Barack Obama has been polling well recently, with just a couple months to go until the election. Will Paul Ryan push him over the edge? Or will voter turnout, and new voting laws, pull him back?
The blog and snarkshop gets serious, for a moment at least, and suggests that Americans don’t really care about the city’s ongoing problems with homicide. But it sort of depends on how you define caring.
A look at recent controversies involving the village’s cops
They may not be solely to blame for the village’s problems, but in many ways, the Yarbroughs seem more interested in their own family and political fortunes than in governing and helping their town.
Village officials say the $100,000 reward evaporated—but did they check with the bank?
Most cop murders get solved. But nearly six years after Maywood police officer Tom Wood was gunned down, the killer is still at large and the investigation is in shambles. Who murdered him and why aren’t the only nagging questions
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Despite the strains on public schools right now—especially in Chicago—the best ones still deliver a terrific education. But which ones are the best? Check out our rankings of the 133 top elementary and high schools in the area. PLUS: Read how to get your child into the best CPS schools and our methodology for ranking the top 133
CPS’s best-performing selective enrollment high school gives students an opportunity to study something outside the curriculum
