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- News & Politics, Feature Oct 23, 2019
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Asylum City
The harrowing stories of six asylum seekers who now call Chicago home
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 25, 2017
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Bears on Trump NFL comments: ‘This divisive political situation has unified our franchise’
Also, Alderman Ray Lopez wants to overhaul the "deeply flawed" CPD gang database.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 24, 2017
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Report: Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda may not perform as Alexander Hamilton in Chicago, and other news
Also, parolees can no longer be arrested for being spotted with a gang member in Illinois.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 22, 2017
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An inside look at the Chicago Police Department's mysterious strategic subject list, and other news
Also, Wyndham Lathem is "trying to remain hopeful" in Cook County Jail.
- Arts & Culture, Feature Mar 15, 2017
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The printed relics of Chicago’s predigital gangland
The book Thee Almighty & Insane: Chicago Gang Business Cards From the 1970s & 1980s is a snapshot of the city’s street gangs during a period of transition.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 2, 2017
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Trump says meeting with Chicago gang leaders would be a ‘great idea,’ and other news
Also, the owner of the Willis Tower is investing in a $500 million renovation.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 23, 2016
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Rahm Emanuel releases several years’ worth of e-mails, and other Chicago news
Also, outgoing Republican senator Mark Kirk laments the lost of the moderate establishment in the age of Trump.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 20, 2016
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Chicago ranked as the best city for biking in the U.S., and other news
Also, former CPD superintendent Garry McCarthy thinks releasing the Laquan McDonald video was a mistake.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 15, 2016
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Police shot 14 unarmed people between 2010 and 2015, and other Chicago news
Also, PayPal founder Peter Thiel tells Chicago audience that very talented people go to New York City or Silicon Valley.
- Blogs, Bleader May 13, 2016
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Children in wealthy Chicago neighborhoods are in an 'affluence bubble,' and other news
Also, a survey says Bruce Rauner is the nation's sixth-most unpopular governor.
- Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Dec 16, 2015
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The untold history of local Latino gangs
In The Insane Chicago Way, criminologist John Hagedorn discovers an intricate tale of violence, mafia influence, and police corruption.
- 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?
- News & Politics, Chicagoans Aug 3, 2014
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This week's Chicagoan: Xavier Nuez, photographer
"I've never been afraid of walking down a dark alley."
- Film, Movie Review Jul 30, 2014
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A Chicago street gang tries to go straight in Lord Thing
DeWitt Beall's 1970 documentary recalls the doomed reform of the Conservative Vice Lords.
- News & Politics, Feature Jul 30, 2014
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A low-level drug dealer gets caught between the money and the violence of the heroin trade
Authorities say Terrance Scott witnessed a double murder—and was intimidated into changing his story.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 9, 2014
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Alderman on violence in Chicago: 'We've got a war right here to deal with'
Alderman Willie Cochran, a former police officer, says it's time for an infusion of money, opportunities, health care, and police in violence-ravaged neighborhoods.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 5, 2014
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Politicians say this time they really, truly have a plan to fight Chicago's violence
Congressman Bobby Rush, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and county board president Toni Preckwinkle say they're banding together to prevent bloodshed, but plans are vague.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 3, 2014
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Why aldermen are mum about Chicago's violence: They're not sure what to say
To stop the bloodshed, members of the City Council propose more cops, jobs, church, and trips to Great America.
- News & Politics, Feature May 27, 2014
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The drug warrior
In his three-decade career, Chicago DEA chief Jack Riley has targeted the Outfit, dirty cops, street gangs, and the Sinaloa cartel, yet the drugs keep coming. He says that's all the more reason to continue fighting.
- News & Politics, Feature May 6, 2014
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The trials of a neighborhood high school
Wells Community Academy in West Town has disadvantaged students, many unhelpful parents, a bad reputation, charters nibbling at its enrollment—and some rare successes. Can it survive?
- Blogs, Bleader May 1, 2014
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Murders, and the political responses to them, have become all too familiar
How city leaders reacted to some of the most notorious outbreaks of violence over the last two decades
- 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 Dec 4, 2013
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Heroin, LLC
The open-air drug market on the west side thrives in the same way that legal businesses do—by meeting demand, capitalizing on a cheap and plentiful workforce, and offering excellent customer service.
- Arts & Culture, Feature Nov 20, 2013
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How to survive a shooting
Nortasha Stingley's 19-year-old daughter, Marissa, was shot dead just blocks from her home. How do you get over a thing like that?
