graduation speeches is cowardly

    • Ryan Coogler accepts the Outstanding Motion Picture Award for "Sinners" during the NAACP Image Awards on Feb. 28, 2026, in Pasadena, California. (Amy Sussman/Getty)

      Alexis Alexanian: What ‘Sinners’ reveals about the future of cinema

    • Boxes of signed petitions urging President Joe Biden to take action against money in politics are displayed as activists with the Declaration for American Democracy hold a rally to mark the 14th anniversary of the Citizens United v. FEC Supreme Court decision, outside the White House on Jan. 22, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty)

      Letters: Why our country badly needs campaign finance reform

    Editorials

    Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Jackson Potter speaks at a rally outside Chicago Public Schools headquarters, Feb. 26, 2026. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

    Editorial: The Chicago Teachers Union’s May 1 walkout puts politics ahead of education

    CTU is also encouraging students to join in their protest and calling upon the Board of Education and Mayor Brandon Johnson to allow middle and high school students an excused absence to do so.
    • Editorial: Whatever his reasons, it’s good Gov. JB Pritzker isn’t joining other blue states on the tax-the-rich bandwagon

    • Editorial: How a $10 million judgment against the city of Chicago became a $27 million settlement proposal

    • Editorial: Cities and towns have just cause to complain about how Gov. JB Pritzker’s budget treats them

    • Editorial: Chicago’s fully elected school board will have a big job. They should be paid.

    Commentary

    People walk past a payday loans store in Niles in 2021. (Nam Y. Huh/AP)

    Christopher Greenwood: The high cost of workplace payday loan apps in Illinois

    Illinois got rid of storefront payday loans. But savvy marketing campaigns have tricked consumers into turning back to paying to get paid.
    • David McGrath: Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day is about so much more than Irish pride

    • David Greising: Chicago is going to lose the Bears. It didn’t need to happen.

    • Pegah Banihashemi: Iranians fear wartime uncertainty and an unknown future under Mojtaba Khamenei

    • Michael Frerichs and Harold Pollack: More Illinoisans with disabilities can now save and invest

    Letters to the Editor

    President Donald Trump, right, talks to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell before the Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles on Feb. 9, 2025, in New Orleans. (George Walker IV/AP)

    Letters: Columnist Paul Sullivan is right to call out sports commissioners

    Thank you to sports columnist Paul Sullivan for being one of the few adults in the room.
    • Letters: We can’t allow the war in Iran to escalate further

    • Letters: Regarding the draft, what is wrong with requiring service to our country?

    • Letters: Peoples Gas’ Pipe Retirement Program is about profits, not public safety

    • Letters: US and Israel are responding appropriately to the threat Iran poses

    Columnists

    Dopamine, author Michaeleen Doucleff learned, sends us on the chase for pleasure. And dopamine magnets (her term for ultraprocessed foods and screens) pull us — often subconsciously — toward them. (Dreamstime)

    Heidi Stevens: ‘Dopamine Kids’ is a fascinating read — even if you don’t want a yard full of chickens

    Michaeleen Doucleff's book is about understanding the forces that shape our habits, our days and our family dynamics. For better or worse.
    • Elizabeth Shackelford: The Pentagon’s fight with Anthropic is about unchecked power

    • Daniel DePetris: Donald Trump’s pitiful case for going to war with Iran

    • Clarence Page: The ripple effects of the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s vision of Black economic power

    • David Greising: The Rev. Jesse Jackson shaped Chicago in innumerable ways

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