Why Downstate Fights for Coal
It’s a $100,000 a year job — in a region where the median home price is $87,000.
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A New Book Traces 50 Years of Policing in Chicago
Occupied Territory examines the turbulent history between the CPD and black Chicagoans.
Can Lightfoot Deliver the Goods?
She ran on a platform of leveling the playing field in an increasingly unequal city. Can an American mayor really do such a thing?
Meet Your New Aldermen
An EMT, a former rapper, and a pack of grassroots organizers are just some of the folks looking to shake up the City Council.
10 Stories to Read Right Now
A recycling meltdown, Lori Lightfoot’s rise to power, and remembering Flight 191.
The Outsider
Lori Lightfoot’s historic victory changed the way politics is played in Chicago. Now what kind of mayor will she make?
Pritzker and Madigan Are Primed for a Gerrymandering Deathmatch
The very shape of Illinois politics is at stake in the fight over remapping — and it could be the new governor’s biggest battle.
Let’s Get Rid of All the Townships
Illinois has 1,428 of them — a big reason we lead the nation in number of taxing bodies.
Is Rahm Trying to Be … a Writer?
The mayor has racked up 11 bylines in The Atlantic since announcing he wouldn’t seek a third term, often editorializing against 21st Century progressivism.
Where Is Gentrification Happening? Follow the Mayors
Richard M. Daley moved to South Loop. Rahm lives in Ravenswood. And Lori Lightfoot bopped around Wicker Park before settling in Logan Square.