Whet Moser

But they're rare, illegal in Chicago, and very, very expensive.

Other cities that have been through DOJ-led police reforms, and that are going through them right now, have brought activists and the police union to the negotiating table. Is Chicago...

Laquan McDonald, Karen Lewis, Fermilab, and more

The nation's highest court passed on a challenge to the suburb's assault-weapon ban, but Clarence Thomas's dissent shows how times have changed in the fight over guns.

When Cincinnati had a reckoning for its police department, it relied on the community to introduce a wide range of significant changes.

It’s going to take a lot more than a task force on police accountability.

The very wealthy are using their immense resources to shape public policy—and often their sense of the public good conflicts with what the public wants.

Garry McCarthy, Tyshawn Lee, donut shops, and more

Shortly before the release of the Laquan McDonald video, John Kass captured the fears of what could happen in its wake in a widely read column, "The Video That Might Rip...

In July 1980, three Chicago cops were charged with murder in the fatal beating of a mentally ill man arrested for smoking on an El train.