June 2012

The prewar Lathrop Homes at Damen and Diversey have long been one of the better public-housing developments in the city, and even in a deteriorated state are a good foundation for public or mixed-income housing. Yet despite their well-maintained landscaping, they're almost completely vacant—among many other CHA units in housing limbo. Read more

It took a long time for the Chicago Pride Parade to draw over 800,000 people—before it really took off in the 1980s, the early years of the parade were a modest affair, except for the floats. Read more

Dartmouth geographer Richard Wright talks about how segregation (and the Chicago School-driven understanding of it) is changing, and how it's not. In Chicago, the picture's very different, depending on whether you look at neighborhoods or schools. Read more

Want bipartisanship? Democrats and Republicans fight it out at the national level, but here in Chicago, they've been good frenemies since the first days of Richard J. Daley's reign. Read more