Column: After 32 years, it’s time for me to go — on my own terms
In 1989, I decided to leave the Los Angeles Times — my fifth reporting job in 12 years. My plan was to try the Chicago Tribune for a while and...
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Column: What we’re getting wrong about Juneteenth
This weekend, Americans will celebrate an unofficial holiday that many people had not heard of a year ago. In this era of purposeful racial awareness, Juneteenth is the new "it"...
Column: Sen. Joe Manchin and the ghosts of Dixiecrats past
Sen. Joe Manchin has a unique opportunity to go down in history as the man who saved our democracy. Obviously, he isn't interested in rescuing America from the grips of...
Column: Allowing poor children to go hungry would cost society more than Biden’s child tax credit expansion
For some, President Joe Biden's plan to deposit up to $300 per child into the bank accounts of millions of low-income American families each month might seem like another senseless...
Column: Naomi Osaka was brave to put her well-being ahead of her job. If only more Black women had that option.
Naomi Osaka is as much a Black Lives Matter activist as she is a tennis player. In these confrontational times, it is hard to be both. Osaka abruptly withdrew from...
Column: Let’s give Mayor Lightfoot’s violence reduction plan a chance to work this summer
In the first test of Mayor Lori Lightfoot's new summer safety plan, three people were shot to death and at least 34 others were wounded. It would be easy to...
Column: George Floyd’s 6-year-old daughter thought his murder would change the world. It didn’t.
Days after her father was murdered by police, George Floyd's 6-year-old daughter proclaimed that her "daddy changed the world." Oh, how we wish that were true. In the immediate aftermath...
Column: You can’t be a gang member and a good parent, no matter how much you love your kids
Now that the three men accused of killing 7-year-old Jaslyn Adams at a McDonald's drive-thru are in custody, let's ask the question many of have wondered about from the start....
Column: Mayor Lori Lightfoot is correct: Newsrooms need more diversity
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot shocked the nation on Wednesday when she announced that she would only grant one-on-one interviews regarding the second anniversary of her inauguration to journalists of color....
Column: We’ve entered the blind-faith, hope-for-the-best phase of COVID-19. Can we trust that person next to us in line is vaccinated?
Let me make sure I've got this right. The government is telling Americans who have been vaccinated that we no longer have to wear masks but those who haven't been...