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Christi Parsons: Abraham Lincoln’s empathy is what our divided nation needs
27/07/2025

Christi Parsons: Abraham Lincoln’s empathy is what our divided nation needs

New scholarship shows that Abraham Lincoln was a deeply sensitive man who embraced radical acts of inclusion to keep the Union intact.

Edward Keegan: Milwaukee is building contemporary timber towers. What about Chicago?
27/07/2025

Edward Keegan: Milwaukee is building contemporary timber towers. What about Chicago?

Since 2022, Chicago’s neighbor to the north has been home to the tallest timber tower in the world and is building more.

Letters: Protests calling for the end of the Israel-Hamas war are expressions of outrage, not antisemitism
27/07/2025

Letters: Protests calling for the end of the Israel-Hamas war are expressions of outrage, not antisemitism

These demonstrations are expressions of outrage at the carnage and starvation that Israel is visiting on Palestinians in Gaza.

Editorial: Chicago’s taxicab regulations have fallen apart
27/07/2025

Editorial: Chicago’s taxicab regulations have fallen apart

It’s anarchy out there when you are looking for a ride during a busy period. Clearly, this city’s taxi regulations are going unenforced.

Editorial: Alleged sexual abuse at downstate juvenile detention center cries out for criminal investigation
27/07/2025

Editorial: Alleged sexual abuse at downstate juvenile detention center cries out for criminal investigation

If the allegations against the mayor of downstate Eldorado, Illinois are true, they paint a picture of systemic abuse of children.

Jonathan Zimmerman: Why higher education needs diversity in viewpoints
27/07/2025

Jonathan Zimmerman: Why higher education needs diversity in viewpoints

I hope that Harvard and the rest of higher education broaden viewpoint diversity. The White House shouldn’t force it upon us.

Letters: Fighting hate and antisemitism requires us to seek to understand others
26/07/2025

Letters: Fighting hate and antisemitism requires us to seek to understand others

It is easy to dehumanize a person if you cannot recognize him or her as being like yourself in some way.

Letters: Chicago should rethink NASCAR possibilities
26/07/2025

Letters: Chicago should rethink NASCAR possibilities

How about a NASCAR Festival at Navy Pier or even at McCormick Place?

Tom Montgomery Fate: Bears, oh my! Why national parks are our country’s treasures
26/07/2025

Tom Montgomery Fate: Bears, oh my! Why national parks are our country’s treasures

The national parks are hugely successful and supporting them may be one small way to help bring our deeply divided country together.

Elizabeth Shackelford: Burning down America’s best tool for peace and prosperity
25/07/2025

Elizabeth Shackelford: Burning down America’s best tool for peace and prosperity

As a former U.S. diplomat, I know that these cuts at the State Department will cost us as the world moves into a more conflict-ridden future.

Heidi Stevens: As our land literally burns, we don’t owe the president quiet subservience
25/07/2025

Heidi Stevens: As our land literally burns, we don’t owe the president quiet subservience

A country that doesn’t allow citizens to criticize their leaders is not a democracy. It’s not where liberty or justice flourish.

Christine Ledbetter: Renaming the Kennedy Center Opera House for Donald Trump’s wife? It’s not a hotel.
25/07/2025

Christine Ledbetter: Renaming the Kennedy Center Opera House for Donald Trump’s wife? It’s not a hotel.

Congress wants to name the Kennedy Center after Melania Trump, to acknowledge her “support and commitment to the arts.” Wait, what commitment and support?

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