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 Monday, May 7 The politicians in power refuse to fix the state's looming pension crisis, preferring to pay for burdensome benefits through tax hikes. We have no one to blame but ourselves for letting the politicians run amok and stay in power for a lifetime (Michael Madigan, anyone?). |
| For the stage, Lin-Manuel Miranda condensed Alexander Hamilton's life into less than three hours. "Hamilton: The Exhibition," coming to Chicago's Northerly Island in November, will expand and expound. |
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| I live in federally subsidized senior housing in Chicago. HUD's proposal to triple rents and impose work requirements would be disastrous for people like me. |
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| Kate Zinsser, a developmental psychologist on the faculty at UIC with expertise in early childhood education, struggles with her wife to find high-quality child care for their young family. Why is it so difficult? |
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| The Chinese think we're idiots when it comes to the absurd panic over "cultural appropriation," writes Jonah Goldberg. |
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| The deadline for President Donald Trump to decide whether to recertify the Iran deal is Saturday, May 12. The U.S. cannot allow two rogue nations, North Korea and Iran, using the threat of nuclear weapons and missile technology to hold the world hostage and threaten international safety, writes former U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk. |
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| How the Interior Department is endangering migratory birds. |
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Check out the latest cartoons by Tribune editorial cartoonist Scott Stantis. |
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