FOUND: 47 - What They Never Told You

Commentary: Entrepreneurial students should not fear Big Tech’s layoffs

Many of my students have a lifelong dream to work in Big Tech after graduation. Regardless of whether a student is a computer science or a marketing major, the allure of working for Google, Meta or Amazon — or any of the major tech companies — is deep-seated and fierce.

Chicago Tribune · Dec 14, 2022

Nighttime lights — which shine brighter in many US cities during holidays — may harm wildlife, experts say. How you can help

They light up the night on the darkest days of the year.

Chicago Tribune · Dec 14, 2022

Art Institute of Chicago union doubles in size; more than 600 nontenured faculty members will join

More than 600 adjunct professors and lecturers at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago will become part of the school’s union following a Tuesday vote, doubling the size of the city’s first major museum union.

Chicago Tribune · Dec 13, 2022

The best TV of 2022: From ‘Abbott Elementary’ to ‘The Bear’

Here we are, nearly at the year’s end and — as with recent years before it — 2022 was absolutely packed with TV options. This is why I tend to side-eye “best of” lists these days. More than 500 scripted shows came out over the past 12 months. Yes, we…

Chicago Tribune · Dec 13, 2022

Laura Washington: Trump is beginning to look like a cheap suit that’s not wearing well

These are ugly times for the former president.

Chicago Tribune · Dec 13, 2022

The Satanic Temple of Illinois won the right to put on a holiday display in state capitol. Members say it’s about religious freedom

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Minister Adam of the Satanic Temple of Illinois looked ready for the holidays.

Chicago Tribune · Dec 13, 2022

Editorial: Freeloading tech giants should pay for the local news they use

It’s no secret that local journalism is in deep trouble. More than two newspapers are disappearing each week, on average, and more than a fifth of Americans live in “news deserts” — communities that have lost, or are in the process of losing, their local news providers. As a result,…

Chicago Tribune · Dec 13, 2022

Commentary: Don’t renew the child tax credit. Reform it

As Christmas approaches, not everyone is celebrating. American families — hit hard by inflation, wage stagnation and layoffs — must confront another challenge: an expired child tax credit.

Chicago Tribune · Dec 13, 2022

Commentary: Congress must raise the debt ceiling now to avoid an economic calamity

America is facing an unprecedented fiscal and economic threat next year and Congress has until Jan. 3 to avoid it. Sometime in 2023, probably around June, the United States will hit the debt ceiling, which is the maximum amount the government can borrow.

Chicago Tribune · Dec 13, 2022

‘Never quit learning’: 90-year-old great-grandmother, who first started college in 1951, graduates from Northern Illinois University

DEKALB, Ill. -- Few people finish their college education in a retirement facility. But that’s what it took for 90-year-old Joyce Defauw to complete her bachelor’s degree in General Studies from Northern Illinois University, a milestone nearly seven decades in the making.

Chicago Tribune · Dec 13, 2022