What harsh immigration policies mean for students, families, and schools
The Supreme Court affirmed in Plyler v. Doe (1982) that children have a right to public education regardless…
Chicago aldermen making the housing shortage worse
As Tribune journalist Lizzie Kane reported in June, Chicago is facing a housing crisis, and while many point…
What I discovered walking the length of Chicago
A few years ago, after returning from weeks of walking the hills, coastal paths and streets of the…
Is planting 50 homes on 4 acres the right way to solve Dallas’ housing shortage?
In recent weeks, some red-on-white “NO REZONE” signs have popped up along my route to work along Walnut…
Addison waited patiently. Other cities should, too
Metropolitan areas get only a few opportunities to engage in big regional ideas, for many reasons. They are…
Renewal of CA cap and trade program fraught with issues
Welcome to CalMatters, the only nonprofit newsroom devoted solely to covering statewide issues that affect all Californians. Sign…
Anjanette Young shows the city grace through compromise
In Illinois, as in our nation these days, compromise isn’t really a common thing. Given our infamous 793-day…
My son still doesn’t have a way to get to school in Chicago
It’s that time of year, when parents are buying backpacks, teachers are decorating classrooms and kids are heading…
Chicago lost a journalism pioneer
For 40 years he was the voice of the feisty Voice newspapers serving Chicago’s Far West Side neighborhoods…
Dallas’ LGBTQ-rights giant, George Harris, has died. We need his legacy more than ever
A great man passed away last week. Diminutive in size, yet a giant in our North Texas LGBTQ…