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Laura WashingtonChicago Tribune |
Where is the outrage? That’s what Chicago police Superintendent Larry Snelling asked in the wake of an April 13 mass shooting on the city’s South...
If Dexter Reed had not been stopped by Chicago police, he would still be with us. His horrible death played out on body camera video released last...
Expo Chicago kicks off this week, and this arts lover is feeling the love. The annual extravaganza runs Thursday to Sunday, showing contemporary and...
Alarm bells should be ringing for every election observer. The Cook County state’s attorney’s race is a harbinger of election night on Nov. 5 —...
How old is too old to hold elected office? Not 82, and counting, according to U.S. Rep. Danny Davis. That was the message Davis pounded home Tuesday...
Tuesday’s Illinois primary will be a test of the “Vallas effect.” Paul Vallas, the tough-on-crime Chicago mayoral candidate and public schools...
Portion control, accurate pours. These culinary matters are bedeviling me. Since the great pandemic, the restaurant business has been in topsy-turvy...
Here’s a look at the state of the 2024 presidential race a day before the uber-primary known as Super Tuesday. President Joe Biden is a centrist...
In Chicago, the light of truth shines. That’s the message of a new documentary that ties two great Black lives and the truths they illuminated....
Chicago’s next mayoral election is three years away, but Mayor Brandon Johnson may be already campaigning for a second term. That would appear so,...
President Joe Biden has been hitting the Black churches in his reelection campaign, of course. He knows he has no prayer of staying in the White...
To answer letter writer Sarah Beyne’s question in her Monday letter (“Is it a stunt or a plea?”): Busing migrants north is a political stunt,...
“Dry January” will soon be a misty memory. As it fades away, is it making a difference? I can’t speak personally to that since I abstained. Not...
From the city that works to the city of rats? That’s where Chicago is headed. “The ‘Chicago Rat Hole’ Is The City’s Hottest New Tourist...
It’s Iowa time. Today brings the long-awaited, every-four-years moment in U.S. presidential politics: the Iowa caucuses. Democratic politicians and...
The news media have been reporting on Chicago-area towns and villages that have enacted ordinances to fine interstate bus companies that transport and...
Sometimes, turning a corner can be a good thing. Mayor Brandon Johnson moves into a new year with a host of old problems, unsolved and festering...
Recent polling shows 68% of Americans support a cease-fire in Gaza, as do numerous human rights, racial justice and faith-based organizations; labor...
So, what has been priced into 2024? How about tumult and trepidation? The world is buffeted by two major wars, with no end in sight. New hot spots...
The celebration of Christmas is a secular pleasure that has been with us for many years. That in itself can be a joy for both young and old alike....
The Grinch is stealing my Christmas. I can be a “Debbie Downer” at times (or so my husband says). But as we celebrate the season, I posit that...
This week a federal jury will begin deliberations to decide the fate of the man who was once Chicago’s most powerful alderman. Its decision could be...
Razzle-dazzle, Basel. I was back once again for Art Basel, the 21-year-old phenom of an art fair that takes over Miami and Miami Beach every December....
The summer of 1973 was my baptism into national politics, as my teenage self was riveted by the legendary saga of Watergate. I watched the months of...
I believe the refusal of President Joe Biden’s administration to condemn the unrelenting and barbaric assaults on Gaza by Israel is appalling and...
Baby, it’s getting cold outside. The calendar may say it’s still fall in Chicago, but really, winter is already here. The massive number of...
Chicago and Illinois have suffered more than their fair share of crooked politicians. Federal prosecutors here have enjoyed a near-perfect track...
“‘The rise is real’: Haley’s breakout is jolting 2024′s undercard race,” an Oct. 29 Politico report was headlined. That is Nikki Haley,...
Can Ozempic save us from the perils of obesity? It turns out that the drug, first developed to treat diabetes, has become a high-profile appetite...
As the corruption trial of former Chicago Ald. Edward Burke approaches, a federal court has agreed that former President Donald Trump’s name should...
Twenty years ago, a little-known legislator from Hyde Park proposed what was then considered groundbreaking legislation. Illinois state Sen. Barack...
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is going south, and in more ways than one. Johnson has announced that he will lead a city delegation to the southern...
The buses roll in. The crisis is blowing up. Last week, 27 buses carrying migrants arrived in Chicago over five days, the Tribune reported. More than...
I treasure the memories of my server days. As a young adult, I helped put myself through college working the restaurant circuit. I started by slinging...