From Our President Chicago Has One Chance To Get Its Gambling Mix Right. And Sportsbooks Are a Factor. The mayor should not just shrug off casino bidder Neil Bluhm’s warnings about the effects of stadium sportsbooks. If her administration gets this wrong, the economic and reputational damage could be substantial. Dec 7, 2021 9:57 AM
From Our President Greising: At Two-Year Mark, Invest South/West Shows Promise At the heart of the Invest South/West effort is a notion that the destructive powers of crime, disinvestment and other ills can be tackled with government and private resources. Nov 29, 2021 10:45 AM
From Our President Greising: Believe It or Not, Billionaires Make Illinois Politics Better Illinois is a case study in why plenty of good can come with the big bucks from billionaires. Nov 15, 2021 12:57 PM
From Our President This System Determines Who Holds Power—And Who Doesn’t We're talking about political mapmaking, of course. Partisan gerrymandering locks dominant parties into power, but it doesn't have to be this way. The push for fair maps must become a national movement. Nov 8, 2021 2:57 PM
From Our President Greising: The Data Doesn’t Lie: Traffic Stops Reveal Age-Old Biases in Chicago Policing It’s time to focus to a police tactic common in Chicago — traffic stops — that disproportionately affects people of color in poor neighborhoods. Oct 29, 2021 3:00 PM
From Our President Greising: Chicago Needn’t Reinvent the Wheel To Address Fire-Safety Issues — Just Pull From What Other Cities Have Done Mayor Lori Lightfoot should stand tall and address the city’s fire safety problem in a serious and comprehensive way. Oct 21, 2021 10:00 AM
From Our President Greising: Can Griffin and Pritzker Find Common Ground? All Illinoisans have a lot to gain if these two billionaires can achieve detente. And despite the recent rancor, there are a few glimmers of hope. Oct 8, 2021 9:47 AM
From Our President Greising: Will the Obama Presidential Center Do Right by the South Side? As long as the Obama Foundation refuses to seek a community benefits agreement for the Obama Presidential Center, it will mar the project’s reputation and raise questions about its motives. Oct 1, 2021 10:00 AM
From Our President Greising: The Chicago Park District Lifeguard Scandal. A Slow-Motion Disaster. A scandal at the Chicago Park District involving lifeguards and allegations of sexual harassment has unspooled like a slow-motion disaster. Sep 17, 2021 11:18 AM
From Our President Greising: While Mourning the Loss of Muckraker Bill Recktenwald, Here’s Some Good News for the Future of Newsrooms The death of government muckraker Bill Recktenwald is a loss. And we have plenty of reasons to mourn the state of newsrooms. But there is hope on the horizon for locally created news. Sep 3, 2021 10:00 AM
