Editorials
The Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board is the opinion voice of the hardest-working newspaper in America. The board includes Editorial Page Editor Lorraine Forte and members Thomas Frisbie, Marlèn Garcia, Mary Mitchell, Lee Bey and Rummana Hussain.
Proposed legislation would inject competition into the system of networks that process credit card transactions.
Technology should help media workers do their jobs, not impersonate them or actually carry out the tasks of real humans hired to dig for facts.
The murder of a man near the encampment is the latest example of surging crime in the area. The Johnson administration can’t engage in any quid pro quo with public safety at stake.
COVID-19 never left in more ways than one, and battling its spread never stopped being a goal. The holidays should be a reminder that if we want to keep celebrating together, we must remain vigilant.
If there’s anyone a purportedly serious and newly installed House speaker should avoid, it’s a disgraced, coup-plotter of an ex president.
The CTA has said very little about last week’s Yellow Line crash. Even so, the incident is set to become another example of the transit agency’s woes, highlighting its shortcomings and failure to implement the latest technology.
Lacking both enforcement and the weight of law, the new code is both useless and toothless.
The commission’s decision will put money back into the pockets of ratepayers.
With the city spending $40 million a month on the migrant emergency and no assurance of more state or federal aid, the long-term financial impact of Johnson’s budget is still very much up in the air.
Firefighters like Andrew Price, and three others who died this year, chose to enter a career that they knew might involve risking their lives for others. How many of the rest of us would do the same?
The harsh writing on the wall has driven another Chicago area institution to say goodbye. One member of the Sun-Times Editorial Board made a beeline to Victory with his old vehicle every time he was ready to buy a new set of wheels.
When migrants insist that Chicago is their preferred destination, at least give city officials or Catholic Charities in Chicago some notice.
Scientists are telling us the last 12 months have been the hottest since recordkeeping began in the 1800s, pushing us closer to the level of warming that could lead to irreversible ecological damage.
The 2012 ordinance is about keeping local law enforcement from becoming federal immigration agents. Repealing it won’t put a penny in city coffers or stop the flow of buses bearing migrants from the southern border.
The U.S. General Services Administration and the federal judges pushing for demolition would do well to hear and abide by what could be a flood of testimony next week in favor of saving the buildings.
Neither the Far South Side boy who was wounded when shots were fired into his home, nor Daejah Blizzard, 11, would have been victims had it not been for the actions of angry adults who can’t control their emotions.
Neighborhood disinvestment and violence usually go hand in hand. That’s the case in West Garfield Park, a neighborhood with the city’s worst violence, as the Sun-Times’ Andy Grimm reported.
The university, with its influence and $14 billion endowment, can do more to make its stadium expansion bid a winner for itself — and the public.
With Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa departing as zoning chairman and floor leader, Mayor Brandon Johnson has to select a replacement who can help the City Council function effectively and solve the city’s many challenges.
Mufflers modified to create a din have no place in a city.
Too many physicians, clinical psychologists and qualified examiners don’t know about the Illinois law that requires them to notify authorities when someone is a “clear and present danger,” a former lawmaker says.
Lawmakers must do whatever they can to keep after-school programs afloat. Thousands of young people could lose access to programs because of a costly overspending error by the Illinois State Board of Education.
This year’s annual United Nations climate summit, which starts Thursday, should bring our climate emergency back to the forefront. Americans should demand our leaders make saving the planet a priority.
The city’s tactics seem like another page out of this administration’s handbook: stonewalling the public and elected officials while saying as little as possible.
State and federal lawmakers should craft legislation that would require used car sellers to make safety recall repairs before striking a deal with customers.
A new report by the March of Dimes underscores the need for elected officials, government and the healthcare system to do more to save lives, especially Black women and babies.
At the risk of breaking up all the gridiron fun this Thanksgiving weekend, we want to remind parents of the dangers head injuries pose — even to the youngest tackle football players.
Let Gov. J.B Pritzker’s veto of a provision for millions in tax breaks stand. It doesn’t help that a key backer of legislation for nursing home tax breaks got $2 million in campaign cash from the industry.
Chicago’s fifth biennial gives residents and tourists a view of the city through the complimentary lens of art and design.
Leaders should stop playing coy about key resignations at the Illinois Emergency Management Agency. Just last week, the director’s executive assistant quit when the Sun-Times pressed her about billings that reached $48K a month.
LaSalle Street would be perfect for the new federal effort, announced last week, that encourages cities and states to turn empty office buildings — particularly ones near transit — into housing.
A modest stipend and reimbursement for expenses seems fair, but serving on Chicago’s soon-to-be-elected board shouldn’t be about a paycheck.
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