Will Lori Lightfoot Be One and Done?
Can the mayor overcome rising crime and her own political inexperience to win a second term?
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Is Chicago’s Black Political Power Waning?
Bobby Rush’s retirement closes another chapter in the story of Black political power in the city. And with Chicago’s declining Black population — what comes next?
Unmaking a Murderer
Chester Weger served 59 years behind bars for one of the most heinous crimes in this state’s history. Now out of prison, he is on a mission to prove his innocence, with help from a high-profile lawyer. Inside the effort to exonerate the “Starved Rock Killer.”
Ranking the 7 Lincoln-Douglas Debate Sites in Illinois
From Freeport to Jonesboro: how seven Illinois towns honor the debates that took place on their soil.
Why Can’t We Quit Rod Blagojevich?
With a new miniseries on Hulu, Blago can’t seem to quit the spotlight — and the public seems to keep eating it up.
Opinion: Let’s Take Lake Michigan Away From Indiana
Making the case to take the shoreline away from Indiana, where steel mills continue to pollute the lake.
When Martin Luther King Jr. Lived in Chicago
Fifty-five years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. rented an apartment on the West Side. He would leave not quite a year later, having learned a frustrating lesson: He could expose the city’s gaping racial wounds, but he could not heal them.
Opinion: How Illinois Became a One-Party State
Illinois isn’t the only state with the problem, but it can breed bad government.
Does Obama Still Need Chicago?
We may consider Obama a product of Chicago, but he’s as much of the city as he is of Hawaii, New York, or Harvard.
Q&A: Thomas Geoghegan Thinks We Should All Vote
A new book from the Chicago lawyer re-imagines American government in a way that is just, fair, and Constitutional.