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    Trending:

    • 🎇 Fireworks in Chicago
    • 🇺🇸 America 250
    • 🌭 Fourth of July specials
    • 🏛️ Illinois’ unique contributions
    • ✍️ Asking Eric
    • 📆 Today in History

    Opinion

    Featured

    A throwback trailer from "The Sandlot" plays at McHenry Outdoor Theater on May 8, 2020, in McHenry. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)

    Editorial: Major League Baseball showcases a retro drive-in theater near us

    It’s an honor for an Illinois venue to be among these select few sites to honor America’s 250th in this unique way.
    Preschoolers listen as Chicago Public Schools CEO Macquline King reads to them at Wadsworth STEM Elementary School in April. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

    Editorial: Illinois’ population is growing again. But we’re losing our children.

    A copy of the Declaration of Independence made in the summer of 1776 in the exhibit “Free and Independent” at the Newberry Library on June 24, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)

    Willie Wilson: 250 years later, we must recommit to the ideals in the Declaration of Independence

    Servers work at Brûlée on May 2, 2026, in Chicago. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

    Jon Banner: Chicago should have one base wage for all restaurant workers, not a two-tier system

    Muddy Waters and his band perform at the Plugged Nickel, 1321 N. Wells St., on Aug. 22, 1969. (Ron Pownall/Chicago Tribune)

    Bijan C. Bayne: Why we should celebrate Chicago’s many gifts to the country this July Fourth

    Latest Headlines

    • Participants hold American flags before the 67th annual El Sereno Independence Day Parade in the predominantly Latino community of El Sereno on June 27, 2026, in Los Angeles. This year's theme was "100 Years of Route 66," and the parade was canceled last year due to safety concerns amid widespread immigration raids across the city. People around the nation are gearing up for America's 250th anniversary, which will be marked on July 4, 2026, commemorating the signing of the Declaration of Independence. (Mario Tama/Getty)

      Letters: America has its flaws. But let’s celebrate what’s good in our country and world.

    • Children play soccer at an outdoor World Cup watch party at the Robert Crown Community Center in Evanston as U.S. and Turkey fight it out on a large screen June 25, 2026. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

      Sheldon H. Jacobson: World Cup in July is March Madness on the soccer field

    • DuSable Black History Museum in Chicago, Oct. 9, 2025. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

      Editorial: The DuSable, the other South Side museum celebrating civil rights, needs some help

    • Portraits of President Donald Trump and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins are displayed in the Department of Agriculture exhibit on the fourth day of the Great American State Fair on the National Mall on June 28, 2026, in Washington. (Al Drago/Getty)

      Steve Chapman: On its 250th birthday, the promise of America has darkened

    • An electronic monitoring device sits on a table inside a discharge facility at the Cook County Jail on April, 12 2018, in Chicago. Since then, oversight of the county’s electronic monitoring population has shifted to the Office of the Chief Judge. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)

      Letters: Pretrial electronic monitoring is harmful

    • U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley talks with supporters after announcing his candidacy for Chicago mayor at the Uptown Theatre on June 27, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)

      Laura Washington: Should Chicago mayoral candidates be allowed to run for two offices at the same time?

    Editorials

    Members of the League of United Latin American Citizens gather outside the Supreme Court after a decision on birthright citizenship in Washington, D.C., June 30, 2026. The Supreme Court struck down President Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship. (Allison Robbert/The New York Times)

    Editorial: On the birthright matter, the US Constitution is pretty clear

    There's little evidence that parents are using their American kids to help them jump the line themselves. The process is too complex for that.
    • Editorial: Chicago separated its mental health emergency response from public safety. Bad idea.

    • Editorial: The Supreme Court protected states’ rights. But Illinois is out of whack on mail-in voting.

    • Editorial: A tone-deaf move by CTA to monetize a venerable Wrigleyville perk

    • Editorial: Illinois and Chicago should move fast on Waymo approval

    Commentary

    People walk along Emerson Street in Evanston in 2023. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)

    Curtis Hill: Evanston’s reparations won’t make up for harms done by housing discrimination

    One core challenge for Evanston's reparations program is determining eligibility. Who, exactly, counts as sufficiently Black to cash in?
    • Daniel DePetris: The powers that be in Venezuela are exploiting a tragedy as its people suffer

    • Medical care experts: Extreme heat is a public health emergency for Chicago, not a seasonal nuisance

    • John T. Shaw: EU’s new ‘Iron Lady’ offers moral clarity in her unflinching support of Ukraine

    • Karen Freeman-Wilson and Jim Reynolds: Chicago’s fiscal future depends on more than dollars. It depends on trust.

    Letters to the Editor

    Mayor Brandon Johnson signs an executive order to establish an Office of Gun Violence Reduction while surrounded by activists, community leaders and elected officials at City Hall on June 25, 2026. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

    Letters: What I learned from Chicago men who illegally carry guns for their safety and their families’

    If we want to reduce instances of illegal firearm possession, we must understand why otherwise law-abiding people decide to carry.
    • Letters: Nuclear power is a cost-efficient source of carbon-free electricity in Illinois

    • Letters: We need guardrails on data centers in Illinois

    • Letters: As Lincoln Park Zoo’s penguin couple demonstrate, diversity in relationships isn’t unique to humans

    • Letters: Why has Mayor Brandon Johnson kept us in the dark about the parking meter deal?

    Columnists

    Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, center, walks after attending several bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's annual defense and security forum in Singapore on May 29, 2026. (Achmad Ibrahim/AP)

    Clarence Page: We all stand to lose in Pete Hegseth’s war on diversity

    The Pentagon's recent track record on promotions is in keeping with efforts by President Donald Trump's administration to push back on DEI policies.
    • Edward Keegan: ‘Flyway City’ explores how Chicago can create a safer urban center for birds

    • Heidi Stevens: Barack Obama cautioned against nostalgia. But is fondness for the past really all bad?

    • Elizabeth Shackelford: Civil servants should refuse to implement cruel policies, even if it costs them

    • Clarence Page: A president who is never too busy to celebrate himself — at our expense

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