Lena Guerrero Reynolds: Chicago’s intercity bus future is bright By Lena Guerrero Reynolds June 25, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. Chicago's new public bus station will be a vital lifeline for half a million travelers.
Yunus Emre Tozal: The area around the Obama center is being reshaped — for good and bad. By Yunus Emre Tozal June 25, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. The Obama Presidential Center was designed as a hub for change. But as that is...
Henry De Sio: What the Obama Presidential Center says about how ‘hope and change’ has evolved since ’08 By Henry De Sio June 25, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. “Hope and change” was never about giving our proxies to leaders; it was about a...
Dominic Voz: Defending Evanston’s reparations program means defending the promise of fair housing By Dominic Voz June 24, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. Evanston’s reparations are not a story of granting arbitrary preferences, but a story of a...
Scott W. Patton: As debate rages over an Iran deal, let’s acknowledge how much Americans have already lost By Scott W. Patton June 24, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. The hardest costs in the Iran war aren't measured in dollars. They're measured in people.
Pegah Banihashemi: Peace for whom? Iran after the agreement By Pegah Banihashemi June 24, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. A wave of repression unfolded against the Iranian people after the diplomatic agreement with the...
Stuart Loren: The AI boom won’t wait for Illinois By Stuart Loren June 23, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. If unsatisfied, Illinois can demand more from data centers. But freezing tax incentives outright creates...
Daniel DePetris: Israel is the wild card as the US and Iran work to ink a lasting peace deal By Daniel DePetris June 23, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. If ending Israel's war in Lebanon weren’t attached to the Iran peace deal, perhaps Donald...
Indiana House speaker: Why the Chicago Bears and many others are considering Indiana By Todd Huston June 23, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. The Bears chose Indiana because our state offers fiscal discipline, tax competitiveness, regulatory predictability and...
Paul Vallas: Why Haiti matters By Paul Vallas June 22, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. We should contemplate the complex relationship between Haiti and the U.S. as the Supreme Court...