Other Views
Views from outside contributors on issues relevant to Sun-Times readers.
A retired suburban police chief says restrictions on officers’ ability to protect themselves and the public, and rhetoric that vilifies police, contribute to attacks on officers like Chicago Officer Martinez.
Infrastructure work is taking longer to complete, the Teamsters Local 916 president writes. Last year, the federal government said the State Safety Oversight Program fell short on staffing.
A Chicago manufacturing executive explains that the industry offers a high-paying, challenging career path, especially now as the transition to clean energy ramps up.
Principals have important insight on how schools should operate, and need authority to make decisions about curriculum, staffing and other matters.
A Chicagoan who hit the campaign trail for Harris outlines how she, and others, can fight against President-elect Donald Trump’s policies.
The author of “The Road to Peace” writes about the true spirit of Armistice Day, now known as Veterans Day —saving lives by ending war and its consequences, including hunger.
Take it from someone who has worked in transit agencies in Chicago and New York City: A merger would fix the dysfunctional relationship between RTA, CTA, Metra and Pace.
The Chicago School Board election is our chance to affirm that education is, and must remain a public good.
These units cost less to build and can provide families with an extra income stream. But a pilot program allowing ADUs favors the North and Northwest sides.
Mayor Johnson’s budget still relies on one-time fixes. Springfield can help by adjusting the city’s pension debt repayment and allowing the city to share more state revenue, a budget expert writes.
Illinois must constantly defend the policies we have put in place to preserve reproductive freedom, Illinois’ attorney general writes.
A state judiciary that has the ability to make tough decisions that uphold civil rights requires an independence that may be incompatible with being elected, a Legal Defense Fund attorney writes.
Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign may well benefit from changing stereotypes about women politicians, three college professors write.
The founders didn’t all favor the Electoral College, and other democracies have gotten rid of theirs. The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is a proposal to scrap the U.S. electoral system.
They stayed married for 51 years, and local author David McGrath pieced together the details after his parents, part of the Greatest Generation, died.
Chicago and the state should be wary of subsidizing new White Sox or Bears stadiums for wealthy owners, a tax policy analyst writes.
What do you value in our city’s built environment? Residents have options to provide their input on what’s best for the city’s development, the head of the Chicago Architecture Center writes.
As people cut their cable subscriptions, Chicago’s independent community access channel takes a funding hit and looks for a new revenue model.
Just last week, a Southwest Side woman who had an order of protection against an ex-boyfriend was allegedly gunned down by him while she sat in her car.
Harlem Globetrotters founder Abe Saperstein pioneered basketball’s 3-point shot and much, much more, the authors of a new book on Saperstein write.