Whether you think Donald Trump or Joe Biden deserves the credit for pushing Israel and Hamas into a ceasefire deal is largely a sideshow to the main event. As the Tribune...
When scientists constructed a puzzle-solving task and pitted teams of people against teams of ants, the insects sometimes proved to be the smarter species. Ants are smart...
Just before Christmas, a family arrived at the airport exhausted from a trip from Pakistan to Cincinnati, Ohio. They faced hundreds of unknowns and as many fears. What wo...
I write about artificial intelligence a lot, and lately I have begun to think of myself as writing for AI as well. If you are a writer — and if you’ve ever posted on soci...
I know more than a handful of West Side teenagers who can carjack Kia Optimas with a USB cable, but I also know nearly 100 Chicago students who can operate the excavators...
President-elect Donald Trump reportedly is considering declaring a national economic emergency to give him legal cover to impose tariffs. Wait, you say. There is no natio...
The GOP has a tough task ahead: dealing with a looming financial crunch in Washington. Key parts of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will expire, adding to the national deb...
The middlemen that comprise a growing share of America’s convoluted health care system find themselves in a bind. The public is angry about the inflated costs and opaque ...
A vitriolic debate has engulfed what’s typically an arcane corner of immigration policy: the H-1B visa for college-educated foreigners. Proponents say the visa is an esse...
One bill or two? That’s the question currently obsessing Washington as President-elect Donald Trump fails to decisively resolve a tactical disagreement between House and ...
