Carol Felsenthal

After crashing as the White House social secretary, the well-connected Chicagoan returned to run Johnson Publishing Company—and now she's working with Rahm Emanuel again as the chair of Choose Chicago, the city's big tourism nonprofit. Read more

The congressman and his famous father once wrote how average Americans should manage their money. It's good advice. The Jacksons could've used it. Read more

The outgoing leader of Illinois's Republican party has a few parting shots on the GOP's policies, politicians, and its chances of success in 2014. Read more

Those falling numbers don’t tell the whole story about Chicago's random, pervasive, endless gun violence. Read more

Pritzker's past, from Chicago schools to the sub-prime mortgage mess, won't make it fun. But it could be much worse. Read more