A new book highlights Chicago’s pivotal role in both upholding and breaking baseball’s color barrier. Here’s what we learned. Read more
Despite Chicago's determination to protect immigrants from Trump’s deportation efforts, the city is limited in what it can do. Read more
A lab at the University of Chicago is protecting artists from theft by a new adversary: the machines. Read more
Carla Kupe, the Chicago’s chief equity officer, talked with us about the city's effort to push toward a reparations program. Read more
Speculation has already begun on who might replace a beleaguered Brandon Johnson. Let’s handicap the field. Read more
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Where to Find the Best Corned Beef for St. Pats
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Eileen O’Neill Burke was elected State’s Attorney by vowing to get tough on crime. But her approach to making Chicago safer is more nuanced than you might think. Read more
At a crossroads when Chicago profiled him nine years ago, Jerryon Stevens is now in jail, awaiting trial on a murder charge. At home, his mother reckons with her son’s path — and tries to hold her fractured family together.
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The Blackhawks’ teenage sensation is already drawing comparisons to hockey’s greats. Just how good can he get? He’s single-minded about finding out. Read more