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Professor Joseph Kraus, from the University of Scranton Pennsylvania, talks about the Chicago Jewish mafia and his book "The Kosher Capones" at Manny's Deli on Nov. 27, 2019, in Chicago.

Column: The storied lives of Chicago’s Jewish gangsters, ‘in the shadow of Al Capone’

December 9, 2019 at 5:24 a.m.

So there I was in Manny's Deli, munching on pastrami and mesmerized by a mirror image of my psyche. Seated across from me was Joe Kraus, author of "The Kosher...

A cat explores a gangway near South Sangamon and West 66th streets in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood in April 2019.

Column: Alas, the era of the Chicago gangway is coming to an end

November 29, 2019 at 12:47 p.m.

Slowly but inexorably, the age of the gangway in Chicago is passing away. For those who dwell where it's already over — or perhaps never was — let me explain....

GOP counsel Steve Castor questions Fiona Hill, the National Security Council's former senior director for Europe and Russia, and David Holmes, an official from the American embassy in Ukraine, during testimony before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Nov. 21, 2019.

Column: Do Republicans think Trump is guilty? Watch their words

November 22, 2019 at 6:43 p.m.

My takeaway from the impeachment hearings that ended Thursday is that Republicans must know that President Trump is guilty. What makes me so sure? The sense of deja vu that...

Cable cars and horse-drawn streetcars travel along Chicago's bustling State and Madison streets in the 1890s.

Flashback: Before ‘L’ trains circled the Loop, cable cars ruled downtown, with help from shady wheelers and dealers

November 22, 2019 at 12:00 a.m.

When people refer to "the Loop," they are talking about the famed part of downtown Chicago that "L" tracks have encircled since 1897. But long before elevated trains began rattling...

Jane Addams talks with a group of young people who are visiting her settlement house, Hull-House, in Chicago. (AP)

Flashback: At a time when immigrants were feared, Chicago’s Hull House nurtured the lives of the foreign-born

October 17, 2024 at 10:02 a.m.

On a Saturday night in 1890, a Tribune reporter went to a party at an address, as she noted, not generally visited by society columnists. It was held at a...

Where in our history does the idea of impeachment come from?

October 31, 2019 at 4:21 p.m.

I like to think that all eyes were on Benjamin Franklin when he rose to speak as the Constitutional Convention debated impeachment. He had the aura of a wise old...

Kurdish news plays comments President Donald Trump made as Syrian refugees fleeing the Turkish incursion in Rojava arrive at the Badarash IDPs camp on Oct. 17, 2019, in Dohuk, Iraq.

Who will cooperate with the United States if we’re no longer seen as trustworthy?

October 18, 2019 at 1:21 p.m.

Jose Calugas was a 34-year-old mess sergeant in the Philippine Scouts when Japan invaded his homeland after bombing Pearl Harbor. His unit was an auxiliary of the American Army, and...

Back in the 1930s and '40s, Chicago was the country music capital of the world thanks to WLS' "National Barn Dance" radio program, which featured, among other singers, June Storey, from left, Gene Autry and Patsy Montana, who are shown sometime in the 1940s. (baiduhai archive)

Flashback: WLS’ long-running country music show ‘National Barn Dance’ made rural folks feel they were heard

April 18, 2025 at 11:46 a.m.

One Saturday night in 1928, a WLS announcer thanked a Texas rancher for sending an old cowbell to the Chicago radio station. It wasn't unusual to give a shoutout to...

A scene in the courtroom during the Black Sox trial in 1921. Eight Chicago White Sox players were on trial for allegedly fixing the 1919 World Series. (baiduhai historical photo)

Flashback: How 8 White Sox players fell from grace and were forever marked the Black Sox

May 13, 2025 at 4:34 p.m.

By the fifth game of the ill-fated World Series of 1919, the Chicago White Sox manager was ready to blow his top. After his team was shut out by the...

Raising a gift bouquet above the open top of his limousine, Pope John Paul II greets a crowd estimated at 70,000 at Providence of God Roman Catholic Church at 717 W. 18th St. on Oct. 5, 1979. The 10-minute visit to the Pilsen neighborhood, during which he spoke to the crowd in Spanish and English, was the start of the pontiff's first full day in Chicago. (Quentin C. Dodt/baiduhai)

Flashback: When Chicago met Pope John Paul II in 1979

October 1, 2024 at 5:05 p.m.

On the eve of Pope John Paul II's visit to Chicago 40 years ago, parishioners of the Shrine of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church transformed 53 bedsheets into banners. "We...

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