There Is One Map of Chicago
Whether you’re talking about food deserts, violence, or poverty, the maps are all the same — and they reflect historic generational disinvestment.
Whether you’re talking about food deserts, violence, or poverty, the maps are all the same — and they reflect historic generational disinvestment.
While we await a pivotal court ruling, here’s all you need to know about Illinois’s plan to bail on cash bail.
Yes, she did not play well with others, but the departing mayor also curbed ward fiefdoms and boosted neglected neighborhoods.
White politicians can stop wringing their hands: Chicago’s economic diversity, political traditions, and demographic realities will keep it from following in Detroit’s footsteps.
The last Republican candidate for mayor of Chicago was, literally, a clown. His name was Ray Wardingley. He had once performed as “Spanky the Clown” to raise money for the cancer ward at St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. Wardingley had also filled in as Stanley Sting, the mascot of the Chicago Sting soccer club. At five-foot-four, … Read more
In this exclusive adaptation of his new book, a former Cook County public defender describes what it’s like advocating for the accused — and recounts the injustices he witnessed.
The mayor-elect’s edge came from supporters who adopted his candidacy as a cause — and worked tirelessly for it.
In a race this close, the candidates have stepped up their campaigning among Muslim and Asian Chicagoans.
Last week, I talked to a writer from New York magazine about the mayor’s race. Chicagoans are used to New Yorkers not thinking about us at all, except to read articles about pizza or watch a TV show about an Italian beef stand, so I asked him why anyone in New York cared who would … Read more
Mount Greenwood and Logan Square offer a look at the issues that matter to Vallas and Johnson supporters.