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Letters: In response to Great Lakes report, microfibers should be banned
Species of this planet are ingesting plastic in one form or another.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/04/letters-050424-plastics-great-lakes/
Heidi Stevens: Rabble-rousing pastor John Pavlovitz is back with a message: Keep fighting
"We are not passive participants in this life," says Pavlovitz, whose new book is “Worth Fighting For: Finding Courage and Compassion When Cruelty is Trending.”
Editorial: Artificial intelligence not possible without wealth of human knowledge
Surely all the knowledge and information required to train AI apps — to develop the code, as it were — has value.
Bob Brody: Deafness didn’t stop my mother from learning the piano
The first time I heard about my mother taking dancing and music lessons, it struck me as strange because she was deaf.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/03/opinion-mother-deafness-piano-lessons-dance/
Gina Caneva: Why isn’t the SAT being translated into other languages?
Standardized tests operate as English-only when they could be easily translated into the many languages student bodies across the U.S. speak.
Elizabeth Shackelford: College protests and the right side of history
Student protesters' approach most closely echoes the protests against South Africa’s apartheid government.
Mike Viola: Bravo to Mayor Brandon Johnson’s embrace of free market economics for housing
Proposals in Mayor Brandon Johnson's new “Cut the Tape” report take the opposite philosophical stance to his failed real estate transfer tax hike.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/05/03/opinion-chicago-brandon-johnson-housing-policies/
Letters: Northwestern encampment was a peaceful sight
We saw students wearing keffiyehs and waving Palestinian flags who were commingling with protesters carrying Israeli flags and men wearing yarmulkes.
Editorial: Red-hot Rockford celebrates its upswing even as its rise flashes a national warning
Long-troubled Rockford has posted a 52% gain in home prices year-over-year.
Steve Chapman: Trump’s claim to presidential immunity prompts a Republican about-face
During Bill Clinton's administration, conservatives universally scorned the notion that he should get a break.