The CPD’s top cop came out of Newark and New York as a disciple of William Bratton and the broken-windows theory of criminology. In Chicago, McCarthy has embraced two more approaches to combat the city’s very different problems: social networks and legitimacy, under the influence of two Chicago-trained sociologists.
The former governor wants to teach Shakespeare in prison
DONOR DANCE: Reports that Chicago’s major bundlers have abandoned the president are greatly exaggerated
The effect of incarceration on unemployment rates; regular folks are more confident about the future than CEOs, perhaps because they don’t have to sell stuff to Europeans; more news from the low-wage recovery; and more
The veteran Chicago newsman looks back on interviewing John Wayne Gacy, not interviewing the Pope, being paired with Bill Kurtis, in his new autobiography.
MIX MASTERS: Tastemakers Shane Gabier and Chris Peters pick Comme des Garçons sneakers, Jun Takahashi hats, and more
SISTER ACT: The prioress of the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago stands up to a Vatican rebuke of U.S. nuns
In many cities, poor neighborhoods have a high concentration of stores, services, and other organizations, often higher than in wealthier neighborhoods. Not in Chicago.
Baseball’s first female announcer was a Chicago weather anchor hired away by the infamous Charlie Finley to do color for his terrible Athletics team. It was a stunt, but Mary Shane, the White Sox announcer who followed her, brought a deep love of the game to her brief stint in the booth.
More answers from the final meeting on the rail-bed park, and a sense of how it will change the landscape. Plus: the feds and community policing, tracking down Chicago’s roaming statues, and more
