Editorials

The Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board is the opinion voice of the hardest-working newspaper in America. It is headed by editorial page editor Lorraine Forte and includes Thomas Frisbie, Mary Mitchell, Lee Bey, Rummana Hussain and Ismael Pérez as members.

Advocate Health is relaxing its pandemic rules on mask-wearing and patient visitation, but many hospitals are keeping their mask mandates.
Around the world, much of the action is at the metropolitan level. Chicago should be a leader.
To start, the city’s next police superintendent must be committed to reform. A half-hearted effort will never build trust between cops and the community, and that’s bad news when it comes to curbing crime.
Family detention was meant to deter desperate migrant families from crossing the border, but through various administrations, the policy has proved to bring more long-lasting problems than temporary solutions.
The city, county and state are spending millions to defend these cases.
Sometimes all anyone needs to succeed is a chance. For the Pilsen Food Pantry, the chance is definitely there.
It shouldn’t take the city’s inspector general’s goading for the Chicago Police Department to acknowledge the glaring red flags that were unfurled as soon as a picture of Officer Kyle Mingari wearing a Three Percenters face mask emerged .
The next mayor should continue to fully support the CARE team initiative launched by the Lightfoot administration. Research suggests it could pay off big, for people in crisis and for police.
It’s important the U.S. Supreme Court puts aside its politics and gets a ruling right on a case challenging the CFPB.
Lawmakers and others should not seek to undo laws meant to protect people from gun violence.
The officer was able to return fire in spite of his wounds, striking the suspect in the head as children playing at a nearby school ran for cover. The suspect, now charged with first-degree murder and several other offenses, had a brush with the law before.
Like other Chicagoans, we have ideas about what the next mayor should do. Here’s some of what’s on our to-do list.
It’s important to have a goal. But a way to realistically get us there faster is to have a plan where everyone is on the same page.
We certainly can’t force any of our fellow Chicagoans to fill out an electronic or paper ballot. But we can repeat ourselves and once again emphasize the importance of voting for our city’s future.
From City Hall to wards to police district councils, there’s precious little margin for error as we Chicagoans pick our city’s next top leaders.
If Carlson promotes a conspiratorial tale, the truth might never catch up in many people’s minds.
The Sun-Times can no longer make political endorsements, but we’re still committed to providing information for voters.
The lessons learned there — both good and bad — can be applied to other efforts to remake downtown business strips.
The Illinois Legislature needs to get some rules in place to protect people from unnecessary surveillance.
The city has to do a far better job of bringing its mental health programs, housing initiatives and other resources to bear.
Most Americans still support Ukraine in its war against Russian aggression, though support has declined because of the massive price tag of U.S. aid.
Chicago is more than capable of hosting 2024’s Democratic National Convention. The city is one of the frontrunners for the high profile event.
It shouldn’t require a federal lawsuit to get the U.S Army Corps of Engineers to find an environmentally suitable alternative.
We hope the Supreme Court takes up the case of Army vet James Rudisill — and ultimately rules in his favor. The case stands to help other veterans who face the same roadblocks to accessing benefits they earned under two different GI Bills.
Chicago Firefighter Walter Stewart’s decision to save the lives of strangers with the help of his departed wife and young children is an extension of his heroism and love as well as a reminder of the importance of organ donation.
No doubt adequately ensuring everyone is recycling is a monumental undertaking in a city as big as Chicago. But if the task at hand isn’t addressed as swiftly as possible, our landfills will be overflowing.
Individual users may have no idea that companies they never heard of know their heartbeats, the number of steps they take and other health data. A proposal in the Illinois Legislature would ensure companies can’t get such information without a person’s consent.
There was no woke mob conspiring against Watts, the former police sergeant responsible for one of the city’s worst cases of police corruption.
It’s good for kids, and the state, that Gov. J.B. Pritzker focused on education in his budget and State of the State speech.
Three teams have been shortlisted in an effort to bring much-needed new housing and retail to the area near the CTA’s Green Line stop at Lake Street and Kedzie Avenue.
Hundreds of millions are at stake for Illinois drivers, who saw auto insurance premiums increase by more than $1.1 billion in 2022.