Other Views
Views from outside contributors on issues relevant to Sun-Times readers.
As a child, Nisaini Rexach was on the receiving end of others’ generosity. Now, she gives back and encourages others to do the same.
Starting Jan. 1, under a change to the Illinois Equal Pay Act, job seekers should get wage and benefits information upfront. It should help expose and prevent pay inequities.
“Being confined in the cell for so many hours of each day (23 out of 24) is going to test you beyond belief,” he writes.
Running errands downtown, amid a gloomy scene, the universe sent writer John Vukmirovich a message he calls “brief, yet startling in its clarity.”
It’s all about modernizing infrastructure as Illinois turns to cleaner energy. Interregional power superhighways are the way to go, a union leader says.
It won’t end gun violence by itself, but showing young people how to resolve differences peacefully could save more of them from the trauma of constant shootings.
Scheduling last-minute meetings just before the holidays and potentially firing Schools CEO Pedro Martinez is part of an abdication of board members’ responsibility, writes Jesse Ruiz, a former interim CEO and School Board vice-president.
Low pay and expensive co-payments for child care translate into dangerously low staff retention rates.
Rewards programs encourage people to keep swiping their credit cards, but consumers and businesses pay the price. Illinois has set out to curb some swipe fees.
Gerrymandering is not a Republican or Democrat problem, it is a problem for our democracy, writes U of I professor Sheldon H. Jacobson.
Older adults in the city are already struggling to make ends meet, the state director of AARP Illinois writes.
Modernize Streets and Sanitation, Cook County official and former Ald. George Cardenas says. And go after folks who aren’t paying their bills and fines.
Chicago Teachers Union’s contract proposals would reduce instructional time and undermine accountability for teacher’s performance, three parents write.
Radical healing has roots in African American traditions. “The belief in a better future for generations to come has been a constant motivator,” a University of Illinois professor writes.
Most of Chicago’s lead water service lines are in Black and Latino neighborhoods, where people rely heavily on bottled water and would be hardest hit by a higher bottled water tax.
My CHI My Future was launched with federal COVID-19 relief funds. Now its future is in doubt.
Legislation is needed to modernize Illinois’ energy grid and protect consumers from big rate increases and the risk of power outages.
In 2014, the Heisman Trust modified its mission statement to no longer require “the pursuit of excellence with integrity” after a string of controversies by contenders. Bring it back.
Unknown to many Americans is the fact that among the migrants arriving at our southern border are women who have fled rape, mutilation, kidnappings, threats and extortion by husbands, boyfriends or gang members.
When people “on the other side” are viewed as monsters, the potential for civic cooperation is undercut, writes a Penn State University professor.