Letters: The Bears should use their own billions to build a new stadium
If the Bears or any other professional team wants a new stadium, they should use their own billions in revenue to construct it.
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Massive citizen revolt spelled doom for Richard J. Daley’s Crosstown Expressway
Mayor Richard J. Daley’s dream to carve a Crosstown Expressway through a swath of Chicago neighborhoods provoked a citizen revolt.
2025 in review: A look back at our most heartfelt op-eds
These op-eds dive into what it means to be human and what it means to be in community and emerge with universal truths.
2025 in review: A look back at the Chicago region’s transit crisis through op-eds
The Chicago region's transit crisis stirred debate on our pages.
The struggle that produced Pride
Like that of many big cities, the history of Chicago features major mile markers in the movement for LGBTQ acceptance.
Colleen Kujawa: My mother lived her faith. Her example inspires me to live mine.
My mother proved who she was through her charitable acts, done without fanfare, and her repeated call to my sisters and me to be decent.
Colleen Kujawa: Small acts of grace summon the good in Chicagoans
Here’s a quiet truth about grace. It tends to inspire the same. Even in the big, bad city.
Colleen Kujawa: Forgiveness is why I finally got a father
When I was in my early 20s and still living at home after graduating from college, I fractured my hand in an accident and sat in the living room holding...
Colleen Kujawa: Want a cure for cynicism? Try digging holes and planting trees.
I spent the last Saturday in September digging and standing in holes. I walked home sore, sweaty and happy. And buoyed against the naysaying that goes hand in hand with...
Colleen Kujawa: I went to the U.K. to connect with people and place — then I got on the wrong bus
I'm not a social superhero. I'm friendly, but I'm neither savvy nor successful at small talk. But I love connecting with people in a sincere way, especially when I'm away...