Letters to the Editor
Submissions from Chicago Sun-Times readers weighing in on issues facing the city and its residents.
Even if they missed curfew by just seven minutes, as our parents used to tell us, “late is late.”
A tree audit by the Edgewater Glen Association sparked other neighborhood block clubs to do their own surveys to identify healthy trees that should be saved.
The people of St. Adalbert can save their spiritual home by doing some serious fund-raising and also by pursuing the goal of making the church a historic site.
Stopping healthy trees from being removed is only a small, common sense step. We need to plant new trees in every available public space and make sure these trees reach maturity to provide environmental and social benefits.
The Federal Reserve’s 2019 Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking found that LGBT veterans were over four times more likely than non-LGBT veterans to report finding it difficult to get by financially.
The recent analysis misses changes in policies, contracts and strategies that were made through collaborative — if sometimes contentious — discussions well before a public vote.
Really, is that the best use of our limited tax resources?
Misinformation like this, including a tweet from U.S. Rep. Mary Miller, is harmful and divisive.
While it is true that pipelines are nothing new, a proposed one is larger and more complex than any in existence.
Police departments spend enormous amounts of overtime and incur manpower and transportation issues when officers have to appear in person, a former suburban police chief writes.
The recent report by the state’s auditor general makes it clear that the Illinois Department of Employment Security was negligent and incompetent in performing its duties.
Most people can easily spot an inappropriate use of language for what it is and what it isn’t.
We deserve and demand fair, free, and open elections, not shameless power grabs and endless corruption.
CO2 pipelines are critical to achieving the Biden administration’s admirable climate reduction goals.
Biden has what it takes to be president, or we’d already be in sorry straits.
Chinatown is flourishing in Chicago. But there’s an impediment to progress among Asian Americans in Illinois: a lack of detailed state data on Asians of various ethnic groups.
The chief justice doesn’t have to look far to see the reasons for public dissatisfaction with the court.
A single incident could unzip a CO2 pipeline for miles, leaving mass asphyxiation and trapped emergency vehicles in its wake.
Public parks provide respite for city dwellers from the congestion and pollution of the city. Hospitals care for the ill and injured. Neither purpose is served by the intrusion of private mega-festivals.
Increasing funding is key if public transit is going to adapt, attract more riders, expand access, grow our economy, and combat climate change, the head of the Regional Transportation Authority writes.
This wasn’t on the ballot. Not many in Illinois had their voice heard in the matter.
Chicago would have a nearly unbeatable one-two punch, with a pedestrianized State Street two blocks from Millennium Park.
To help our first responders cope with the stress they experience daily, we must provide them with critical treatment and support for mental health.
None of the emergencies we faced as Dr. Arwady’s two immediate predecessors compares to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Public access is important, but what about the cost if the city makes sidewalk snow removal part of its duties?
Despite the rain, a suburban reader writes, a performance by Tony Bennett years ago “was absolutely worth it.”
It’s another example of the divisive, unprofessional and total lack of quality representation that is eroding our political environment.
More green infrastructure in Chicago would help prevent flooding and provide other benefits, but projects must include money to gather monitoring data.
It is unsettling that aspartame is commonly found in many of the sweetened foods and beverages we consume when trying to be more calorie conscious.
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