The great Paul Tough goes from Roseland to Washington to figure out what Barack Obama has done about poverty; a fine-grained look at a bureaucratic housing nightmare; and the latest on the MF Global debacle. Read more
Adam Dunn is in the running for a very rare feat, reserved for only those who walk, strike out, and hit home runs a lot; as bad as the Cubs have been this season, they're actually a decent team in the Friendly Confines. Read more
An attempt to put some real numbers behind a fake stat that compares violence in Chicago unfavorably to that in Afghanistan's war zones offers mixed results. Read more
