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- Arts & Culture, Art Feature Jun 13, 2019
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Black fatherhood
Black men are rarely afforded the luxury of being seen as nurturers and caregivers.
- News & Politics, Feature Mar 13, 2019
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Community gardens beautify urban space, but some seek to transform urban society
Community organizers connect politics with plant care.
- News & Politics, Politics Feb 1, 2019
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Can #AnybodyButMitts win in the 37th Ward?
Incumbent alderman faces two challengers and a new hashtag.
- Arts & Culture, Travel May 30, 2018
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Austin travel agent helps west siders see the world—and lists her favorite midwestern trips
Stops on the Underground Railroad, an urban cheese factory, and an eye-popping Hindu temple are among Crystal Dyer's road-trip recommendations.
- Blogs, Bleader May 15, 2018
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More about hats, from Ray Panice, proprietor of New World Hatters
"A hat makes you look like something."
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 26, 2018
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The life and death of Laverne Williams
Steve Bogira reminds us that a statistic is also a human being.
- Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Apr 10, 2018
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Redlined tells story of one of the last white families in West Garfield Park
Linda Gartz's memoir also offers some insight into the blindness of neighborhood residents to racial discrimination and disinvestment.
- Film, Movie Feature Mar 12, 2018
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State basketball powerhouse Orr Academy’s incredible rise to glory bared in gripping new film
Shot in the Dark, executive produced by Chance the Rapper, spends two and a half eventful years at the west-side high school.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 20, 2017
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The activists and the aldermen: The #NoCopAcademy campaign’s crash course in Chicago civics
After a City Council setback, the #NoCopAcademy campaign reflects on strategy—and aldermen on both sides of the issue respond.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 13, 2017
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Rahm’s police academy plan met with youth-led backlash from #NoCopAcademy campaign
Activists call on city to redirect $95 million toward education of kids, not cops.
- Columns & Opinion, On Transportation Nov 16, 2016
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Competing lawsuits have been filed in the Frank Cruz bike fatality case
Cruz’s mother and a man who says he’s Cruz’s son have both filed suits; the driver is still at large.
- Columns & Opinion, On Transportation Sep 13, 2016
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Who killed Chicago cyclist Frank Cruz?
Weeks after a hit-and-run crash involving a local company’s van, the case is still open.
- Columns & Opinion, On Transportation Jun 17, 2016
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West Garfield Park and Austin got Divvy bikes last week. Will anyone use them?
Some residents are skeptical, but $5 memberships could win people over.
- Columns & Opinion, On Transportation Mar 28, 2016
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Why didn't more locals show up for the city's west-side bikeway hearings?
Residents of struggling communities may not see biking as a priority, but black advocates say it can be part of the solution.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 15, 2016
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Bernie Sanders opens a campaign office in Chicago, the best and worst of the Wrigleyville McDonald’s, and other Chicago news
Also, David Axelrod recounts an interesting encounter with the late Antonin Scalia, and shots are fired at snowplow driver on the west side.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 20, 2015
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No, Chuy, let's not hire a thousand more cops
Mayoral candidate Jesus "Chuy" Garcia vows to keep the bad promise Rahm Emanuel broke of fighting violence with extra police.
- News & Politics, Feature Aug 20, 2014
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In Chicago's war zones, the tragedy extends beyond the kids who die
What toll does violence exact on the children who survive?
- Blogs, Bleader May 19, 2014
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Illinois pot policies are inconsistent and unjust, report concludes
Researchers at Roosevelt University find that marijuana enforcement depends on geography and race more than justice.
- News & Politics, Feature Apr 7, 2014
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Chicago decriminalized marijuana possession—but not for everyone
African-Americans account for almost eight of every ten low-level pot busts.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 24, 2013
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Poverty and addiction created a heroin entrepreneur
Parris Fultz was a self-described independent operator in a business—drug dealing—dominated by larger-scale players.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 18, 2013
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A look at how Chicago's heroin trade has adapted and thrived for more than a century
Drug dealing hasn't always been done in the open—but it has been going on for generations.
- News & Politics, Feature Jun 13, 2013
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Trying to make separate equal
Having failed at desegregation, Chicago has tried instead to provide quality education in poor, racially isolated schools. That hasn’t worked either.
- News & Politics, Feature Feb 14, 2013
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Anatomy of a heroin ring
Dana Bostic's gang-affiliated west-side drug organization employed dozens of residents, served thousands of customers, established ties with Mexican drug cartels, and relied on violence to stay in business.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 7, 2013
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Murder and segregation: till death do they part
"We have to help Chicago," education secretary Arne Duncan says.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 6, 2012
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Another price of segregation: not just homicide, but countless walking wounded
More than 2,300 people have been shot in Chicago this year, and the toll is often great even for those who survive