Crime & Law
1 year
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Las Vegas Gunman Booked Rooms During Lolla at Nearby Hotel
Tucked below a sea of skyscrapers, festivals set in Millennium and Grant Parks could be vulnerable to Vegas-style attacks.
1 year
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If You Have Ideas to Reduce Violence Without Gun Control, Now’s the Time
There are plenty of tested ideas out there, developed in Chicago and elsewhere, looking for champions—and a White House that definitely likes to talk about the problem they’ve been developed to solve.
1 year
ago
Life Inside the Chicago Outlaws Motorcycle Club
“Big Pete” James, of the infamous “biker gang” that started in Chicago, talks about why people misunderstand these groups and what he loves about riding on IL-173.
1 year
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Blago’s Last Stand
If the Supreme Court agrees this fall to hear the ex-governor’s final appeal, his lawyers feel they’ll have a strong case.
1 year
ago
The Hunting Accident
A Chicagoan’s quest to learn the truth about his father—whose life is the subject of a new graphic novel—delves deep into the city’s criminal past, crosses paths with one of the 20th century’s most notorious murderers, and leads to unexpected redemption.
1 year
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We Can Predict Hurricane Irma’s Storm Surge Because of a Chicago Tragedy
A sudden freak wave killed eight people on the shore of Lake Michigan in 1954. That incident (and the specter of an atomic bomb detonating just offshore of Chicago) led a brilliant meteorologist to examine the mysteries of storm surges.
1 year
ago
What DACA Does for Recipients, Illinois, and the Country
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals has always been a fragile compromise, but research suggests it’s had substantial benefits for eligible immigrants and the places they live.
1 year
ago
Here’s What Chicagoans Think of CPD’s Latest Community Policing Plan
A draft was released this month, but residents at three town halls pointed out weak spots when it comes to turning around the culture of the police department.
1 year
ago
The Contradictions of Chicago Police’s Secretive List
The ranked list of “at-risk” individuals was finally released earlier this year—but city officials remain mum on the details. Here’s what we do know.
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