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The Indeterminate Sentence of Johnnie Veal
By Ben Austen
Who deserves to be paroled and who doesn’t? Deciding that is an imprecise process, one that grapples with our fundamental approach to incarceration, as this excerpt from the new book ‘Correction’ shows. Read more
The (Not So) Glamorous Life of a Movie Extra
By Kimberly Nelson
The author has ridden the L with George Clooney and watched Christopher Nolan direct. But it’s not always so fabulous. Read more
What You Need to Know About the Blackhawks’ New Prodigy
By Grace Perry
Chicago is positively giddy about a certain Canadian teenager moving to town. But who exactly is Connor Bedard? And can he possibly live up to the hype? Read more
When Charlie Chaplin Tramped Through Uptown
By Kathleen Rooney
Before Hollywood became Hollywood, it was here, too. Read more
How a Local Band Went Viral in Lithuania
By David McMillin
Local act Fort Frances became a one-hit wonder on the shores of the Baltic Sea. Read more
Lightfoot’s Legacy
By Edward Robert McClelland
Yes, she did not play well with others, but the departing mayor also curbed ward fiefdoms and boosted neglected neighborhoods. Read more
Five Things: It Was Leopold, Not Loeb
By Julia M. Klein
A new book on Chicago’s most famous thrill killers argues we’ve had it wrong about the mastermind. Here’s what we learned. Read more
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