Long before he broke baseball’s color line, the Dodgers great got a brief look from the Sox. He would have made them a much better team, but Chicago would have been a tough place to integrate the sport.
Over the past 50 years, the age of Chicago’s violent criminals has steadily decreased. Is it due to a change in demographics, or is it public policy?
Photographer Nick Gerber captured these four shots from the window of the Tip Top Tap Ballroom.
The state has a compelling case on pension reform, but the court could also tell it to suck it up and find another way to pay the obligations. Is a backup plan a good idea?
The First Lady, speaking at a forum on youth violence today, issued a stirring (but not very specific) call to action.
For some riders, not much will change. Others—like, people using cash—will pay more for the same old CTA service.
As the nation debates gun control, here are three ideas on how citizens could carry a firearm out of sight here in Illinois.
Big American cities haven’t always had so much more crime than suburbs and rural areas. What’s the problem?
White Castle, Hooters, and Halliburton: Our back-of-the-envelope sketch of a new layout for the city’s oldest airport.
After finishing in the single digits in 2010, the Republican ended up with a nice job cohosting on WLS with Bruce Wolf. But he’s thinking about giving it up for another shot at the office.
