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A Vice President Duckworth Would Be Bad for Illinois

If she’s picked by Biden and they win, Duckworth would be the sixth consecutive one-term junior senator from our state.

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Can the Center Hold? Lightfoot Sure Hopes So.

For the beleaguered mayor, the middle road is also the path of most resistance.

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Could COVID-19 Spark a Downstate Renaissance?

For decades, residents have fled Illinois’s smaller cities for Chicago. But some think the tables could turn, and quickly.

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On finding space in the Black Lives Matter movement as a mixed-race woman

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Lightfoot Was Never a Police Reformer

With Rahm Emanuel as her sole opponent, she denounced a “militarized response” to crime. Last week, she called in the National Guard.

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Video: How Mellody Hobson Found Her Power

Chicago Editor in Chief Susanna Homan interviews the Ariel Investments President and co-CEO, No. 3 on our ranking of the city’s most powerful women.

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Timuel Black: “With King, We Knew Who We Were Following”

The historian and activist, 101, on the George Floyd protests, marching with MLK, and a new generation of demonstrators

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Evanston’s Road to Reparations

Compensating African Americans for the wrongs of history has been a political nonstarter for decades. Then, last November, one Chicago suburb made it a reality.

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How Nixon Used the ‘68 Riots to Flip Illinois

After unrest on the West Side following MLK’s assassination — and later at the DNC — Illinois went to the Republicans, who won the state in six consecutive elections.

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Photos: Chicago Protests the Death of George Floyd

Before demonstrations gave way to vandalism and skirmishes with police, thousands took to the Loop for peaceful marches over the death of George Floyd.

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Reviews Are in for Blago’s Cameo Greetings

Some are so positive, well, let’s just say we have questions.

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Will Chicago Work From Home Forever?

The stay-at-home order upended the way Chicagoans do their jobs, possibly for good.

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A Brief History of Wanting a Fifth Star on Chicago’s Flag

Mayor Lightfoot wants our efforts fighting COVID-19 to warrant a change to the flag. There’s precedent for that, but is this pandemic worthy?

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When It’s Bad to Be a Transit Hub

Chicago’s central location is the reason it became a great city. But with travel at a standstill, we’re uniquely vulnerable to COVID’s economic fallout.

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Video: How Laura Ricketts Found Her Power

Chicago Editor in Chief Susanna Homan interviews the Chicago Cubs co-owner, No. 9 on our list of the city’s most powerful women. See the entire ranking here.

If she’s picked by Biden and they win, Duckworth would be the sixth consecutive one-term junior senator from our state.

For the beleaguered mayor, the middle road is also the path of most resistance.

For decades, residents have fled Illinois’s smaller cities for Chicago. But some think the tables could turn, and quickly.

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On finding space in the Black Lives Matter movement as a mixed-race woman

With Rahm Emanuel as her sole opponent, she denounced a “militarized response” to crime. Last week, she called in the National Guard.

Chicago Editor in Chief Susanna Homan interviews the Ariel Investments President and co-CEO, No. 3 on our ranking of the city’s most powerful women.

The historian and activist, 101, on the George Floyd protests, marching with MLK, and a new generation of demonstrators

Compensating African Americans for the wrongs of history has been a political nonstarter for decades. Then, last November, one Chicago suburb made it a reality.

After unrest on the West Side following MLK’s assassination — and later at the DNC — Illinois went to the Republicans, who won the state in six consecutive elections.

Before demonstrations gave way to vandalism and skirmishes with police, thousands took to the Loop for peaceful marches over the death of George Floyd.

Some are so positive, well, let’s just say we have questions.

The stay-at-home order upended the way Chicagoans do their jobs, possibly for good.

Mayor Lightfoot wants our efforts fighting COVID-19 to warrant a change to the flag. There’s precedent for that, but is this pandemic worthy?

Chicago’s central location is the reason it became a great city. But with travel at a standstill, we’re uniquely vulnerable to COVID’s economic fallout.

Chicago Editor in Chief Susanna Homan interviews the Chicago Cubs co-owner, No. 9 on our list of the city’s most powerful women. See the entire ranking here.