It's Been One Year Since Mayor Emanuel Put a "Down Payment" on Police Reform By Darryl Holliday But has the bill been paid in full? Read more
Will a Vote in Congress Strike Down a Plan to Help Illinois Workers Save for Retirement? By Rian Watt The Secure Choice plan, signed into law in 2015 and expected to start this year, is in danger. Read more
Illinoisians Are Willing to Pay More Taxes to Help the Poor By Whet Moser Just don't ask us where exactly the money should go. Read more
Another Way Illinois Shoots Itself in the Foot When Defunding Colleges By Whet Moser It's not just about educating students—colleges are proven to spur economic growth by their very existence. Read more
Maybe Trump Is Just What Rahm Needs By Edward McClelland Defying the president might be the only chance for our embattled mayor to hold on to his seat. Read more
Chicago Isn’t Just Segregated, It Basically Invented Modern Segregation By Whet Moser The Great Migration happened right around the time powerful Chicago interests found ways to separate people of different races. Read more
Chicago Has Struggled to Build Mixed-Income Housing for 50 Years By Whet Moser It's been the CHA's goal since long before the Plan for Transformation, but resistance and mismanagement have dogged it since the 1960s. Read more
Trump, State Budget Make Rahm "Nervous" About Parks Plan By Whet Moser Showpiece spaces like the 606 and the Riverwalk could become much harder, if not impossible, to fund. Read more
Zeke Emanuel Wants to Use Facts to Fight on Fox News The eldest Emanuel brother on his new TV gig, Obamacare vs. Trumpcare, and whether Rahm will run for a third term. Read more
Why the GOP Won't Require Insurance Plans to Cover Maternal Care By Whet Moser Illinois representative John Shimkus caused a ruckus when he asked why men should pay for maternity care. There wasn't anything unusual about his question, though—it's the reaction that shows how the debate has changed. Read more
