People who support popular opinions have little to lose from having their support for those ideas known. It’s the people who are challenging the status quo – like the NAACP during the civil-rights movement – who have to be concerned about harassment and retaliation for their views.

Officials are hot on the tracks of another menace threatening the well-being of Illinoisans: sugary drinks.

by Kate Piercy 8,000 vacant desks, nearly 11 percent of the workstations in the city government’s 19 million square feet of office space. Nine separate agencies to handle vehicle maintenance, operating 125 separate maintenance garages, some across the street from each other. Each city agency with its own HR department, with an overall ratio of...