Ryan Lugalia-Hollon talks about the new book The War on Neighborhoods, the yearly costs of locking up the residents of just one neighborhood, and the possible alternatives. Read more
163 people in their 70s or 80s are in the 128,000-plus records, as well as people who are supposedly 118 and 132 years old, as well as members of the Thorndale Jagoffs. Read more
The area was at the tail end of the Great Migration, and still under the tight control of white ward bosses, when the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. set off the conflagration. Read more
A University of Chicago sociologist is investigating the possibility that small areas, which have been shifted between wards over the years, are more prone to it—perhaps because they fall through the political cracks. Read more
Privacy-law expert Lior Strahilevitz talks about why the Cambridge Analytica scandal is the company's hardest challenge yet, and why the biggest thing it has to worry about is its product making people unhappy. Read more
In exclusive interviews, Paul Bauer's widow and the man accused of killing Bauer reveal the lifelong paths that led to a fateful February encounter. Read more
Illinois residents who move through either the criminal or civil court system can end up with thousands of dollars in fees owed to dozens of agencies—which carry burdens beyond the financial. But activists and politicians are trying to lift the burden so they can move on. Read more
He's a longshot, but if he puts policies to his desire to stop school closings and move money from rich to poor neighborhoods, he'll make it interesting even if it's not close. Read more
