See Chicago's law-enforcement splendor on parade circa 1896, captured by the first man to ever shoot with a moving camera, and who beat Edison to our town by a few months. Read more
The aldermanic runoffs produced an upset in the 36th ward, a near-upset in the 25th ward, and a changing of the guard in the 50th. Reporters and writers are starting to drill down into the results. Plus: more Berny Stone. Read more
Madison turns out half its registered voters--by conservative estimates--to vote for a state Supreme Court justice, as Chicago's aldermanic elections drag to a quietly eventful finish. Plus: towards a culinary theory of Chicago politics. Read more
Cubs fans are always worrying about something. Since we're not far into the season, and nothing terribly exciting has happened so far, this week they're worried about low attendance. (For a Monday afternoon game.) But attendance is the last thing the Cubs need to worry about. Read more
In praise of Rodman's rebounding, Winter's complex triangle offense, and Gilmore's thighs. Plus: the 1976 ABA dunk contest, when men were men and basketballs were red, white, and blue. Read more
It's election day here in Chicago--again! And the best game in town... actually isn't in town. It's up north. Between the Packers, Scott Walker, and Paul Ryan, Wisconsinites are living in interesting times. Read more
Sixteen years ago, Derrick Lemon watched as his brother was dropped out a window of the Ida B. Wells housing complex. Today, at the age of 24, Lemon was sentenced to 71 years in prison for shooting a man in 2006. Read more
Today the court of appeals for the federal circuit court is hearing arguments in the Myriad gene patent case, aka Association for Molecular Pathology v. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. It's the latest development in the attempt to patent the human body, a long story that's touched the lives of Chicagoans and won't go away any time soon. Read more
How to turn away leisurely from the disaster that is the My Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat Is Not An Option tour, which is currently plowing its unfortunate way across the nation. Read more
