Unlike his 2008 trial in Chicago, R. Kelly’s alleged victims are willing to testify in Brooklyn — including one young groupie who attended the Cook County proceedings before being targeted herself. Read more
The state’s legislators are too far from Chicago for the city’s inhabitants to really care, giving city leaders more power and Downstate politicians more room to hide. Read more
Chicago politics used to exclude anybody nobody sent. As outsiders change the city's makeup, they're looking for leaders who aren't too much like insiders. Read more
