Whet Moser

Inside a Chicago gang, and how solving murders could help prevent new ones

The Bears will have a hard decision to make at the end of the year: keep their frustrating but decent quarterback, or replace him with a quarterback that's no better...

Voters think that the country will be more divided with him as president, and that he's been very bad for the GOP—but they’re ready to vote for him anyway.

The number-one major might not be surprising, but perhaps its dominance is. Farther down the list, though, artists make a strong showing.

A three-block stretch of Argyle Street in Uptown has been turned into a "shared street." As Chicago previewed last year, the concept gives pedestrians the right-of-way throughout the street, eliminates curbs, and minimizes...

Illinois’s unappreciated archaeological gem, $150k for a Chicago paleta man, and the beauty of hand-painted grocery store signs

That was the plan coming in, and it's worked out—even though their pitching has arguably been a bit worse than it was last year, they've given up 50 fewer runs...

The number of detectives in the Chicago Police Department has fallen by a quarter in eight years, and they make up a much smaller percentage of the force than in...

What was once a debate about elevating standards in higher education has become a challenge to their existence, and more broadly, an excuse to ignore even the most basic forms...

A South Side singer joins CPD, explaining the Array of Things, and becoming an art history sleuth