The U.S. team is unlikely to break through this afternoon to the quarterfinals. But either way, the U.S. seems likely, at last, to have a role in the beautiful, global game. Read more
The anti-chicken GOP candidate put the rare bird on notice in his plan to shake up Springfield. But the little bird has (barely) survived a lot of challenges. Read more
What we didn’t know about the housing bubble hurt us—but the lessons from the financial crisis could save us from the growing student-loan problem. Read more
Chicago has a lot of high school dropouts—but there are fewer "dropout factories" than you might think. And the nation can learn from this city's approach to the problem. Read more
The writer takes on the media's ignorance of history, why Chicago is an ideal case study for discrimination, and how uncomfortable it is to undo policies that were racist by design. Read more
