From 2005 to 2009, Chicago’s percentage of fatal pedestrian crashes involving hit-and-runs was twice that of the national average. This year the percentage is very high. Stopping crashes is one thing; how do you stop behavior after a crash?
Why don’t Chicago drivers stop at crosswalks? The previously confusing law was only changed in 2010, and habits are hard to break. New crosswalk signs, however, make it completely explicit.
The murder of a 62-year-old immigrant in West Rogers Park is the latest victim attributed to a “game” of random street violence—one that’s also cropped up in St. Louis and London.
His thoughts on the Red Line shutdown, union negotiations, and his political future
The frequency of the old cliche “Chicago-style politics” spiked after Barack Obama’s rise to the White House—and it’s getting hauled off the shelf again by the Romney campaign.
BONE COLLECTORS: The Evanston pit master takes us on a cross-city search for real Chicago ribs
With the threat of a teacher’s strike looming, the murder rate booming, Rahm Emanuel appeared yesterday as the “headliner” on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos. The subject was Mitt Romney vs. Barack Obama…
A new NBER study finds that blacks and Latinos in four U.S. cities pay, on average, more than other homebuyers no matter what or where they’re buying. The highest premium is paid by African-Americans in Cook County.
At a GOP fundraiser Thursday night, former Vice President Dick Cheney said that Mitt Romney is the best to lead the country in international crises. Shaping that foreign policy in the coming months will be Chicago attorney Richard Williamson, one of Romney’s advisers charged with persuading voters that Mitt, who has zero experience in international matters, would do better than President Obama…
ART SMART: The Hyde Park native picks shows us 20 items she loves
