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Clarence Page: How Donald Trump helped the GOP to lose

Clarence Page: How Donald Trump helped the GOP to lose

As Democrats celebrate gaining control of Congress, can we expect soul-searching and efforts to bring...

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Clarence Page

John T. Shaw: One way Illinois lawmakers in DC can make the government more effective and accountable

Democrats and Republicans have long disagreed on the appropriate size for the government. A new...

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John T. Shaw

David Greising: CTU got its wish for an independent school board — but not in the way it prefers

David Greising: CTU got its wish for an independent school board — but not in the way it prefers

Chicago's new school board president, opposed by the CTU, now faces a board where roughly...

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David Greising

Heidi Stevens: Human decency was on the midterm ballot, and it won big. Now show us what it looks like in action.

Heidi Stevens: Human decency was on the midterm ballot, and it won big. Now show us what it looks like in action.

We don’t have to choose between politics that honor people’s dignity and politics that keep...

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Heidi Stevens

Steve Chapman: The Iran war may produce an unexpected achievement

Our leaders have compiled decades of experience in the folly of fighting wars of choice....

04.11.2026 8

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Steve Chapman

Laura Washington: The failed lessons of Chicago’s school board race

CPS children and their parents were treated to scandals, misinformation and hypocrisy in the caustic...

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Laura Washington

Daniel DePetris: What Donald Trump should do now that his Brazilian ally has been defeated

Daniel DePetris: What Donald Trump should do now that his Brazilian ally has been defeated

Flávio Bolsonaro's own self-imposed exile comes at a tricky time for relations between the United...

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Daniel Depetris

Clarence Page: Barack Obama’s Cheesecake Factory joke explains the state of MAGA

Clarence Page: Barack Obama’s Cheesecake Factory joke explains the state of MAGA

The Oval Office belongs to all of us, which is one reason why Barack Obama’s...

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Clarence Page

Edward Keegan: Planned high-rise apartments show new tendencies in the Chicago tall building

Edward Keegan: Planned high-rise apartments show new tendencies in the Chicago tall building

Until recently, it was quite unusual to find a tall building outside of the Loop....

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Edward Keegan

John T. Shaw: Sen. Dick Durbin is not giving up on immigration reform

Sen. Dick Durbin has a strategy on immigration reform that draws from others' earlier struggles...

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John T. Shaw

Elizabeth Shackelford: Elections in Brazil and Serbia show us that democracy can be surprising

Elizabeth Shackelford: Elections in Brazil and Serbia show us that democracy can be surprising

Brazil and Serbia proved to the world that, even on an uneven electoral playing field,...

30.10.2026 10

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Elizabeth Shackelford

Daniel DePetris: If Israel gets a new prime minister, will anything change?

Benjamin Netanyahu and his main challenger in Israel's elections, Gadi Eisenkot, are more alike than...

26.10.2026 10

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Daniel Depetris

Clarence Page: Vivek Ramaswamy’s ad in Ohio governor’s race backfires

The fracas over a campaign ad from governor candidate Vivek Ramaswamy could blow back on...

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Clarence Page

Heidi Stevens: 5 final lessons from the Chicago Marathon, now that it’s in the rearview mirror

When Heidi Stevens committed to running the Chicago Marathon this year, she also committed to...

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Heidi Stevens

David Greising: The fight over Chicago’s budget is healthy. Now the city needs a charter.

If an independent City Council becomes an expected feature of the budget process, we really...

23.10.2026 10

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David Greising

Daniel DePetris: Donald Trump’s fight with Volodymyr Zelenskyy reveals a deeper frustration

The likely driver for the latest fight over Ukraine is that the war Donald Trump...

20.10.2026 10

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Daniel Depetris

Clarence Page: Beware the charm of our rising chatbots

Besides the existential risks of artificial intelligence, consider how AI chatbots insinuate themselves in the...

19.10.2026 10

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Clarence Page

Edward Keegan: Is the minimalist fieldhouse in Chicago’s Cragin Park architecture or just a building?

The Cragin Park Fieldhouse expresses a clear architectural character with its exposed steel structure. I...

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Edward Keegan

Heidi Stevens: Shane Gillis ‘SNL’ opener misses the mark — and the moment

The most disappointing thing about Shane Gillis’ shopworn, hackneyed, tone-deaf, retrograde, unfunny “Saturday Night Live”...

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Heidi Stevens

Elizabeth Shackelford: Trump’s abhorrent Russian diesel deal defies US laws and won’t lower gas prices

Donald Trump has illegally undone sanctions efforts against Russia. For all of this, Americans won’t...

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Elizabeth Shackelford

John T. Shaw: We need Congress to ponder the long term with a new future-focused group

Half a century ago, many lawmakers viewed their responsibilities differently and created a forum to...

14.10.2026 10

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John T. Shaw

Daniel DePetris: Resumption of war between Houthis and Saudis is bad timing for Donald Trump

The attacks in Saudi Arabia come when Donald Trump is in a standoff over the...

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Daniel Depetris

Clarence Page: A botched execution shakes our death penalty presumptions

The botched execution of Christa Pike offers a gross illustration of the cruelty that capital...

12.10.2026 20

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Clarence Page

Heidi Stevens: I wish we modeled better care for the young people who are making sense of the world right now

I hope that when we’re all writing our stories, the ones that are still being...

09.10.2026 10

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Heidi Stevens

David Greising: The race for Chicago school board president is about ideas — and character

It will take savvy strategic thinking, backed by the character needed for leadership, to make...

09.10.2026 10

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David Greising

Laura Washington: Brutal school board elections are the name of the Chicago game

This Chicago school board will decide how much taxes we will all pay and how...

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Laura Washington

Steve Chapman: Republicans are fanning baseless fears about American Muslims

You might expect that as the memory of the 9/11 attacks and the global war...

07.10.2026 20

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Steve Chapman

Daniel DePetris: Brazil’s elections appear to be another win for Donald Trump

Over the last year and a half, right-wing candidates have won seven presidential elections in...

06.10.2026 20

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Daniel Depetris

Clarence Page: Donald Trump’s ‘truth’ betrayed by White House chatbot

President Donald Trump is likely not pleased to find out he unleashed a fact-checker against...

05.10.2026 20

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Clarence Page

Edward Keegan: It’s time to tear down Dearborn Park’s walls in the South Loop

The architecture throughout Dearborn Park is very much a product of its time. And it...

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Edward Keegan

John T. Shaw: Finland’s president offers a compelling plan for a new world order

Finland's president believes the system created after World War II must be rebuilt and rebalanced...

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John T. Shaw

Elizabeth Shackelford: Return of ‘might makes right’ imperils the UN’s mission as AI threatens our existence

If ever a technology demanded international cooperation and governance, to manage the risks and maximize...

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Elizabeth Shackelford

Heidi Stevens: A joyful life, a too-early death and the gift of sight for two people who lost theirs

Heidis Stevens has long said that before she fell in love with journalism, she fell...

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Heidi Stevens

Daniel DePetris: Venezuela has bent to US will. Is that good for Venezuelans?

Venezuela's new leader is no doubt trying to demonstrate her usefulness to the Trump administration,...

29.09.2026 20

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Daniel Depetris

Clarence Page: Nikole Hannah-Jones demonstrates why parents sometimes need to go to school, too

Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones enrolled her daughter in a struggling school as part of an ideological...

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Clarence Page

John T. Shaw: US Rep. Nikki Budzinski believes centrist workhorses can prevail over far-left show horses

Centrists may not claim to usher in new eras in American economic and political life,...

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John T. Shaw

Heidi Stevens: The president doesn’t want your pesky questions. But the founders had a different idea.

The day after President Donald Trump announced he was banning CNN, Politico and MS Now...

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Heidi Stevens

David Greising: We need statewide solutions to the poor oversight at Illinois’ county jails

People held in Illinois' 90 county jails are virtually all presumed innocent. As a society,...

25.09.2026 30

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David Greising

Laura Washington: Taking back Congress should be a slam dunk for Democrats

Serendipity in the form of misfortune is shining on the Democratic Party’s electoral prospects.

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Laura Washington

Daniel DePetris: Vladimir Putin’s extension of the war beyond Ukraine has European leaders worried

Europe is increasingly worried about Moscow expanding the war in Ukraine to NATO territory.

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Daniel Depetris

Clarence Page: Is this Team Humanity’s last chance to stand up to AI?

We’re already living in a sandbox for artificial intelligence agents that the AI companies did...

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Clarence Page

Edward Keegan: Chicagoland gets its first architecturally distinguished stadium in over a century

Northwestern's new Ryan Field is the most sophisticated sports facility in Chicago since Wrigley Field...

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Edward Keegan

Elizabeth Shackelford: The Trump family’s corruption costs America

The same people who were indignant over Hunter Biden have turned a blind eye to...

18.09.2026 30

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Daniel DePetris: Will Iran become a two-front war?

Saudi Arabia risks being dragged into the U.S.-Iran confrontation against its will by the Houthis.

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Daniel Depetris

Clarence Page: Don’t let the war on woke lull us all to sleep

If you are one of those innocents who believe, as I once did, that the...

14.09.2026 30

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Clarence Page

David Greising: If we held city elections on the same day as national elections, it would strengthen democracy

In many cities, the ballots cast in municipal elections significantly increases after the switch to...

11.09.2026 30

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David Greising

Heidi Stevens: ‘Please tell your own story.’ How Gloria Steinem’s final request reflects her legacy.

Heidi Stevens doesn't know how you begin to sum up the impact of Gloria Steinem's...

11.09.2026 30

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Heidi Stevens

Laura Washington: This lifelong Cubs fan from the South Side is seeing a lot of Sox love on the North Side

I am seeing White Sox fans pop up like green shoots on the North Side....

09.09.2026 30

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Laura Washington

Daniel DePetris: The Trump administration is claiming success in drug strikes. Not so fast.

One year after Operation Southern Spear began in Latin America, the results have been far...

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Daniel Depetris

Edward Keegan: How architecture changed after 9/11

Chicago has not kept up the tall building race in the years since 9/11.

06.09.2026 30

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Edward Keegan