Crime Follows Temperature In Chicago
A look at five million crime reports over twelve years in the city suggests that homicides, and other crimes that you'd expect, become more common when Chicago warms up.
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Everything About Carlos Marmol Says 'Beware'
The Cubs' perma-troubled closer had his worst game of the season this weekend, walking two and hitting one of the three batters he faced. Don't expect him to turn things...
Don't Give Up on Edwin Jackson Yet
The Cubs' most expensive pitcher is 0-5 with a 6.39 ERA, one of the worst in the major leagues. It doesn't look like much for a $13 million investment. But...
Good Food Doesn't Have To Be Class Warfare
Does foodie culture—obscure ingredients, too-clever elaborations on junk food, and menus running into the hundreds of dollars—mock the poor?
Chicago's Most Depopulated Neighborhood Is Also Its Most Troubled
Fuller Park, on the near South Side, has seen its population decline 83 percent since 1950—and the people still living there are struggling.
Could Concealed Carry End Up With Every Municipality For Itself?
The state House looked at a restrictive shall-issue law; that failed. It looked at a very restrictive may-issue law; that failed badly. The end game could be a compromise, or...
Do Chicago’s Trauma-Care Deserts Increase Deaths From Firearms?
A new study looks at how proximity to trauma care affects gunshot victims in the city. It's a different take on a surprisingly divisive medical subject.
Chicago: 150 Years of Flooding and Excrement
Chicago entered the modern era by reversing nature to rid the city of filth. After seven generations of epic, semi-effective engineering, the future may require a return to the city's...
What a Massive Flood Does To Chicago's Infrastructure
There's chaos on Chicago's streets, but it's even worse underneath them. This much rain is bad news for a sewer system still in progress after 40 years.
Is the Ideal Subway Car Asymmetrical?
CTA riders don't seem to like our new, efficient, New York-style seating arrangements. Perhaps some compromise is in order.