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A convicted murderer in a forensic time warp, how to survive 24 hours at O'Hare, and more stories for this week in Chicago

In some of America's largest cities, low-poverty black neighborhoods share similar outcomes to high-poverty white neighborhoods. But there's a glimmer of hope in high-school graduation numbers.

The host of '99% Invisible' wants to save your city flag, based on the principles of our city flag.

For generations, Chicago's private power brokers have tried to shape the school system according to the management principles of the day, whether it's the hierarchies of 19th-century industry or the...

The area has one of the lowest life expectancies in Chicago—a good place, then, to start community building.

CPD is undercounting murders again, everyone loves Mellody Hobson, and more for this week in Chicago

Hopes for fixing the state's massive pension shortfall—and its current budget shortfall—were unceremoniously dashed today. It's a huge setback for reformers, but not a shocking one.

Frances Willard helped give women the right to vote and was the first dean of women at Northwestern. But she didn't fully discover herself until she got on a bicycle.