The New Face of Law and Order
Eileen O’Neill Burke was elected Cook County State’s Attorney by vowing to get tough on crime. But her approach to making Chicago safer is more nuanced than you might think.
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Ranking the New Illinois State Flag Designs
It’s time to get rid of the old seal on a bedsheet.
Chrishona Hodges’s Life Sentence
At a crossroads when Chicago profiled him nine years ago, Jerryon Stevens is now in jail, awaiting trial on a murder charge. At home, his mother reckons with her son’s path — and tries to hold her fractured family together.
“We Need to Create Space for Someone in Prison to Evolve”
A new documentary, In Their Hands, examines Illinois’s parole system through one man’s story.
The Trumpiest Election
Were Trump’s stronger numbers in Chicago an indication of the city becoming more Republican?
The Day and the Hour
Should terminally ill patients be able to get help in ending their own lives? The Illinois legislature is grappling with that question.
What’s the Story Behind the Phrase “We Don’t Want Nobody Nobody Sent”?
The expression that has come to symbolize Chicago’s once-insular machine politics dates back to 1948, when an idealistic University of Chicago law student named Abner Mikva decided to get involved in his community. Mikva walked into his neighborhood ward office to volunteer for the campaigns of Adlai Stevenson, who was running for governor, and Paul … Read more
Brother, Can You Spare a Billion?
Facing a projected $1 billion shortfall, the mayor and the City Council are scrambling to balance the 2025 budget. How did we get here?
The Daleys’ Shadow
Brandon Johnson is just the latest mayor whose stock nose-dived. What can we learn from City Hall’s most famous dynasty?