From Lipinski to Garcia: How Archer Avenue’s Guard Has Changed
The Southwest Side and its politics were once dominated by white ethnics. Now the majority-Latino area is unseating the old and bringing in new representation.
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The Accusation
Matthew Baron was a beloved teacher at Skinner West Elementary School in the West Loop. Then a student’s allegation changed everything.
RINO Hunters
Darren Bailey’s Trump-style conservatism has taken over the Illinois Republican Party, which may doom it in November.
The Most Corrupt Addresses in the Chicago Area
Where some of the biggest arrests, scandals, and busts have taken place.
R. Kelly’s Latest Trial
The singer is already serving 30 years, but now he faces another federal prosecution, scheduled to start in August in Chicago.
Being the Son of Mother Country Radicals
A new podcast from Zayd Ayers Dohrn looks at the legacy of the Weather Underground and its ties to today’s social and political unrest.
The Lean Mile
COVID, crime, and online shopping are emptying Michigan Avenue’s swankiest stretch. Will it ever be magnificent again?
Once a Proxy for the Slavery Debate, Now Illinois Takes on Abortion
Our position in the middle of the country — surrounded by states with abortion bans — quite literally centers us in the rights controversy.
The Big Truth
University of Chicago professor Robert Pape has spent the past year and a half examining the January 6 insurrectionists — and sounding the alarm about the future of democracy. Is America listening?
Illinois Officials React to the Overturning of Roe v. Wade
Lightfoot, Pritzker, and other Democrats in the state vow to fight, while Republicans celebrate.