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APRIL 2011: Jonathan Eig, Catey Sullivan, Taylor Castle, Noah Isackson
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Youth Violence, Public Schools, and Public Health
NPR is the latest outlet to focus on “what some call an epidemic of youth violence in Chicago.” It’s likely to be an issue as Rahm Emanuel selects new heads for CPS and the CPD. But research suggests that youth violence is as much a matter of public health as anything else.
N’DIGO Publisher Hermene Hartman: Loyalty Not One of Obama’s Qualities
In a face-to-face interview Thursday afternoon, Hermene Hartman, publisher and editor in chief of died last year at 89]. CF: Give me an example of your work for candidate Obama in 2008? HH: Al Sharpton… was with Hillary. I got Sharpton to support Obama before Hillary dropped out. I called him every day for a … Read more
Chicago Public Schools and the Illinois Budget: The Battles Soon to Come
Compared to our Great Lakes neighbors, things have been pretty quiet in city and state politics, probably because Daley’s on his way out and power didn’t shift too much after the midterms. But our politics will heat up with the weather.
Mayor Daley Goes To China For His O'Hare Express Train
The mayor heads to China (again) to pitch investors on his Block 37-airport express train (again). Could Chicago get its own version of London’s Heathrow Express?
Mayor Daley Proposes TIF Subsidies for Vacant Home Purchases
It’s not the Sweet Home Chicago ordinance, which has been pushed by affordable housing advocates. And it’s only for home buyers, not renters. But that doesn’t mean it’s bad, either.
College Comeback: The University of Chicago Finds Its Groove
U-TURN: For decades, undergraduates at the University of Chicago seemed to live by the ancient notion that scholars must “suffer into learning,” and over time applications and enrollment declined. As a result, school officials have worked to reinvent the place, and today Hyde Park has become a hot destination among students applying to the country’s top-tier colleges
Radiation Roundup: Good Sources and Stories on the Fukushima Crisis
Putting the ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan in context with the latest reports on safety, containment, and risk, including a new look at earthquake risks to nuclear power plants in the U.S.
For Chicago Lawyer Bob Clifford, 9/11 Case Could Be His Biggest Yet
SHOWDOWN ON GROUND ZERO: At the center of a huge 9/11 lawsuit—a $1.2 billion property damage case—is the Chicagoan Robert Clifford, one of the top aviation lawyers in the nation
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Related: FOR CHICAGO LAWYER, 9/11 CASE COULD BE HIS BIGGEST YET » Though personal injury lawyers have sometimes been a target of outrage—for winning huge jury awards for supposedly minor mishaps, for example—Bob Clifford argues that certain cases have the potential to bring about needed changes. One example that he likes to cite: In 1987, … Read more