The Doomsday Squad
A team of computer modelers at Argonne National Laboratory is preparing for the urban calamities most Chicagoans would rather not think about.
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Instead of Walling Off Englewood, Why Not Copy Bogotá?
Unlike Brazil’s military occupation of Rio’s slums, the Colombian capital took a different approach—and cut its homicide rate by more than 75 percent.
Did Sammy Sosa "Put Chicago On the Map"?
To answer that question, we (reluctantly) look back at some of the bleaker years in Cubs history.
Robert Falls
The Goodman Theatre artistic director on five-hour plays and cleaning toilets
Here Are This Week’s 10 Must-Read Stories
All’s quiet in Little Village, inside the Bamboo Lounge, and a look at Chicago’s urban animal rules.
Majority of Domestic ISIS Terrorists Are U.S. Citizens by Birth
U. of C. professor’s database reveals majority of ISIS “offenses” in the U.S. are committed by American citizens, many who were radicalized by watching Westernized videos.
Reasons I Love Chicago (That Didn't Make the List)
“Mr. Dickens, you’re entering the boss city of the universe.”
10 Stories You Should Read This Week
Why we love Chicago, who’s behind Illinois’s fiscal fiasco, and what Chance the Rapper gets from giving out free music.
We’ve Got a Magician Playing Second Base
Javier Baez during the 2016 World Series Photo: Nuccio DiNuzzo/Chicago Tribune To understand the magic of Javy Baez—the disbelief-suspending stabs and skids; the gravity-mocking freeze-frame moments in which, levitated, he still throws with force, just as he does from his knees, his backside, his stomach; the tags, quick as a close-up card trick, snapped down … Read more
Mold-A-Ramas
Photo: Jason Little Made of equal parts melted plastic and childhood memories, genuine Mold-A-Rama figurines—the locally conceived tchotchkes molded, on the spot, to simple perfection in machines reminiscent of the space age at various museums and attractions around town—stand alone as the most collectible way to wax nostalgic. Reasons there are no better souvenirs on … Read more