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People walk on the Main Quad at the University of Chicago, Feb. 20, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)

Editorial: University of Chicago nukes tuition for the middle class and achieves a degree of affordability

Here in Illinois, the real issue isn’t just whether our finest schools are affordable, it’s whether state schools are within reach for regular families.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the Justice Department’s 2027 budget request in Washington on May 19, 2026. The Justice Department on Tuesday expanded the agreement it reached this week with President Donald Trump to resolve his extraordinary lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service to include a provision that would bar the agency from pursuing tax claims against the president, his family or his businesses. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)

Editorial: Stomping on IRS audits is an egregious abuse of power by President Donald Trump

A parking meter sits in the Near North neighborhood of Chicago on June 24, 2021. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)

Editorial: Chicago, meet Stonepeak Partners. Stonepeak Partners meet a Chicago that’s ticked off about your big parking meter deal.

Graduates sit through the University of Illinois Chicago College of Liberal Arts and Sciences commencement at Credit Union 1 Arena on May 9, 2026. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York report on the labor market for recent college graduates found the unemployment rate for graduates ages 22 to 27 is 5.6%. (Josh Boland/Chicago Tribune)

Willie Wilson: Are CPS graduates prepared for college and a shifting job market?

Protesters hold signs outside the RAF Base that hosts the U.S. Air Force on April 4 , 2026, in Lakenheath, England. The group set up a peace camp outside after suspicions that the base has been restocked with American nuclear weapons. (Martin Pope/Getty)

Annelise Riles: Here’s how we can defund the bomb

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Former Speaker Michael Madigan, center, arrives at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse with attorneys Thomas Breen, left, and Robert Stanley for a hearing on sentencing guidelines on June 10, 2025. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

Editorial: Citizen Mike Madigan at your service, President Trump. And should you be thinking about a pardon …

Will we see more Trump-friendly op-eds from Michael Madigan as he sits in prison?

Commentary

Members of the final graduating class at Trinity Christian College walk into their graduation ceremony at Ozinga Field on May 8, 2026, in Crestwood. (Vincent D. Johnson/for the Daily Southtown)

John Bakker: Why the closing of Trinity Christian College matters

Losing independent-minded institutions such as Trinity Christian College weakens our democracy and leads inevitably to more uniformity.

Letters to the Editor

A sculpture park and healing garden share space with tents for people who are unhoused at Ronan Park in Chicago’s Albany Park neighborhood on May 8, 2026. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

Letters: State cuts to homelessness funding hurt the progress we’ve made and put the most vulnerable at risk

We must stand strong in Illinois and reject any self-inflicted budget cuts to people experiencing homelessness.

Columnists

Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple in Oak Park in 2017. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

Edward Keegan: Frank Lloyd Wright’s buildings are always worth revisiting

Two new books on Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie and Bogk houses build upon the remarkable legacy of the famous architect.

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Opinion

Editorial: University of Chicago nukes tuition for the middle class and achieves a degree of affordability

Editorial: Stomping on IRS audits is an egregious abuse of power by President Donald Trump

Editorial: Chicago, meet Stonepeak Partners. Stonepeak Partners meet a Chicago that’s ticked off about your big parking meter deal.

Willie Wilson: Are CPS graduates prepared for college and a shifting job market?

Annelise Riles: Here’s how we can defund the bomb

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Letters: Sox fan who heckled Cubs player Pete Crow-Armstrong deserves criticism, too

Laura Washington: The GOP doesn’t need to stick with Donald Trump’s ballroom plans. Perhaps a wrestling ring?

Editorial: An appreciation of the voices in our pages who imagined a better Chicago in 2050

Jim Nowlan: Congressional gerrymandering is a circular firing squad

Tomas J. Philipson: Price controls on medicines are stymieing innovation. Trump’s plan will make it worse.

Letters: Here’s how Chicago and the CTA can attract more bus riders

Editorials

Editorial: Citizen Mike Madigan at your service, President Trump. And should you be thinking about a pardon …

Editorial: University of Chicago Lab Schools strikes a blow for making classrooms indoctrination-free zones

Editorial: Springfield’s most prominent hotel has become a millstone, with no solution in sight

Editorial: Why your Commonwealth Edison electric bills are skyrocketing and the state is no help

Editorial: Republicans are preparing for the midterms. They should be worrying about the party’s future.

Commentary

John Bakker: Why the closing of Trinity Christian College matters

State lawmakers: Donald Trump’s cuts broke Illinois’ budget. It’s time to make the wealthy pay to fix it.

Daniel DePetris: Donald Trump’s board of irrelevant peace

Michael Peregrine: The Union Stock Yards burned in a city still holding on to a century of progress

Clarence Page: Feeling ‘under-babied’? More like underpaid and overburdened

Letters to the Editor

Letters: State cuts to homelessness funding hurt the progress we’ve made and put the most vulnerable at risk

Letters: What Chicago could achieve by 2050, one neighborhood at a time

Letters: Why we need license plate readers for community safety

Letters: The Cubs’ pitch for expanded parking is about money, not neighborhood benefit

Letters: I have never given up on the dream of world peace. How do we get there?

Columnists

Edward Keegan: Frank Lloyd Wright’s buildings are always worth revisiting

Elizabeth Shackelford: An indefensible defense budget proposal and what it portends for our nation

Heidi Stevens: A glimpse at Warsaw history reinforces why books and literacy are vital for democracy

Daniel DePetris: Vladimir Putin’s costly warmongering is stirring up resentment at home

Clarence Page: Why are young couples delaying having a family? Dread, for one.

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