Ja’Mal Green: Don’t surrender Chicago to ‘teen takeover’ chaos
When downtown Chicago feels unsafe, the damage doesn’t stay there — it spreads across the...
Commentary
Barbara Hoare: As premiums overwhelm Illinoisans, health care insurers are flush with cash
It is indefensible that a health insurer can award eight-figure salaries while households absorb devastating...
Willie Wilson: Gov. JB Pritzker should suspend Illinois’ gas tax for 60 days
With a relaxing of state, county and city gas taxes for 60 days, Chicago motorists...
Andy Shaw: Tax the super-rich? Not if Illinoisans distrust the government.
Can Illinoisans trust self-serving politicians to actually use tax windfalls to improve lives other than...
Laura Washington: Mayor Brandon Johnson’s reelection campaign will be in trouble if Willie Wilson runs again
If Willie Wilson gets in the mayoral race, Black votes will come out of Mayor...
Patrick Hanley: Ranked choice voting is a better way to make votes count
We know who finished first in Illinois' 9th Congressional District primary. We don't know who...
Bob Kustra: Donald Trump’s war on Iran masks his support of Vladimir Putin
The chaos Donald Trump created in the Middle East serves his purpose of distracting the...
Peter Navarro: The lockout at BP’s Whiting refinery is one that America cannot afford
At a moment when energy markets are under strain, BP has chosen to provoke a...
Michael J. Sacks: Why I support AIPAC and a big tent Democratic Party
The campaign against AIPAC is not a policy discussion. It's a thinly disguised effort to...
Daniel DePetris: The Gulf states are between Iran and a hard place
For the Gulf Arab states, the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran is a tragedy. Nothing good...