Chicago’s “Becoming a Man” project aims to teach students how to deal with anger before it becomes crime, and it’s recently been substantially funded by the city. Here’s how it works.
These adorable cubs are more bear than sloth.
A look at five million crime reports over twelve years in the city suggests that homicides, and other crimes that you’d expect, become more common when Chicago warms up.
The Cubs’ perma-troubled closer had his worst game of the season this weekend, walking two and hitting one of the three batters he faced. Don’t expect him to turn things around.
The Cubs’ most expensive pitcher is 0-5 with a 6.39 ERA, one of the worst in the major leagues. It doesn’t look like much for a $13 million investment. But he’s been pitching a lot better than those numbers suggest.
With costumes, horses, and shopping carts selling Mexican flags, the parade in Pilsen felt a bit more authentic than margarita pitchers at a sports bar.
Does foodie culture—obscure ingredients, too-clever elaborations on junk food, and menus running into the hundreds of dollars—mock the poor?
The first game against the Heat had some memorable events on and off the court.
Fuller Park, on the near South Side, has seen its population decline 83 percent since 1950—and the people still living there are struggling.
The 9th Ward alderman volunteers for the Roseland baseball field where Walter Payton Prep parents reportedly didn’t want to send their kids to play.
