The man who is recognized every year with a national holiday is a secular saint, but it wasn’t always so. In Chicago, King battled not only a wily mayor but an unfriendly press and decades of history… but not a history that was well known.
If you happen to be off today and not leaving the house, here are some good reads on funeral directors, Michael Jordan’s high school coach, and Shel Silverstein’s personal archive.
After resigning as Chief of Staff, Bill Daley’s D.C. record takes another hit as the president announces that Daley’s old department, Commerce, will be axed in the service of paring down the federal bureaucracy.
After Cyrus McCormick and other prominent Chicagoans moved out, Rush Street became Deadfall Lane. Now the home of the Viagra Triangle is a blend of the old and the new.
At a fundraiser in Chicago on Wednesday night, President Obama singled out the rookie Democrat from Missouri. “I just love her so whenever I have an excuse to see her I’m happy,” he gushed. McCaskill’s presence—and Obama’s shout-out—is a sure sign that he is making a slight but real comeback…
Michelle Obama makes news in the biggest dog-bites-man story of the new year, and her husband returns home for a whirlwind fundraising trip.
As aldermen Ed Burke and Brendan Reilly propose that CPL employees forego a scheduled raise to keep the libraries open six days a week, here’s a look at public library salaries in context.
The Brand Brewing building, the “To Be Demolished” photo project, a Charles M. Palmer building on South Michigan, and more news from the streets.
The mayor, and the public, want safer streets. Cab drivers want higher fares. Can we come to a solution by the time the NATO and G8 summits come to Chicago?
Research by a University of Chicago economist makes a connection between household debt and unemployment, an important piece in the puzzle of the Great Recession.
