The Video That Shook Chicago
Ten years ago this month, dashcam footage was released showing Laquan McDonald being shot to death by a police officer. Nothing would ever be the same again.
Custom Placements: Front Page Lead
Five Reimagined Properties for Sale
As I was scrolling through real estate listings this past week, a property for sale in Barrington caught my eye. What looks like a brand-new home actually began life as an upholsterer’s barn. It has now been updated inside and out, along with a three-story addition attached to the original structure. Who doesn’t like the … Read more
How One Neighborhood Confronts ICE
It was three o’clock in the afternoon, dismissal hour at Roosevelt High School in Albany Park, where the student body is 74 percent Latino. A young white woman stood on the corner of Wilson and St. Louis avenues, with a whistle around her neck and a tab with the phone number of the Illinois Coalition … Read more
Monument Man
The city’s go-to restorer has worked on everything from two particular bronze lions (you know the ones) to ancient rock art.
Scenes From the Occupation
As the feds cracked down on immigration in Chicago this fall, filmmaker Carlos Javier Ortiz’s camera was rolling. These stills and footage show a city in crisis — and a city defiant.
A Poem for Our Times
A poet reacts to the immigration crackdown in his hometown the way he knows best: through verse.
What Is the Oldest Town in Illinois?
The answer dates back to 1703, when the French controlled the Illinois Country. That year a Jesuit group established its mission along the east bank of the Mississippi River to minister to the Kaskaskia tribe of Native Americans and founded a permanent settlement named for the group. They also set up a fur trading post … Read more