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December 1, 2015
Steven Cohen
Garry McCarthy is out as police superintendent as the covering of asses continues in Chicago.
November 25, 2015
Jamil Smith
The Execution of Laquan McDonald
A new video shows a Chicago police officer murdering a black teen last year. Why did it take so long for us to get here?
November 20, 2015
Jamil Smith
We're about to see how Laquan McDonald died.
September 14, 2015
Jeet Heer
Professor Bellow
The influence of the academy made Saul Bellow’s fiction insufferable.
April 7, 2015
Ben Austen
Great Chicago Ire
Why a Chicago alderman race may hinge on Mayor Rahm Emanuel's hard line on schools
July 15, 2014
Jason Zengerle
Rahm Emanuel's Top Nemesis Just Might Take Him On
Karen Lewis would make for a bloody mayoral battle
June 29, 2014
Anna Hiatt, Miles Kohrman
Chicago Is Officially the Most Soccer-Drunk City in America. (Which Is Saying Something.)
All respect to Kansas City, New York and LA, but the photos do not lie
June 9, 2014
Daniel Kay Hertz
Homicide Inequality in Chicago—In Maps
Murders have plummeted overall, but much of the city has seen only modest declines or stagnation
April 6, 2014
Isaac Chotiner
Stark Raving Rahm
Tell us what you really think, Mr. Mayor
October 31, 2013
Jim Sleeper
The End of the Rainbow
From 1993: America's Changing Urban Politics
August 15, 2013
Molly Redden
The Real Victims of Jesse Jackson Jr.'s Fall From Grace
May 2, 2013
Daniel Denvir
The Worst Gun Control Idea Has Bipartisan Support
Why states should not pass new mandatory minimums for firearm possession
April 26, 2013
Molly Redden
A Takedown of the City Takedown
Why it's worth ranting against Rachel Shteir's Chicago essay
February 25, 2013
Ilan Greenberg
The Race to Replace Jesse Jr.
The election is all about guns. Except when it's not.
January 15, 2013
Perry Stein
Guns in Churches, Psychiatric Evaluations, and Other State Laws Proposed Since Newtown
January 15, 2013
Mark Athitakis
The Literary Insecurities of Washington, D.C.
January 8, 2013
Dave Bry
Is It OK for White Music Critics to Like Violent Rap?
December 28, 2012
Jeffrey Rosen
Gun Control Can Survive the Supreme Court
December 7, 2012
Jeffrey Rosen
Dear Courts, Please Ignore Mitch McConnell's Latest Lawsuit
November 30, 2012
Alan Berube
How Global Cities Adapt to Global Change

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