The Derrick Lemon Timeline
Sixteen years ago, Derrick Lemon watched as his brother was dropped out a window of the Ida B. Wells housing complex. Today, at the age of 24, Lemon was sentenced to 71 years in prison for shooting a man in 2006.
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Solis Announces Lead Pollution Ordinance on Day Before Election; Morfin Cries Foul
Alderman Danny Solis, in a runoff tomorrow for the 25th Ward seat, sent out a press release today announcing that he had drafted an anti-lead pollution ordinance requiring any “facility emitting lead at levels that are higher than… EPA standards… [to] cease operations immediately.” The release states that “new information” about “high lead levels” impacting a Pilsen elementary school prompted him to act…
The Myriad Gene Patent Case: Who Owns Your Disease?
Today the court of appeals for the federal circuit court is hearing arguments in the Myriad gene patent case, aka Association for Molecular Pathology v. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. It’s the latest development in the attempt to patent the human body, a long story that’s touched the lives of Chicagoans and won’t go away any time soon.
How the Bulls' Derrick Rose Went from Good to Great
THE TIPPING POINT: This season the soft-spoken Chicago native has blossomed into one of the most dazzling basketball players on the planet. Here’s how he did it
Friday Favorites: Brent Morel, Chicago Whales Gear, Aldermanic Runoffs
Some things to get you through the weekend, like Ben Joravsky’s guide to aldermanic runoffs, the Trib’s guide to Chicago sandwiches, tours of Miller House, and more.
This Week in Investigations
It’s been a quiet couple months for city and state politics, but things are starting to get interesting: two federal investigations, rumblings from Michael Madigan about the pre-paid college tuition program, and the city inspector general’s report on truck drivers.
Jeanne Gang Talks Architecture at Stop Smiling
The local starchtect discusses “Reveal,” the new monograph about Studio Gang, as the Gang-designed Ford Calumet Environmental Center hangs in the balance. Alternately, Lisa Madigan appears on the Interview Show tonight at the Hideout.
Toxic Lead in Pilsen—and Just Days Before the Solis-Morfin Runoff
The front-page story in the Chicago Tribune today about toxic lead found in Pilsen has to strike fear into the hearts of the neighborhood’s parents. And it can’t be good news for 25th Ward Alderman Danny Solis, either, as he is caught in a runoff with activist Cuahutémoc “Témoc” Morfin. Tribune reporter Michael Hawthorne writes that a monitor placed…
The Wisdom of Coaches
Top local coaches—from Ozzie Guillen and Tom Thibodeau to Oliver Purnell and Kelly Amonte Hiller—reveal sacred truths about perseverance, motivation, the importance of hard work, the value of failure, and more
A Cabrini-Green Omnibus
Cabrini-Green passes into history today, bringing the project to an end, but not its story. As the Plan for Transformation continues and with it a new era of public policy, here are a few leaves from Cabrini-Green’s history.