Editorial: Profit-sharing and AI protection are the answers to the writers and actors strikeThe solution that will bring back your favorite shows? Better profit-sharing, and when it comes to AI, humans should stand with other humans. July 16, 2023
Tio Hardiman: The keys to stopping violence in Chicago are relationships and respectEstablishing strong personal relationships with those at risk of committing violence can help quell conflicts and prevent bloodshed. July 16, 2023
Letters: We need systemic change to halt the worst effects of climate changeBoth our individual action and advocacy to Congress will prevent “the new abnormal” of climate change from being our default future. July 16, 2023
Jason Little: A shooting upended my life. Now I help young Chicagoans build futures beyond gun violence.In my 20s, I got into a life-changing argument. Now, as an outreach leader, I help young people put down their guns. July 16, 2023
Letters: The old guard has failed our country and needs to relinquish its power to younger leadersThis country could not care less about young people. July 15, 2023
Hayden Richardson: Northwestern sports enable a toxic culture of sexual violence As a cheerleader, I was a victim of sexual abuse and harassment at Northwestern University, and school officials did nothing to stop it. July 14, 2023
Elizabeth Shackelford: NATO shouldn’t give Vladimir Putin an excuse to prolong the warIs the risk of offering Ukraine NATO membership worth it? That can be answered only once the war is done. July 14, 2023
Jeffery Vacante: Baseball is losing its essence to the pitch clockHistorically, baseball was a game without a clock, offering a respite from a world transformed by the drudgery of a workday. July 14, 2023
Stephen J. Lyons: By giving Ukraine cluster bombs, the US is admitting that it’s OK to kill civiliansWith President Joe Biden’s decision to supply cluster munitions to Ukraine, that political environment has changed for the worse. July 14, 2023
Samantha Schroth: Yes, people with disabilities are proud. We celebrate the unique way we experience daily life.Disability hits too close to home for everyone. Our society doesn’t understand disability, creating an unknown quantity that fosters fear. July 14, 2023
Letters: New Alzheimer’s treatment is not a one-and-done miracleThe treatment is not a one-and-done. It is an infusion given every two weeks, and Eisai proposes a yearly cost of $26,500. July 14, 2023
Editorial: Was it ‘Bidenomics’ that brought down inflation? Did Joe Biden’s “Bidenomics” reduce inflation? To a point, and good for him, but let's not forget what drove it up in the first place. July 14, 2023
Dave Kraft: A bill ending the ban on new nuclear plants is a referendum on the future of energy in IllinoisA recent bill to lift the ban on nuclear power plants serves as a referendum on Illinois’ energy future. Will it be renewable? Or nuclear? July 13, 2023
Editorial: With Walgreens locking down its product, the scourge of shoplifting is in all our facesWalgreens has locked up most of its products. That's due to the rise in shoplifting, now a massive impediment to life in big American cities. July 13, 2023
Willie Wilson: Black elected leaders must accept responsibility for what is happening in our communityThe solutions to our liberation must come from within. We must accept responsibility for what is happening in the Black community. July 13, 2023
Celia Colón: Durbin has the power to help end the sentencing disparity between crack and powdered cocainePassing the EQUAL Act to end the sentencing disparity between crack and powdered cocaine has the potential to enhance public safety. July 13, 2023
Letters: Northwestern should take more actions in response to hazing scandalI’m appalled by the pain and suffering that has occurred behind the scenes while I have lost myself in the drama of the game. July 12, 2023
Editorial: Americans are moving to other states as they sort themselves by ideology. It’s a worrying trend.Americans are moving to places where they can find the politically like-minded. This is a problem for America. July 12, 2023
Clarence Page: Clarence Thomas’ American Dream — with a little help from his friendsJustice Clarence Thomas has been honored by a society of the wealthy as a self-made success. What does it take to be called a “self-made success” these days? July 12, 2023
Letters: Changes at the Cook County clerk’s office make no senseI can’t speak directly to patronage hiring, but my experiences with the clerk’s office in the past few years suggest terrible inefficiency. July 12, 2023