A new study looks at how proximity to trauma care affects gunshot victims in the city. It's a different take on a surprisingly divisive medical subject. Read more
Chicago entered the modern era by reversing nature to rid the city of filth. After seven generations of epic, semi-effective engineering, the future may require a return to the city's swampy self. Read more
There's chaos on Chicago's streets, but it's even worse underneath them. This much rain is bad news for a sewer system still in progress after 40 years. Read more
A ride on the El by income, from the wealthiest stations (Linden and the Western Blue Line Stop) to the poorest (Pulaski, on the Green Line). Read more
It's a pretty big deal that the Cubs made a deal with City Hall on Wrigley renovations. But their planned jumbotron would cut a wide swath across one of the most famous vistas in sports, which the Landmarks Commission will have to sign off on. Read more
Long before he broke baseball's color line, the Dodgers great got a brief look from the Sox. He would have made them a much better team, but Chicago would have been a tough place to integrate the sport. Read more
