For some state lawmakers, supporting prisoners’ requests for transfers can be a routine constituent service—or a valuable trump card. PLUS: Prime movers—ten Illinois legislators who logged the most recorded inquiries on behalf of prisoners—and the gang members they’ve helped
Join us here, Wednesday, December 14th at 2 p.m., for a live chat with our new editor in chief, Beth Fenner. With her first issue hitting newsstands Thursday, come discuss upcoming changes to Chicago, what you want to see from the magazine, and how we can impact the city moving forward.
LAWBREAKERS, LAWMAKERS: In some parts of Chicago, violent street gangs and pols quietly trade money and favors for mutual gain. The thugs flourish, the elected officials thrive—and you lose. A special report.
The battles of city planning and urban theory are fought block by block—such as in Logan Square, where the renovation of a McDonald’s sheds light on the city’s pedestrian-street regulations.
An abandoned, abused dog grabbed headlines this weekend, shocking readers with the cruelty it was exposed to and inspiring them to line up to adopt it. It’s a revealing look into how our empathy, and loss of it, is reflected in our treatment of animals.
RUNNING DOWN A DREAM: Some 40-year-olds have midlife crises. Jonathan Harris has a mission
University of Chicago neuroscientists find compelling proof that rats are just as interested in helping each other out as eating chocolate.
In town to promote his new book, The Donald talks to Carol Felsenthal about his relationship with the Emanuel brothers, Blago on The Celebrity Apprentice, and more
The long-dreamed-of reclamation and renewal of the river is picking up speed, thanks to an EPA directive… and those Asian carp.
Decades of abuse and neglect have transformed the Chicago River from a great natural resource into an open sewer. A professional planner extols its potential virtues and tells us how it can be made vital once again.
