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Finding a haven — and microaggression — in Bronzeville

I’d never lived in a Black community with as much electricity, wealth and prosperity, and with few of the social ills often found in Black spaces. I didn’t want to live anywhere else.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 10, 2022

Darren Bailey’s suburban disadvantage

Downstate has become much more reliable for Republicans. But the increase in Republican identification in the region has not been enough to make up for its falling vote share in the suburbs.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 9, 2022

Fighting the church with sticks, sawhorses and crumbled brick

A group of mostly middle-aged women trying to keep St. Adalbert Church’s Pieta from being removed erected a barricade outside the church Friday and vowed to protest 24 hours a day.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 9, 2022

Communication breakdown? Pritzker and Texas governor disagree who’s ignoring whom in immigrant busing dispute

Gov. J.B. Pritzker complained Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s busing of immigrants is politically motivated and “disgusting.” “Staffs have been in contact with one another, but they have been wholly uncooperative in Texas,” Pritzker said. “They are trying to sow chaos around the country, not just here in…

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 9, 2022

A cap on City Council pay hikes is on the money

Not all of Ald. Ray Lopez’s ordinance is practical. But putting a cap on future pay raises will save taxpayers from an unnecessary burden.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 9, 2022

‘Homelessness’ finally eliminated!

Chicago’s Night Ministry now prefers the term “unhoused.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 8, 2022

Blackstone Hotel housekeepers protest for lighter workloads

Latonia Marshall, who has worked at the hotel for 14 years, said the hotel has been busy and she has to clean up to 15 guest rooms a day.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 8, 2022

Third wave of immigrants arrives in Chicago from Texas

For the third time in a week, Texas officials sent individuals arriving at the southern U.S. border to Chicago. City officials are providing refuge for the newly arrived immigrants at a Humboldt Park shelter.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 7, 2022

Bears wrong to expect taxpayers to fund any part of Arlington Heights stadium plan

Given today’s economic climate and the generous windfall the team would reap if the venture is successful, taxpayers shouldn’t fund any portion of the Bears move. Shame on them for even asking.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 7, 2022

Police questioning three ‘persons of interest’ about South Chicago shooting that left two men dead, two injured

The shooting happened Sunday night in the 8600 block of South Kingston Avenue.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 7, 2022