Chicago's Proposed Water Rate Hike: At What Cost?
Mayor Emanuel proposed doubling water rates over the next five years as part of his first budget. It’s a big increase, but are we being squeezed or just catching up to our civic peers?
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Kendra Marr, Plagiarism, and the Journalistic Ecosystem
A young reporter’s job goes down in flames after a plagiarism scandal. There’s a better way. Plus: the Reuters correction I’d like to see.
Chicago Researchers Discover Benefits of Hormone Replacement Therapy
TURN BACK THE CLOCK: With area docs studying the treatment’s benefits for older women and men, youth may no longer be wasted only on the young
Jens Jensen, Daniel Burnham, and Chicago Parks the Way They Should Have Been
A plea for more parks; the historical and political reasons why the West Side is a park desert; why Daniel Burnham is overrated; and a brilliant plan for dock, alley, and railyard parks. Plus: an unsung hero of Chicago landscape design.
Rahm Emanuel on the Chicago Budget and Occupy Wall Street
This week in Mayor Emanuel: from the light load of big ideas with Michael Bloomberg, Kasim Reed, and Thomas Friedman at Ideas Week… to the heavy lifting of little governing ones with City Council.
Bus Tracking: The Most Interesting Thing I Read About Public Transportation Today
A study looks at Seattle’s bus-tracker system, and finds nothing but love. The biggest benefit? Eliminating the mystery of the next bus’s arrival.
Bill Clinton on Bill Clinton, Steve Jobs, and Fixing the Economy
My last book was about Bill Clinton’s post-presidency. He was in exile back in 2001, almost broken by the Lewinsky scandal, with his outlandish pardon to billionaire Iran arms trader Marc Rich nearly finishing him off. Today, soaring in mass affection while his onetime nemesis Barack Obama (think 2008 primaries) sinks, Clinton is no longer anything close to an exile; he’s the toast of every town and country he visits. When news broke that he was coming to town for Chicago Ideas…
'About Hunger and Resilience' at St. James Cathedral
Photographer Michael Nye spent four and a half years collecting the stories and images of 52 Americans who suffer from hunger. The resulting exhibit is showing through October 30 at St. James Cathedral.
The Five Best Ideas to Come From the Columbian Exposition
To celebrate Ideas Week and the forthcoming Chicago Humanities Festival, a look back at five advances from the 1893 World’s Fair: the fax machine, the Hoochie Coochie Man, and more.
Student Loan Forgiveness: Actually, We Already Do That
Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Together are stirring up debate on political policies that could help the 99 Percent. One that keeps coming up is debt forgiveness, particularly student debt forgiveness.