Laissez-Faire Be a Lady
UIC economist Deirdre McCloskey talks freely about capitalism, the fallout from Enron, and her sex change.
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Sudden Impact
In the 1969 Days of Rage, antiwar radical Brian Flanagan and city lawyer Richard Elrod, collided, changing their lives and creating an indelible image.
Shore Patrol
While scouring the long stretch from Jackson Park up to Hollywood Beach, we discovered some of the lakefront’s native dwellers. Meet the characters, photographed last year, who make our shore more than just a pretty place
Heartbreak Hotel
Only a few years after J. W. Stevens opened his grand Michigan Avenue hotel, the Depression devastated his family, inducing a series of calamities that included suicide, bankruptcy, and criminal charges. But from the debacle of the Stevens Hotel (now Chicago Hilton and Towers) emerged a young man who today, at 86, sits on the U.S. Supreme Court
Feeling the Heat
Many scientists cite world-impacting weather phenomena—melting glaciers, vanishing snowcaps—as proof of a warming planet. But what does that mean for Chicago?
Spotted at O’Hare
Like many of the other good men and women profiled in this year’s “Solo Acts” article, I live a pretty public life. As a theatre director, writer, and artistic director, stories about my work get published whenever there’s a cool new play, and I’ve gotten accustomed to it. But nothing could be stranger than the … Read more
Chicagoans of the Year 2006 – Rev. Thomas J. Behrens
Ministering Angel // Rev. Thomas J. Behrens // The Night Ministry Photograph by Katrina Wittkamp Rev. Thomas J. Behrens In 1976, Tom Behrens, then 30, held a job as a mortgage banker. With graduate degrees from the McCormick Theological Seminary and the Jane Addams College of Social Work at the University of Illinois at Chicago, … Read more
Chicagoans of the Year 2006 – Maria Pesqueira
Action Figure // Maria Pesqueira // Mujeres Latinas en Acción When your middle name is “Socorro”-the Spanish word for “aid”-helping people must be ingrained in your DNA. Or so it seems with Maria Socorro Pesqueira, the CEO and president of Mujeres Latinas en Acción (Latin Women in Action), a social service agency in the Pilsen … Read more
Chicagoans of the Year 2006 – Kimo Williams
Captain Composer // Kimo Williams // Buffalo Soldiers Photograph by Katrina Wittkamp Kimo Williams It happened 36 years ago and 13,000 miles away, but James “Kimo” Williams remembers as if it were yesterday. As a young combat engineer in Lai Khe, Vietnam, he was on guard duty one night, and he thought he saw an … Read more
Chicagoans of the Year 2006 – Keith Elliott and Harriet Ross
Gotta Dance // Keith Elliott and Harriet Ross // Dance for Life Photograph by Katrina Wittkamp Harriett Ross & Keith Elliott At the height of the AIDS epidemic in the United States, with several of his friends dying, Keith Elliott looked for a way to battle the disease. A dancer with the Joseph Holmes Chicago … Read more