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    Opinion

    Featured

    President Donald Trump listens during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on May 1, 2025. (Evan Vucci/AP)

    Editorial: With Trumpian cruelty, National Endowment for the Arts claws back grants

    Trump should direct National Endowment for the Arts to honor previously promised commitments.
    Gov. JB Pritzker greets lawmakers before delivering his annual budget address Feb. 19, 2025, at the Illinois Capitol building in Springfield. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

    Editorial: Illinois is Uncle Sam’s piggy bank again. But Gov. JB Pritzker must follow the law.

    Chappell Roan speaks during the 67th Grammy Awards at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Feb. 2, 2025. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

    Peter DiCola and Jenny Toomey: What Chappell Roan’s Grammy speech could mean for musicians

    University of Illinois Chicago law professor Jason Kilborn at his home in Forest Park on Feb. 14, 2022. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)

    Gerry Regep: Court’s revival of UIC law professor’s claim is good news for constitutional rights

    An Illinois Department of Children and Family Services office building at 6201 S. Emerald Drive in Chicago on Jan. 17, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)

    Letters: Insulating private foster care agencies in Illinois from liability is not the way

    Latest Headlines

    • U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth speaks to reporters on Feb. 11, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Duckworth issued a statement in March calling Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth a “f---ing liar.” (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

      Letters: The Tribune Editorial Board should focus on policy instead of decrying swearing

    • Chicago police officers keep watch aboard a CTA Green Line train from Austin to downtown on March 31, 2025. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

      Clarence Page: Let’s take advantage of the crime downturn to learn what’s gone right

    • Lee Kohler holds an upside-down American flag as thousands gather at Daley Plaza for the People's Protest: Joy as Resistance, resisting Donald Trump’s presidency, in downtown Chicago on April 19, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)

      Sophia Shaw: Nonprofits may fill in the gap left by federal abandonment. But that isn’t desirable.

    • Children play in the bubble playground during the Bubble Works event put on by the Wonder Works Children’s Museum in Oak Park on July 14, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)

      Editorial: Should we worry about American women having fewer kids?

    • Charlotte Chung, 11, marches through the West Loop during the May Day rally and march, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)

      The Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz for May 3

    • People pass through a security checkpoint to enter Millennium Park in Chicago on May 26, 2023. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)

      Edward Keegan: Millennium Park has failed to live up to its promise

    Editorials

    Chicago skyline seen on Feb. 13, 2024. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)

    Editorial: Security deposits for renters are fairer than exploding move-in fees

    Security deposit regulations overreached. So now Chicago is stuck with worse "move-in fees."
    • Editorial: A big Canadian developer just says no to Chicago political extortion

    • Editorial: Indiana legislature launches stealth attack against Indiana University

    • Editorial: Believe it or not, Springfield is mulling a jobs tax

    • Editorial: New state loan program for college students misses the real crisis

    Commentary

    President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on March 13, 2025. Later that day, Trump and President Vladimir Putin of Russia spoke as Washington pushes for a ceasefire in Ukraine and Trump said the topics would include power plants and “dividing up” Ukrainian assets. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

    Elizabeth Shackelford: Make it make sense. What is motivating Donald Trump’s foreign policy?

    Russia isn’t just getting its way on Ukraine. The Trump administration has taken other actions on Vladimir Putin’s wish list.
    • Rebecca Zorach: Donald Trump’s proposed Garden of Heroes misunderstands the role of art

    • Jonathan Zimmerman: Shaming Bill Maher and Saquon Barkley will backfire on the Democrats

    • Susan Koch: The magical sight of a cottonwood snowing in spring

    • Jim McMahon: ‘Mongo’ never quit. And neither will I, in advocating for pain relief.

    Letters to the Editor

    Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates announces on April 14, 2025, at CTU headquarters that CTU members overwhelmingly voted to approve a contract with Chicago Public Schools. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

    Letters: Families are growing disillusioned with Chicago Public Schools

    With CPS facing mounting challenges and new federal threats to public education, we can’t afford more of the same.
    • Letters: Scolding Democrats over f-bombs ignores how moderation has failed

    • Letters: What slashing Medicaid would do to health care in Cook County

    • Letters: Democrats are upset over Pete Hegseth’s security lapses. Did they forget Afghanistan?

    • Letters: Kudos to US Sen. Dick Durbin for realizing it’s time to retire

    Columnists

    Chicago Academy for the Arts head of school Jason Patera, left, and Randy Duncan, chair of the school's dance department, speak at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in 2020. (Courtesy of Jason Patera)

    Heidi Stevens: Principal’s departure will tie a knot on the loving thread woven throughout Chicago school community

    Jason Patera is moving to South Carolina to be with his family, leaving a legacy of love and kindness at the Chicago Academy for the Arts.
    • David Greising: The flaws in Chicago’s throw-everything-at-it approach to crime

    • Daniel DePetris: US should finally depart from Syria

    • Clarence Page: Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown enters the Twilight Zone

    • Heidi Stevens: Memories of a dad who wasn’t mine, but shaped my world, as his family grieves his death

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