Other Views
Views from outside contributors on issues relevant to Sun-Times readers.
It is exactly because we politically disagree that we must find other parts of each other that we can hold onto, an Indiana University professor writes.
The Act was signed on July 2, 1964, by then-President Lyndon B. Johnson. Dirksen, a conservative from downstate Pekin, believed equality of opportunity for all was a moral issue.
“May we all continue to strive to be our true, authentic selves as we continue our life journeys,” one wrote.
Two ethics ordinances are pending in the Chicago City Council. One would limit campaign contributions from lobbyists; a second would create public financing for aldermanic campaigns. Both should be passed immediately.
The city has resources to reinvest in its emergency weather response. Let’s act now to help people stay alive during extreme heat and cold.
Donald Trump could become president again, prompting a retired law professor to ask whether Supreme Court justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan should bow out to ensure President Biden names their successors.
This stretch of Michigan Avenue is rebounding post-COVID and adapting to today’s consumers, who crave experiences more than products, writes the managing director of 360CHICAGO.
Some states have passed legislation to preserve these valuable resources, which protect wildlife and help stop flooding. Two environmental lawyers explain what the private sector can do to help.
Mays, who died at age 93 on June 18, saw decades of societal change, including the long-overdue decision by major league baseball to officially recognize Negro League players and stats.
Currently, students ride for 75 cents, and during the school year. Unrestricted free passes would help kids and CPS families, 70% of whom have very low incomes.
Both Jewish and Arab students have been subjected to hateful rhetoric during protests, a Northwestern professor writes. Yet too many are so aware of the hate directed at them that they remain deaf to the slurs hurled at others.
A federal appeals court panel suspended the Fearless Fund grant program for Black women business owners. The lawsuit claimed that it violates federal civil rights law. That’s a cynical weaponization of the law and ignores long-standing racial disparities.
Over-policing students, most of whom are Black, has turned our schools into punitive institutions that hurt the most vulnerable kids.
El programa de Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia (DACA, por sus siglas en inglés) fue lanzado hace 12 años por el entonces presidente Barack Obama. Su futuro es frágil e incierto.
Former journalist Madeleine Doubek’s father died when she was 3. In an old Army newsmagazine, she finally learned the story of her dad’s experience on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was launched 12 years ago by then-President Barack Obama. It has a fragile, uncertain future.
By presenting their “human self” as well as their “professional self,” doctors can model healthy behaviors for peers and trainees and be more relatable to patients and the public.
People in Illinois may have an estimated $1 billion in unclaimed savings bonds. Illinois needs the power to include information on these bonds in its I-Cash site, the state’s unclaimed property database.
Many people want to actively promote and celebrate peace and stop gun violence, but too often they don’t know how to get engaged. But there are National Gun Violence Awareness: Wear Orange activities taking place around the city.
According to the National World War II Museum, less than 1% of American World War II veterans are still alive today. In 10 years, fewer than 1,000 may remain.