Dartmouth geographer Richard Wright talks about how segregation (and the Chicago School-driven understanding of it) is changing, and how it’s not. In Chicago, the picture’s very different, depending on whether you look at neighborhoods or schools.
The slugger has his power stroke back and is hitting home runs at his usual clip, but is also on pace to easily surpass the major-league record for strikeouts. The only White Sox player ever to compare was a fellow power hitter, whose blast out of Comiskey is, rightfully or not, often mentioned as the longest ever hit.
Want bipartisanship? Democrats and Republicans fight it out at the national level, but here in Chicago, they’ve been good frenemies since the first days of Richard J. Daley’s reign.
I was at work when the call came, though I wasn’t sure it was The Call at the time. All I knew was the kids were having a double-playdate in our apartment, the dog was going crazy, and Sarah was so miserable she wanted to send them all to Anchorage. I hopped in a cab immediately and made my way home…
After months of discussion and weeks of debate, Chicago’s move to decriminalize low-level marijuana possession sails through City Council with virtually no dissent.
A look at how CPS school performance, socioeconomic data—compiled by CPS to help determine selective-school placement—and 2012 homicides are distributed across the city.
Monday’s news that Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., the subject of a congressional ethics investigation related to the Blago corruption case and the alleged sale of President Obama’s senate seat, is suffering from “exhaustion” and resting at an undisclosed location, caught political reporters by surprise…
The Chicago suburbs have grown considerably more diverse over the past couple decades, as maps of census tracts dramatically show. The city proper, however, continues to evolve much more slowly.
Our cartoonist brings the ballpark into the 21st century
Sizing up the key players, from Rahm to Pat Quinn
