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U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley talks with supporters after announcing his candidacy for Chicago mayor at the Uptown Theatre on June 27, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)

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U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley talks with supporters after announcing his candidacy for Chicago mayor at the Uptown Theatre on June 27, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)

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Laura Washington: Should Chicago mayoral candidates be allowed to run for two offices at the same time?

Some Illinois politicians are so enamored with getting elected that they accept their party’s nominations for one office, while plotting for another.

DuSable Black History Museum in Chicago, Oct. 9, 2025. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

Editorial: The DuSable, the other South Side museum celebrating civil rights, needs some help

Portraits of President Donald Trump and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins are displayed in the Department of Agriculture exhibit on the fourth day of the Great American State Fair on the National Mall on June 28, 2026, in Washington. (Al Drago/Getty)

Steve Chapman: On its 250th birthday, the promise of America has darkened

Members of the League of United Latin American Citizens gather outside the Supreme Court after a decision on birthright citizenship in Washington, D.C., June 30, 2026. The Supreme Court struck down President Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship. (Allison Robbert/The New York Times)

Editorial: On the birthright matter, the US Constitution is pretty clear

Children play soccer at an outdoor World Cup watch party at the Robert Crown Community Center in Evanston as U.S. and Turkey fight it out on a large screen June 25, 2026. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

Sheldon H. Jacobson: World Cup in July is March Madness on the soccer field

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Editorial: A tone-deaf move by CTA to monetize a venerable Wrigleyville perk

Whether it's a tax, a permit, a meter or now a parking spot beneath the Red Line, Chicagoans increasingly feel as though every familiar corner of city life comes with another bill attached.

Commentary

The European Union's top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, talks to journalists as she arrives for the EU summit in Brussels on June 18, 2026. (Marius Burgelman/AP)

John T. Shaw: EU’s new ‘Iron Lady’ offers moral clarity in her unflinching support of Ukraine

If some Europeans are focused on placating the Trump administration, Kaja Kallas is more than willing to challenge it.

Letters to the Editor

Mayor Brandon Johnson signs an executive order to establish an Office of Gun Violence Reduction while surrounded by activists, community leaders and elected officials at City Hall on June 25, 2026. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

Letters: What I learned from Chicago men who illegally carry guns for their safety and their families’

If we want to reduce instances of illegal firearm possession, we must understand why otherwise law-abiding people decide to carry.

Columnists

A model of City Hyde Park shows bird collision avoidance glass on the balconies displayed as visitors tour "Flyway City: Architecture for a Flourishing Ecosystem," a show by Studio Gang, on June 9, 2026, during a preview of two new exhibits on wildlife conservation initiatives opening at the Chicago Architecture Center. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

Edward Keegan: ‘Flyway City’ explores how Chicago can create a safer urban center for birds

A new exhibit at the Chicago Architecture Center focuses on the birds that traverse our skies and how to protect them.

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Laura Washington: Should Chicago mayoral candidates be allowed to run for two offices at the same time?

Editorial: The DuSable, the other South Side museum celebrating civil rights, needs some help

Steve Chapman: On its 250th birthday, the promise of America has darkened

Editorial: On the birthright matter, the US Constitution is pretty clear

Sheldon H. Jacobson: World Cup in July is March Madness on the soccer field

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Letters: Pretrial electronic monitoring is harmful

Editorial: The Supreme Court protected states’ rights. But Illinois is out of whack on mail-in voting.

Curtis Hill: Evanston’s reparations won’t make up for harms done by housing discrimination

Daniel DePetris: The powers that be in Venezuela are exploiting a tragedy as its people suffer

Medical care experts: Extreme heat is a public health emergency for Chicago, not a seasonal nuisance

Editorial: Chicago separated its mental health emergency response from public safety. Bad idea.

Editorials

Editorial: A tone-deaf move by CTA to monetize a venerable Wrigleyville perk

Editorial: Illinois and Chicago should move fast on Waymo approval

Editorial: Mayor Brandon Johnson almost threw away $800 million of Chicago’s money in massive parking meter blunder

Editorial: Sticker shock comes suddenly to the Apple store

Editorial: President Trump is a troll. But he’s correct that lots of killing is going on in Chicago.

Commentary

John T. Shaw: EU’s new ‘Iron Lady’ offers moral clarity in her unflinching support of Ukraine

Karen Freeman-Wilson and Jim Reynolds: Chicago’s fiscal future depends on more than dollars. It depends on trust.

Clarence Page: We all stand to lose in Pete Hegseth’s war on diversity

Faith leaders: What America owes the Fourth of July

Sen. Dick Durbin: It’s time for a constitutional amendment to protect the right to vote

Letters to the Editor

Letters: What I learned from Chicago men who illegally carry guns for their safety and their families’

Letters: Nuclear power is a cost-efficient source of carbon-free electricity in Illinois

Letters: We need guardrails on data centers in Illinois

Letters: As Lincoln Park Zoo’s penguin couple demonstrate, diversity in relationships isn’t unique to humans

Letters: Why has Mayor Brandon Johnson kept us in the dark about the parking meter deal?

Columnists

Edward Keegan: ‘Flyway City’ explores how Chicago can create a safer urban center for birds

Heidi Stevens: Barack Obama cautioned against nostalgia. But is fondness for the past really all bad?

Elizabeth Shackelford: Civil servants should refuse to implement cruel policies, even if it costs them

Clarence Page: A president who is never too busy to celebrate himself — at our expense

David Greising: Gentrification is happening near the Obama Presidential Center. What can be done?

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