Bill Ayers Talks Obama, Nelson Mandela, and Toni Preckwinkle
He loves Cook County’s president, isn’t disappointed in POTUS, and would be happy to be a Supreme Court justice.
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12 Questions for Nobel Prize Winner Eugene Fama
The University of Chicago market maven, 74, talks stock investing, Illinois bonds, football—and winning the Nobel Prize.
The Small Social Networks at the Heart of Chicago Violence
If you run with a bad crowd, statistically speaking, you’ll get in trouble.
A Mysterious Chicago Photographer's 24 Images of Life in the 1880s and ’90s
J.C.H. Grabill captured scenes from Deadwood, the American Indian Wars, and life on the rugged frontier. Then he disappeared.
How I Became a Chicagoan
A writer finds his way in the city (through arm wrestling, Spam, and colonics).
Five Ways to Fix Chicago's TIF Mess
How to reform the city’s sprawling economic-development scheme so schools and aldermen don’t have to fight for scraps.
Anita Blanchard, For No Clear Reason, Joins the Committee for the Preservation of the White House
But surely there’s a post in D.C. for the family friend who delivered the President’s daughters.
The Numbers Behind the Thanksgiving Day Parade
Impress your whole family as you rattle off these stats in the living room next week.
Jonathan Alter on the Making of Alpha House
The star-studded political comedy, by the Chicago-born reporter and the Doonesbury artist Garry Trudeau, is Amazon’s big entry into original streaming video content.
The Future of Cities, as Gabe Klein Sees It
The outgoing Chicago Department of Transportation head on how we’re heading toward something more dense and automated—and maybe less happy.