A New Book Traces 50 Years of Policing in Chicago

Occupied Territory examines the turbulent history between the CPD and black Chicagoans.

The True Story of Chicago’s “Welfare Queen”

Ronald Reagan infamously caricatured Linda Taylor as a public-aid bogeyman. As a new book out this month reveals, however, her actual story is even more sensational.

Documenting a Divide in South Shore

A new book chronicles the neighborhood’s exacerbating wealth disparities, as told from the perspective of someone who grew up there.

Is Yoko Ono Overlooked as a Poet?

Ernie Banks Almost Went to the Cardinals

It could have happened. That and other revelations from a new book on Mr. Cub.

How Alex Kotlowitz Tracked One Violent Summer in Chicago

The journalist discusses his new book, An American Summer.

Sandra Cisneros

The novelist and poet, 64, on the power of art, the impact of depression, and the splendor of a Chicago dog

Nature Is Chaos

Graphic novelist Lucy Knisley chronicled the humor and weirdness of pregnancy  — even after having a baby almost killed her.

What to Cook in That Instant Pot You Got for Christmas

Why Anthony Rayson, Anarchist Grandpa, Sends Zines to Prison

For years, the self-made publications have been relegated to art circles. But Rayson, in collaboration with DePaul, has found a new use for the retro medium.