Why Downstate Fights for Coal

By Edward McClelland

It's a $100,000 a year job — in a region where the median home price is $87,000. Read more

A New Book Traces 50 Years of Policing in Chicago

By Christian Belanger

Occupied Territory examines the turbulent history between the CPD and black Chicagoans. Read more

By Edward McClelland

She ran on a platform of leveling the playing field in an increasingly unequal city. Can an American mayor really do such a thing? Read more

Meet Your New Aldermen

By Grace Perry

An EMT, a former rapper, and a pack of grassroots organizers are just some of the folks looking to shake up the City Council. Read more

10 Stories to Read Right Now

By Kim Bellware

A recycling meltdown, Lori Lightfoot's rise to power, and remembering Flight 191. Read more

How Lori Lightfoot Beat the Machine

By Edward McClelland

The inside story of her improbable, historic victory Read more

Pritzker and Madigan Are Primed for a Gerrymandering Deathmatch

By Robert Reed

The very shape of Illinois politics is at stake in the fight over remapping — and it could be the new governor's biggest battle. Read more

Let’s Get Rid of All the Townships

By Edward McClelland

Illinois has 1,428 of them — a big reason we lead the nation in number of taxing bodies. Read more

Is Rahm Trying to Be ... a Writer?

By Edward McClelland

The mayor has racked up 11 bylines in The Atlantic since announcing he wouldn’t seek a third term, often editorializing against 21st Century progressivism. Read more

Pritzker’s Fair Tax Is a Sweet Deal for Southern Illinois

By Edward McClelland

The region stands to gain more from the plan than anywhere else in the state. And thanks to the Dems’ supermajority, they’ll get it while voting Republican. Read more

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