This Rosetta stone of American cities, now available online for almost 250 towns, reveals a lot about 1930s housing policies and how they shaped the country. Read more
In the 1960s and '70s, Nazis marched the streets of Chicago and its suburbs—to protest black residents moving in. We spoke with the lawyer that defended their First Amendment right. Read more
The white-supremacist organization courted white-collar professionals and made millions off them. But when Indiana's Grand Dragon went to prison for the murder of his girlfriend, the multilevel marketing scheme collapsed. Read more
Ursula Bielski, founder of Chicago Hauntings, talks about positive and negative paranormal energy in the area's most haunted cemetery, and where to soak up EVPs this weekend. Read more
Then as now, voters told pollsters that they were highly impressed with the informed policy proposals of their preferred candidates, but what they really responded to were the platitudes. Read more
The staunchly conservative activist, who detested modern feminism and loved nuclear weapons (and recently endorsed Donald Trump), died last weekend at age 92. Read more
Long before the city's downtown boom and its riverwalk (or plans to swim in the river), Bertrand Goldberg's idea to combine residential, office, and recreational space was a risky experiment in city living. Read more
In 1928, The Chicago Defender warned the GOP that it was in danger of alienating African-Americans. They didn't listen, and the fall came fast. Read more
