What Chicago's One Percent Believes

By Whet Moser

Occupy Wall Street and its associated protests around the country have drawn attention to the politics, beliefs, and ideals of the 99 Percent. Who speaks for the One Percent? A new survey out of NORC and Northwestern is a good start. Read more

Jeanne Gang and Robert Cassidy: Two Generations of Urban Planners on the Chicago River

By Whet Moser

The long-dreamed-of reclamation and renewal of the river is picking up speed, thanks to an EPA directive... and those Asian carp. Read more

How Illinois Got Rod Blagojevich, and How He Lost Us

By Whet Moser

So... what just happened? Not just today, but how did Rod Blagojevich go from governor and future president to disgraced ex-governor and future inmate? Here's a tour through the past eight years from the pages of our magazine. Read more

Rod Blagojevich: The Reckoning, Day Two, Live on Twitter

By Whet Moser

Day one of Rod Blagojevich's sentencing hearing went badly for the former governor, as Judge Zagel pushed back on many of his team's arguments for leniency. Will he take the stand? Will he get something, anything, through the crease? Read more

The Blagojevich Leniency Defense in Five Tweets

By Whet Moser

Team Blago throws out a prevent defense in trying to get him the best deal possible, touching on his family, his tenuous grasp of legality, and his incompetence. Read more

Rod Blagojevich Sentencing, Live on Twitter

By Whet Moser

The former Illinois governor will be sentenced today in a Chicago courtroom. Here's the view from the halls of justice as we await his sentence. Read more

Why Minnie Miñoso Should Be in the Hall of Fame, and Why He's Not

By Whet Moser

The man who defined the Go-Go Sox and led the way for black Latinos in Major League Baseball missed the Hall of Fame by three votes. Here's why his career represents an conundrum. Read more

Ron Santo, Sabermetric Star Before Its Time, Finally Makes the Hall of Fame

By Whet Moser

Almost exactly a year after he died, the Cubs legend—on the field and in the booth—gets elected into the HoF after years of being considered the most deserving player not in the Hall. And it's not just Santo whose greatness has been recognized, it's also the type of player he was. Read more

When Michael Madigan and Big Jim Thompson Stopped Time to Save the White Sox

By Whet Moser

The Illinois Sports Facilities Authority, which gave us both U.S. Cellular and the Soldier Field renovation, dips into the pockets of the city's taxpayers to make up a shortfall. There's a funny story about how we ended up with the ISFA in the first place. Read more

Pre-Weekend Marginalia

By Whet Moser

The return of the six-flat; Michael Jordan in winter; the barest form in which architecture can exist; game over for Atlanta; house sparrows; Jonathon Brandmeier; and more Read more

Sections

Magazine

More

Follow Us

Get Our Newsletters

Follow Us

Get Our Newsletters