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Two Illinois National Guard members vow to defy Trump’s orders: ‘Not what we signed up to do’

An appeals court earlier this month upheld an order pausing the threatened Guard operation in Illinois

The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2025

Chicago Sun-Times confirms AI was used to create reading list of books that don’t exist

Outlet calls story, created by freelancer working with one of the newpaper’s content partners, a ‘learning moment’

The Guardian - US · May 20, 2025

NBA trade deadline 2024: The 10 most interesting players available and what it’ll cost to get them

Dejounte Murray, Zach LaVine and DeMar DeRozan are some names to watch.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jan 26, 2024

Senate President Don Harmon gives back red-light camera company’s campaign cash after Sun-Times report

His spokesman says it was an “oversight” that Harmon’s campaign funds took the money after the Oak Park Democrat voted to ban contributions from red-light camera operators.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 27, 2023

Polling Place: If you could watch only the Bulls or the Blackhawks, which team would you pick?

Also, here’s how you voted on the Bulls’ over/under for wins this season.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 21, 2023

For Black journalists, Sun-Times’ 75th anniversary is a time to look back at those who came before us

The paper’s first Black journalists were trailblazers who reported on the plight of Black America while pushing to diversify the Sun-Times’ ranks, Mary Mitchell writes.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 3, 2023

75 years covering race in Chicago: A newspaper for a diverse city

As the Sun-Times looks back during its 75th year of continual daily publication, race is a key lens through which to understand the newspaper’s history.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 30, 2023

Rupert Murdoch’s brief cloud over Chicago newspaper world led to one ray of sunshine — Sneedless to say

It’s still a calumny Murdoch continues to poison the nation’s inkwell with fake Fox news; but I am ever so grateful for the day he was forced out the door of the Sun-Times, thus enabling this journalist to witness the golden age of Chicago’s two great American newspapers.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 23, 2023

Polling Place: Who wins, Bears or Packers? And what about the NFC North?

We also asked you to go over or under the Bears’ projected season win total of 7½.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 9, 2023

Labor Day a time to kick back, relax — and remember the heroes of the past and the tumultous road behind

History has not forgotten Chicago’s Haymarket Square Riot, a peaceful labor protest that morphed into mayhem and death. However, history’s fading ink can lose heroes along the way, specifically Illinois Gov. John P. Altgeld and the famous Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 1, 2023