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    Opinion

    Featured

    People walk along North Michigan Avenue as tulips bloom April 12, 2026, in downtown Chicago. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

    Editorial: Chicago considers charging suburbanites more to park. How neighborly.

    Chicago shouldn't take suburban business for granted.
    Mayor Brandon Johnson presides over the City Council meeting at City Hall on Sept. 29, 2026. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

    Editorial: Mayor Brandon Johnson should join with aldermen in their insistence on fiscal restraint

    A gas-lit flame burns on a natural gas stove March 26, 2024. (Richard Vogel/AP)

    Carol J. Williams and Patrick Shaw: We tested indoor air in Chicago homes. Illinois should pay attention.

    "Cats: The Jellicle Ball" at Broadhurst Theatre in New York City on May 12, 2026. The Broadway production closed early due to economic factors. (Bennett Raglin/Getty)

    Roche Schulfer: What is the future of not-for-profit American theater?

    Social media influencer Bernadine Bluntly transcribes content for her channel at Cafe Dolce in St. Louis on Aug. 21, 2026. Bluntly has been chronicling her divorce, from the tradwife brand and her husband. (Michael B. Thomas/The New York Times)

    Christina Wyman: The views of tradwife influencers are evolving. It’s a complicated victory.

    Latest Headlines

    • Fans stand during the national anthem before the Bears play the Eagles at Soldier Field on Sept. 28, 2026, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)

      Letters: We can’t let the Bears leave Chicago

    • “I Voted” cards at the 34th Ward early voting site, March 4, 2024, at the University of Illinois at Chicago. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

      Tribune Editorial Board endorsements for the 2026 Illinois general election

    • A father helps his daughter move into a dorm at the University of Illinois Chicago on Aug. 20, 2026. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

      David Blobaum: Test-optional colleges are seeing the consequences of ill-prepared students

    • A dead Canada warbler is picked up from the sidewalk by Annette Prince, director of Chicago Bird Collision Monitors, along the 100 block of North Wacker Drive in downtown Chicago on May 18, 2026. Volunteers go out weekly to monitor and document bird deaths and injuries from collisions with buildings. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

      Letters: The City Council can make the city less deadly for migratory birds

    • Conductor Klaus Mäkelä leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Ravinia in Highland Park on Aug. 6, 2026. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

      David Woodard: The CSO has never had an American-born music director. Finland shows how to grow one.

    • The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Sept. 22, 2026. With less than 40 days until the midterm elections, Republicans in Congress are distancing themselves from President Donald Trump and scrambling to show they are working to address the high cost of living, concerned that their failure to do either so far may cost them their majorities in November. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)

      Editorial: Where have all the good Republican candidates gone?

    Editorials

    Patrick Watson is running to represent District 10B on the Chicago Board of Education. (Patrick Watson)

    Editorial: Patrick Watson for Chicago School Board in District 10B

    Patrick Watson told us point blank that CTU has too much influence over CPS and he says school consolidation can be beneficial.
    • Editorial: Therese Boyle for Chicago School Board in District 9B

    • Editorial: Yesenia Lopez for Chicago School Board in District 7B

    • Editorial: Jesus Ayala Jr. for Chicago School Board in District 7A

    • Editorial: Michael Neal for Chicago School Board in District 6B

    Commentary

    Construction continues at Prime Data Center at 1500 E. Higgins Road on July 22, 2026, in Elk Grove Village. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)

    Mayor Craig B. Johnson: When judging data center incentives, don’t ignore the revenue

    As mayor of a community that has hosted data centers for more than 25 years, I have seen data center investments produce substantial revenue.
    • Daniel Preston: We can fix youth sports in America. Here’s how.

    • Daniel DePetris: Venezuela has bent to US will. Is that good for Venezuelans?

    • Liam Stanton: Political messaging has changed. Here are 5 things voters should know.

    • Dr. Garth Walker: Here’s how we save the lives of Chicagoans with high blood pressure

    Letters to the Editor

    Women and children head into a building that houses an immigration court at 55 E. Monroe St. in Chicago on July 23, 2026. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

    Letters: The immigration courts are in chaos, decimating due process

    Immigration courts are under the executive branch, subject to the political priorities that shift every four to eight years.
    • Letters: Release the licenses for video gaming terminals. Chicago’s small businesses need them.

    • Letters: If we don’t want tent encampments in Chicago parks, we need funding to address homelessness

    • Letters: Keeping up to date on childhood vaccinations protects kids and others

    • Letters: An environmental review of Amtrak’s rail yard plan for Bridgeport is a must

    Columnists

    Nikole Hannah-Jones delivers the keynote speech during the Spelman College commencement ceremony May 21, 2023, in College Park, Georgia. (Paras Griffin/Getty)

    Clarence Page: Nikole Hannah-Jones demonstrates why parents sometimes need to go to school, too

    Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones enrolled her daughter in a struggling school as part of an ideological stance on education. She now has regrets.
    • John T. Shaw: US Rep. Nikki Budzinski believes centrist workhorses can prevail over far-left show horses

    • Heidi Stevens: The president doesn’t want your pesky questions. But the founders had a different idea.

    • David Greising: We need statewide solutions to the poor oversight at Illinois’ county jails

    • Laura Washington: Taking back Congress should be a slam dunk for Democrats

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