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The bedrock principle of free speech is under siege at some of our nation’s leading law schools as U.S. News & World Report unveils its latest law school rankings. Leaders of the very places where constitutional law is taught, where reasoned debate over contentious issues is supposed to be encouraged,…

Former U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, who served Illinois’ 11th Congressional District and later the 16th from 2011 to early this year, is one of the Republican Party’s most significant truth tellers. Kinzinger is now a political commentator. In his blistering farewell address to Congress in December, Kinzinger said: “Where Republicans…

For President Joe Biden, preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon is a core national security objective. Biden administration officials across the government frequently state that the U.S. will do whatever is required to accomplish this goal and that all available options are on the table to ensure Tehran never…

Is there a generational disconnect when it comes to disciplining our children? I am from Generation X, whose members were born from 1965 to 1980. We were admonished by parents, neighbors, teachers and basically any adult who saw us doing something wrong. If we were heard using profanity, an adult…

CHICAGO — One crucial new element will be added Thursday in Chicago to public celebrations of 420, marijuana’s unofficial holiday: smoke.

Guilty as charged! “Beau Is Afraid,” three hours of bleak wonderment that feels, well, like three hours of bleak wonderment, Beau Wassermann awaits the start of his latest therapy session with a look that suggests a man awaiting his executioner. Played to the clammy hilt by Joaquin Phoenix, Beau speaks…

CHICAGO — Last year at the end of Ramadan, Faiza Siddiqui — like millions of Muslims each year — was waiting intently for the moon sighting announcement determining if the next day will be Eid al-Fitr, the holiday after the month of fasting.

CHICAGO — Former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas outspent Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson by a nearly 2-to-1 margin leading up to Vallas losing in April in the race to become Chicago’s next mayor.

“The Diplomat” on Netflix stars Keri Russell as a newly installed U.S. ambassador to the U.K. She may be great in a crisis zone, but she has no patience for dressing up or standing on ceremony. She’s a little like Sandra Bullock pre-makeover in “Miss Congeniality” — she’s not the…

Chicago’s downtown Greyhound bus station is at risk of closing, and that could have repercussions for low-income travelers and the city’s status as a transportation hub, according to a new report from DePaul University’s Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development.

CHICAGO — After beating eight other candidates to become Chicago’s next mayor, buoyed by more than $2 million in support from the Chicago Teachers Union, Brandon Johnson will take the helm of Chicago Public Schools with his inauguration May 15 — embarking on a four-year term that will see Illinois’…