Violent crime jumps when fewer people are locked up—whether it’s in a mental institution, or, more recently, in prison. As America’s staggering incarceration rate drops, does anyone have a better idea?
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Between 1833 and 1933, Chicago grew from a few backwater cabins into a global city. Here’s how its massive expansion was mapped out.
The team has the worst hitter in baseball, the worst offense in the AL, and what would be one of the worst bullpens—if they ever had a lead to protect.
At least three assaults were reported every day in 2012. Here’s a look at the parts of the city with the highest rates.
The lakefront and the Loop are popular, and usage is highest on weekends, suggesting that tourists and daytrippers are taking advantage of the system.
The CPD is accepting applications for the first time in three years. You want in? Here are six things you need to know.
One big reason Chicago isn’t Detroit (and neither is Pittsburgh, Buffalo, or Cleveland): The Motor City’s lack of higher-education employers.
The Lab School grad came in third in The Hill‘s annual ranking of the 50 most beautiful people on Capitol Hill.
At the turn of the last century, the Field Museum sent a research team from Tunis to Siberia to find out how regular people got around.
