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Only 132 of Chicago’s 507 murders were solved last year. Why is the Chicago Police Department struggling to bring so many killers to justice?
by Noah Isackson
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Nearly two years after Rahm barreled into office, aldermen are still rubber-stamping everything he wants. Here’s why the trend is so troubling for Chicago’s citizens.
by Steve Rhodes
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Three local families confront the looming social crisis.
by Cassie Walker Burke
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Fifteen years ago, Lands’ End founder Gary Comer embarked on a wildly ambitious project to improve the struggling South Side neighborhood where he grew up. Lessons from Pocket Town.
by Elly Fishman
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Four-star dining! Luxury cars! European getaways! An exclusive investigation reveals how Illinois politicians are living large on their campaigns' dime.
by David Bernstein and the Better Government Association
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A string of assaults and sexual crimes committed by pastors across the country have one thing in common: The perpetrators have ties to the megachurch in Hammond, Indiana.
by Bryan Smith
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Neither Bloomberg nor Emanuel compare to Mayor Carter Harrison: He planned the city's first bike lanes, fathered the Magnificent Mile, and ran the greatest Critical Mass Chicago has ever seen.
by Whet Moser
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The Center Holds reveals tensions in Obama's White House between Axelrod, Emanuel, and others from Chicago.
by Carol Felsenthal
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Why is this taking so long? And should it even be an appointed position, anyway?
by Carol Felsenthal
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Trumbull Elementary was closed by a unanimous vote of the school board today, despite parents' claims that the school is not underutilized—if special-education students are considered.
by Owen Hurd
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