Clarence Page

Clarence Page is a syndicated columnist and a former member of the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board. Among other awards, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary (1989) and lifetime achievement awards from Chicago Headline Club, National Society of Newspaper Columnists, National Press Foundation and National Association of Black Journalists.

Two GIs with the U.S. 25th Division read the Stars and Stripes newspaper at Cu Chi, South Vietnam, on Sept. 10, 1969. (Mark Godfrey/AP)

Clarence Page: Pentagon’s press panic threatens august Stars and Stripes

March 23, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Pentagon chief spokesperson Sean Parnell asserted that going forward, Stars and Stripes would be "by the warfighter and for the warfighter."

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

March 16, 2026 at 5:44 a.m.

The growing war concerns caused me to flash back to an earlier era, when an excursion in Southeast Asia to help a friend with their colonial problems became the Vietnam...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, front left, listens as three U.S. citizens who had been detained by ICE stand, from back left, Javier Ramirez, of California, Leonardo "Leo" Garcia Venegas, of Alabama, and Marimar Martinez, of Chicago, as they are introduced by Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., during an oversight hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 3, 2026. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

Clarence Page: ‘ICE Barbie’ is gone, but will immigration policy improve?

March 8, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Department of Homeland Security agents under Kristi Noem's authority would go on to conduct brutal and legally dubious roundups of immigrants.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks at the kickoff for the Black Expo on Aug. 25, 1971, at the Sheraton Hotel in Chicago. With Jackson are Gary Mayor Richard Hatcher, left, Rep. John Conyers, D-Michigan, second from right, and John Johnson, founder of Ebony, right. The five-day expo by Black and minority businesses opened at the International Amphitheatre that September. (Chicago Tribune historical photo)

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

March 1, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Black Expo was, for many, a breakthrough for the hopes that Black Americans could build on the advances of the civil rights era.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson reads the newspapers in his office at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters in Chicago on Sept. 29, 2021. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)

Clarence Page: The Rev. Jesse Jackson never lost hope in human redemption, and neither should we

February 22, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

I grew to appreciate the Rev. Jesse Jackson. He never stopped serving humanity.

Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before the House Judiciary Committee on Feb. 11, 2026, in Washington. (Win McNamee/Getty)

Clarence Page: Attorney General Pam Bondi shows loyalty to her audience of one

February 15, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, whose actions have descended to a low standard, plays to “an audience of one,” namely the president.

President Donald Trump departs after speaking with reporters in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington on Jan. 20, 2026. (Alex Brandon/AP)

Clarence Page: The information war rages amid Donald Trump’s immigration chaos

February 1, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The jackboots are only part of the chaos of immigration operations. Another key element is the Trump administration's communications strategy.

Demonstrators, including some wearing traditional Native American dress, on Jan. 10, 2026, protest the fatal shooting of Renee Good by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times)

Clarence Page: ICE has been accused of profiling Native Americans. What a cruel irony.

January 18, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Tribal leaders in Minnesota say federal agents are detaining members in raids on immigrants because of racial profiling.

President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a House GOP member retreat at the Kennedy Center in Washington, on Jan. 6, 2026. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

Clarence Page: Guess who fears impeachment? A guy who’s been through it twice.

January 11, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

President Donald Trump is showing concern about the possibility of an impeachment if the GOP loses the House in the midterms.

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles watches as President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on Oct. 17, 2025. (Tom Brenner/Getty-AFP)

Clarence Page: It’s hard to hide the dysfunction of the Trump White House

December 21, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

As President Donald Trump oversells the fruits of his economic stewardship, controversies keep boiling.

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