Sun-Times Opinion

To address the breadth and depth of the need to remediate outdated schools at a time of worsening weather extremes, Chicago needs an estimated $30 billion, two educators write. trib.al/JovCOip

Live theater in Chicago is in trouble. But the show must go on — and all of us have a role to play in making sure it does. trib.al/Uos5JUF

I’ve always lived in Chicago and have felt comfortable going just about anywhere, but now that criminals are emboldened, I’m afraid to go out, a reader from Irving Park writes. trib.al/qohPuyX

It’s not illegal for hate groups to spread their message via leaflets or protests, and that’s happening far more often these days, an Anti-Defamation League report found. It’s important to stop their rhetoric before it leads to harm. trib.al/2vmW3nl

Here are Wednesday's editorials: "Seen any good theater lately? Now is the time" trib.al/IsA5rdW "We must fight back against the propaganda that fuels hate crimes" trib.al/2vmW3nl

From @CSTOpinion: "How come the same parents who shrug off the very real prospect of their kids being murdered at school line up at board meetings to scream about 'Gender Queer'?" @NeilSteinberg writes. "It’s a puzzlement." trib.al/K8VPzXO

An ordinance to be introduced this month would set Chicago on a managed transition away from the use of expensive, unhealthy natural gas, City Council members William Hall and Timmy Knudsen write. trib.al/BjAVBfU

The correct action here would be a “yes” vote from the Commission on Chicago Landmarks, an important prelude to the factory’s redevelopment. trib.al/3OEy7tl

Traffic stops of Black drivers don’t prove police are guilty of racial profiling trib.al/tXQSgup

Striking UAW members see the fear-mongering of the auto industry. Americans are being told we have a Hobson’s choice on electric vehicles: We can have them, but only at a cost to our neighbors who build them. trib.al/eZ3wT4X

African Americans are the only racial or ethnic group in Cook County whose suicide rates are now higher than they were at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. trib.al/u6hRdfG

The city should maintain its policy of non-cooperation with federal immigration authorities, Ald. Anthony Beale writes, but needs federal help to afford the rising cost of resettling asylum seekers. trib.al/UV8rjSI

Let’s create a curriculum on Fred Hampton’s life. In contrast to the myth of the “gun-toting” Black Panthers, they laid the groundwork for many of the social service programs we know today, such as school breakfasts, day care and sickle cell testing. trib.al/WS1QGR0

Tent pitched across from Chicago’s Ritz-Carlton causes a stir trib.al/IN7zGkw

Women make up 70% of the wait staff in Chicago, and of 746 occupations analyzed recently, wait staff had the lowest median annual earnings, just $21,000. trib.al/uwOYkhb

Here are Tuesday's editorials: "Sweet move: Chicago seeks to landmark West Side’s historic Mars candy factory" trib.al/3OEy7tl "Rising Black suicide rate demands attention" trib.al/u6hRdfG

Somebody — probably Congress or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission — has to figure out how to get these projects up and running. trib.al/Pr2Eizz

Goals should be accompanied by concrete ideas — not vague intended actions. trib.al/Dyfp4Sz

Republicans urge the ignorant to ‘just say no’ to science trib.al/odtsPDD

If some critical mass of Republicans had demonstrated the requisite political courage in 2016, it would never have come to this — that in the U.S., political and other figures must think about their physical safety before deciding how to speak or vote. trib.al/VqaUPw8