Why the Illinois GOP Is Moving Right

Matthew Baron was a beloved teacher at Skinner West Elementary School in the West Loop. Then a student’s allegation changed everything. Read more

Darren Bailey’s Trump-style conservatism has taken over the Illinois Republican Party, which may doom it in November. Read more

Where some of the biggest arrests, scandals, and busts have taken place. Read more

The singer is already serving 30 years, but now he faces another federal prosecution, scheduled to start in August in Chicago. Read more

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? Read more