Op-ed: Abolishing the Peace Corps would be a mistake
"Why should you, a white woman, go work in Africa?" The question was from an African American newsroom colleague, and it knocked me back. It was the late 1990s, and...
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Commentary: Protesters who try to ban cameras miss the point of the First Amendment
"No recording allowed! Stop recording now!" It took a moment to register that the bullhorn admonishment was directed at me. I'd just parked my car and walked up to the...
Impeachment in the air: What the Tribune Editorial Board said about Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton
The Chicago Tribune Editorial Board has never taken lightly the idea of impeaching and removing from office the president of the United States. As an institution that has offered its...
Flashback: Chicago’s pride parades through the years
One of the first gay pride parades in the United States was in downtown Chicago, in 1970. And while there was dancing, it was not exactly a parade. "Gay Liberation...
Chicago’s mayors: As Rahm Emanuel completes his mark, a look back at his 44 predecessors
Can you name all 45 of Chicago's mayors? Here's a cheat sheet, with excerpts of Tribune coverage of some of them. Note that the mayoral term was one year through...
5 strong opinions on Brett Kavanaugh, Trump’s Supreme Court pick
President Donald Trump on Monday named federal appeallate Judge Brett Kavanaugh for his second nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court. Here are five strong opinions on the choice of Kavanaugh,...
Facebook wants me to rat out my friends? No thanks.
Some Facebook users were alarmed Tuesday to see a new feature in their news feeds. Under many posts, Facebook had added this question: "Does this post contain hate speech?" along...
Turn those campaign signs into a public art contest
What happens to all those campaign signs after the polls close? Tuesday night we spotted a little guerrilla marketing operation that might be worth replicating. Tom Daniels and Missy Stevens,...
Trump likes ‘The Snake,’ but these other Oscar Brown Jr. lyrics are worth reading
He did it again. President Donald Trump recited his favorite poem, “The Snake,” during his remarks at the recent Conservative Political Action Conference. He does it to fire up his...
Christmas for the boys at war
As long as wars have been fought, soldiers have sent letters home from the battlefield — homesick missives and pleas for loved ones to remember them. By the time the...