Chicago Tribune Opinion Tuesday, January 21, 2025 | | |
| | Mayor Johnson’s plan to float $830 million in new bonds is questionable following Chicago’s first credit downgrade in a decade. | | | The fate of 311 W. Wacker is a moment to be marked. The threat of knocked-down skyscrapers is a blow to our beloved downtown. | | | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas agreed to stop the war for six weeks. They still haven’t agreed to stop the war permanently. | | | If I am Donald Trump, how am I going to rebuild the military if I have less steel and steeper costs for steel imports than my predecessor? | | | Democrats must accept that if Donald Trump won decisively, there may be some lessons we can learn. | | | The Chicago school board election and its divisiveness are over. It is time to govern. | | | Few Democrats will ever forget the night of June 27, 2024, when all of the careful mitigation, obfuscation and mendacity long practiced by loyal aides and close family members met the cruel reality… | | | As we are about to mark the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday, the same day as Donald Trump’s second presidential inauguration, I am reminded of a famous quote from another King: ”Can w… | | | Despite an incredibly robust freedom movement and high level of segregation, there are few markers of the civil rights movement in Chicago. | | | We read about how public transportation is short of revenue again and that fare increases are looming. Will increasing the fare bring in the needed money? | | | |