Where the Housing (and Debt) Bubble Grew in Chicago
Areas of high mortgage lending, foreclosures, and reduced spending overlap in depressing patterns, but also offer useful tools to inoculate the economy.
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Why Is Milwaukee So Politically Polarized?
The divided city’s fault lines revealed themselves long before they split along the lines of the interstate.
10 Stories the People of Chicago Must Read This Week
Find out why the Internet killed the city’s pool hustlers, how the Blackhawks are using stats to (usually) win, whether or not a water pump in Schiller Woods is indeed a fountain of youth, and more.
21 Photos of Chicago's Cinco De Mayo Parade, 2014
From Cermak in Pilsen headed west through Little Village, here’s how Chicago celebrated the 151st anniversary of the Battle of the Puebla.
Housing Discrimination in America Was Perfected in Chicago
Chicago’s racial segregation has roots in its housing policies—a set of 20th century ideas casting such a long shadow that even Donald Sterling’s story traces back to this city.
What You Should Know About the New CTA Buses
About 300 new buses—$148 million worth—hit the streets in Chicago this month. Here’s what’s different about the fresh fleet.
A Northwestern Political Scientist Does a Star Turn on The Daily Show
Benjamin Page and co-author Martin Gilens went on promote an academic journal article about wealth and political influence—not exactly your typical Comedy Central fare.
For Blacks, the Class Ladder Is Much Steeper
A Chicago Fed study suggests that to go up the income ladder (and avoid falling), blacks require more educational attainment than whites.
Q&A: Matthew Gentzkow, the Best American Economist Under 40
The recipient of the John Bates Clark Medal talks about our online media landscape—and how it looks a lot like the birth of the old offline media.
10 Stories Everyone in Chicago Should Read
Learn how Cards Against Humanity became a mega hit, why the top CPS high schools are getting whiter, what set the Cubs up to own the Midwest market, and more.