The Chicago Thinker Official

The Chicago Thinker is the only independent, student-run, conservative and libertarian newspaper at the University of Chicago. 

Confronted by the sheer force of left-wing orthodoxy and intolerance on the University of Chicago’s campus, we founded the Thinker during the 2020 COVID pandemic to change the conversation. 

We will not live by lies, nor will we succumb to the speech codes of the cancelers. For this reason, we use our voices—and our real names—to promote conservative and libertarian principles in an environment often intolerant of such perspectives. 

We don’t do this because it’s easy (it’s not). We fight for what we believe because only then can we look ourselves in the mirror with pride. And we hope that our efforts make discourse in our community just a little bit freer.