The area was at the tail end of the Great Migration, and still under the tight control of white ward bosses, when the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. set off the conflagration. Read more
In February 1971, a 23-year-old TV director got an official "Attack Warning." He checked the authenticator for the correct password: "HATEFULNESS." Then he faced a decision: Should he play a terrifying plea from the North American Air Defense to take cover? Read more
A University of Chicago sociologist is investigating the possibility that small areas, which have been shifted between wards over the years, are more prone to it—perhaps because they fall through the political cracks. Read more
Just three years after the Chicago region lost 23 percent of its forecasting staff, the organization is looking at further cutbacks and more automation. Read more
Hazim Adval, a self-taught Iraqi programmer, built software to help victims of the ISIS-led genocide of the Yazidi people and track medical histories and prescriptions within a refugee camp. With the help of George and Amal Clooney, he's now studying at the University of Chicago. Read more
Privacy-law expert Lior Strahilevitz talks about why the Cambridge Analytica scandal is the company's hardest challenge yet, and why the biggest thing it has to worry about is its product making people unhappy. Read more
She also can't bring her newborn onto the floor of the Senate to breastfeed. She and other female lawmakers are fighting to change the rules for moms here and abroad. Read more
In exclusive interviews, Paul Bauer's widow and the man accused of killing Bauer reveal the lifelong paths that led to a fateful February encounter. Read more
