Michael Pfleger

A chair sits empty during a nonviolence gathering on Sept. 12, 2019, organized by several different groups in response to the fatal shooting of Treja Kelley, 18, in Chicago.

The Rev. Otis Moss III, et al.: Give crime witnesses the protection they need to stay safe and serve justice

July 1, 2022 at 10:00 a.m.

This past Friday, 5-month-old Cecilia Thomas was fatally shot inside a car in South Shore while she was sitting in her car seat. Within hours of the tragedy, activists were...

Dozens of clergy and community members stage a "die-in" outside of Chuck's Gun Shop on June 22, 2022, in Riverdale.

Rev. Ciera Bates-Chamberlain et al.: Trafficking of guns into Chicago fuels violence. We can slow the flow.

June 23, 2022 at 6:18 p.m.

Nineteen children were killed by a gunman in Uvalde, Texas. Rather than own up to his own responsibility, Gov. Greg Abbot pulled the same old card from the deck: He...

A woman runs past members of the Chicago Fire Department in the 800 block of North Cambridge Avenue after a 20-year-old woman was shot nearby on May 29, 2022, during the Memorial Day holiday weekend.

Rev. Michael Pfleger, Rabbi Seth Limmer, et al.: We faith leaders are united in helping stop the bloodshed

June 17, 2022 at 11:19 p.m.

Editor's note: Chicago faith leaders Rabbi Seth M. Limmer and the Revs. Michael Pfleger, Ciera Bates-Chamberlain and Otis Moss III are joining the Tribune's opinion section in a summer exploration...

Published caption from the 1985 American Millstone project: "North Lawndale has lost almost half its housing units since 1960. Of those remaining, at least one-third, and perhaps substantially more, are seriously substandard."

St. Sabina’s Pflegler: Chicago stuck on destitute — 30 years later

June 26, 2024 at 1:48 p.m.

While preparing to give a recent talk to the Association of Black Sociologists in Chicago, I reread "The American Millstone," a 30-year-old, award-winning series by the Chicago Tribune. What struck...

Father Michael L. Pfleger, right, takes part in a protest in Chicago following the recent grand jury decisions not to indict the police officers responsible for the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown.

Protests seek to clean up the dirt of injustice

June 26, 2024 at 1:45 p.m.

Due to the failure of the justice system in the recent killings of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, we have witnessed an outpouring across this nation by mostly young people,...

When your own union is against you

June 26, 2024 at 1:47 p.m.

The Chicago Transit Authority's Rail Car Servicer Apprentice Program — a vital and unique initiative that helps nonviolent ex-offenders, people who've overcome drug addiction, victims of domestic violence and other...

Hail to the chief

June 26, 2024 at 1:44 p.m.

Police Supt. Terry Hillard will be deeply missed by the citizens of Chicago and by law enforcement nationally. Hillard indeed was, as the mayor stated, the best superintendent of police...

CHRISTIAN RIGHTS

June 26, 2024 at 1:42 p.m.

As I read of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision that prayer does not belong on public address systems at high school football games, even if students lead it, I became...

WORKING TOGETHER TO SAVE CHILDREN

June 26, 2024 at 1:39 p.m.

I'm surprised and shocked at Rabbi Ira Youdovin's intemperate attack on the Mentoring Connection program being launched by the Chicago Public Schools ("Have faith? The problem with giving religious evangelizers...

TEACHER DRUG TESTS

June 26, 2024 at 1:41 p.m.

Statistics tell us that approximately 10 percent of every work force suffers from some sort of substance abuse. Often this is higher among professionals. Thus it is amazing to me...

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