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Editorial: Industry needs government to step up in battle against climate change

Psst, here’s a hot tip from the commodity markets. Now would be a good time to get into copper.

Chicago Tribune · Mar 31, 2023

Artist with disability remains resilient as she looks for opportunities to work after falling into homelessness

CHICAGO -- There was a time, in her younger years, when Monserrat Moran, lived for her dreams, just like any other kid. She wanted to be an artist, fall in love, have her own family and buy a home. But as she grew older, she was constantly reminded that she…

Chicago Tribune · Mar 31, 2023

A student created a media platform by and about people of color to fill a void in campus journalism

It was sickle cell anemia that brought Chicago-born, Detroit-raised Tiffani Jackson to Illinois State University in Bloomington-Normal in 2017. Having endured some attacks, called pain crises, while attending Grambling State University, she made the decision to move closer to home.

Chicago Tribune · Mar 31, 2023

Review: ‘Rye Lane’ on Hulu is a rom-com with spark, and actual romance

A swift, bright 77 minutes not counting end credits, the South London-set “Rye Lane” (streaming on Hulu Friday) has two fantastic faces at its center and a wealth of vibrant visual detail in every frame.

Chicago Tribune · Mar 30, 2023

Michael Phillips: The movies’ greatest action scenes, from the silent era to ‘John Wick 4′

With director Chad Stahelski’s massively successful opening week of “John Wick: Chapter 4” dominating a nervous film industry at the moment, the time is right to argue about the movies’ century-plus tradition of action cinema.

Chicago Tribune · Mar 30, 2023

Editorial: After the Nashville school shooting, America must do more than grieve. It must act

Again, America grieves. Monday morning, an assailant wielding two assault-style weapons and a pistol gunned down three students, all age 9, and three adults at a small private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee. It was the eighth mass killing at an American K-12 school since 2006, according to The Associated…

Chicago Tribune · Mar 30, 2023

In race for Chicago mayor, Paul Vallas’ and Brandon Johnson’s campaign donors are as different as the candidates

CHICAGO — Since Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson became the last candidates standing for Chicago mayor, the two have been on campaign fundraising overdrive, collecting nearly $17 million in less than a month.

Chicago Tribune · Mar 29, 2023

‘Tetris’ review: Hollywood loves a corporate origin story, even for falling blocks

A combination of art and math, Tetris is 8-bit poetry in motion — or so goes the sales pitch offered up in director Jon S. Baird’s biopic about efforts to license the Russian video game for distribution and … are you still awake?

Chicago Tribune · Mar 29, 2023

How the ghost and the words of Chicago writer Nelson Algren are being kept alive

CHICAGO — Nelson Algren will not go away. Although he moved from Chicago in 1975 and died in 1981, he has managed to remain a frequent visitor, in the form of his famous novels, of course, but also in other ways that have given him a strange form of immortality.

Chicago Tribune · Mar 29, 2023

Commentary: There are consequences to pursuing a war crimes case against Vladimir Putin

The International Criminal Court’s March 17 decision to issue war crimes charges against Russian President Vladimir Putin was shocking in more ways than one. This was the first time in 12 years a head of state has been charged by the international court; in 2011, Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi was indicted…

Chicago Tribune · Mar 29, 2023