The city’s most notorious unsolved murders—the killing of seven people with cyanide-laced Tylenols in 1982—is back in the news, as the seating of a grand jury is “possible.” It’s another vague turn in a legendarily opaque case.
THE $53 MILLION BAMBOOZLE: How the trusted comptroller of a small Illinois town became the biggest municipal embezzler in U.S. history, according to the feds—and no one noticed
A study led by a UIC epidemiologist finds tremendous gaps in life expectancy for groups with the least and most education—and that life expectancy for whites without a high-school diploma have actually declined over the past couple decades.
The management consultant is in a dead heat with freshman congressman Robert Dold for Mark Kirk’s old North Shore district—which, after redistricting, is even more Democratic.
It’s dated, but not as dated as you’d think—the already anachronistic “gat” was in use. But don’t go around saying “bullshiner,” “hook ’em,” or “tipper-tapper”; that’d just be embarrassing.
TERROR IN A PILL: In 1982, seven Chicago-area residents were killed after taking cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules. Three decades later, in exclusives interview, the principal players in that drama relive what some consider the first act of domestic terrorism.
In 1982, seven Chicago-area residents were killed after taking cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules. Three decades later, the principal players in that drama recount the frantic efforts to solve the crime — and the search for the perpetrator that continues to this day.
New census data shows that poverty has increased in Chicago, and that middle-class jobs are being replaced with low-wage jobs. It’s a pattern found throughout the country, as income-based poverty continues to increase. But other measures of poverty, that take into account tax subsidies and government programs, hold steady. The social implications are as important as the economic ones.
Chicago-area schools, compared to their metro peers, are some of the most segregated in the country. By some measures, they’re the most segregated. This has broad implications for policy, but no one really has a good sense of what those implications are, or should be.
After years of hype and hope, is the city finally building a tech sector to be reckoned with?
