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Cook County's New No-Nonsense Top Prosecutor

By Ted C. Fishman
Eileen O’Neill Burke was elected State’s Attorney by vowing to get tough on crime. But her approach to making Chicago safer is more nuanced than you might think. Read more
Ranking the New Illinois State Flag Designs
By Edward McClelland
It's time to get rid of the old seal on a bedsheet. Read more
Chrishona Hodges’s Life Sentence
By Elly Fishman
At a crossroads when Chicago profiled him nine years ago, Jerryon Stevens is now in jail, awaiting trial on a murder charge. At home, his mother reckons with her son’s path — and tries to hold her fractured family together. Read more

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Cook County's New No-Nonsense Top Prosecutor
By Ted C. Fishman
Eileen O’Neill Burke was elected State’s Attorney by vowing to get tough on crime. But her approach to making Chicago safer is more nuanced than you might think. Read more
Ranking the New Illinois State Flag Designs
By Edward McClelland
It's time to get rid of the old seal on a bedsheet. Read more
Chrishona Hodges’s Life Sentence
By Elly Fishman
At a crossroads when Chicago profiled him nine years ago, Jerryon Stevens is now in jail, awaiting trial on a murder charge. At home, his mother reckons with her son’s path — and tries to hold her fractured family together. Read more
“We Need to Create Space for Someone in Prison to Evolve”
Interview by Ben Austen
A new documentary, In Their Hands, examines Illinois’s parole system through one man's story. Read more
How City Politics Has Led to a Housing Shortage
By Leigh Giangreco
Chicago desperately needs more housing. But when it comes to building apartments, the city is its own worst enemy. Read more