Why Minnie Miñoso Should Be in the Hall of Fame, and Why He's Not
The man who defined the Go-Go Sox and led the way for black Latinos in Major League Baseball missed the Hall of Fame by three votes. Here’s why his career represents an conundrum.
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Things to Do This Winter in Chicago: Outdoor Activities
Entry-level venues for winter sports, three mountains for great skiing, and a park-and-walk guide to winter fun around the Loop
When Michael Madigan and Big Jim Thompson Stopped Time to Save the White Sox
The Illinois Sports Facilities Authority, which gave us both U.S. Cellular and the Soldier Field renovation, dips into the pockets of the city’s taxpayers to make up a shortfall. There’s a funny story about how we ended up with the ISFA in the first place.
Pre-Weekend Marginalia
The return of the six-flat; Michael Jordan in winter; the barest form in which architecture can exist; game over for Atlanta; house sparrows; Jonathon Brandmeier; and more
It's Time to Revisit the Issue of Taxpayer-Financed Bodyguards
In the aftermath of Maggie Daley’s death on Thanksgiving night, the citizens of Chicago have shown just how much they valued and loved her. No doubt about that, but now is the time for Mayor Emanuel to revisit the dicey issue of taxpayer-funded bodyguards for political figures.
HIV/AIDS and the 99 Percent
Celeste Watkins-Hayes explains how the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the Occupy movement gripping the nation—and world—are two sides of the same coin.
5 Reads on AIDS in Chicago
On World AIDS Day, and in recognition of our new contributor Celeste Watkins-Hayes, looks at HIV and AIDS in Chicago from the beginnings of the crisis to the present day.
Americans Deeply Divided on Whether Occupiers Should Get Haircut, Get a Real Job
Why we can’t all just get along: the Tea Party and the Occupy movement represent different things, and even basic questions of employment and hygiene are rending the country asunder.
Alderman Rick Muñoz on Dorothy Brown, Running for Clerk, and Texting with Rahm
I asked Ricardo “Rick” Muñoz why an independent alderman who for 18 years has represented a surging Latino population—the heart of his 22nd ward is Little Village—wants to trade that job for the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County…
RIP Lana Peters, Stalin's Exiled Wisconsinite Daughter
Born to the Soviet dictator, Svetlana Alliluyeva married and divorced powerful men—including Frank Lloyd Wright’s engineer—and lived throughout the world. But her final home was a tiny community in central Wisconsin.