Steve Bogira
Bio:
I'm a senior writer for the Chicago Reader, and I write mostly about race and poverty. I'm also the author of Courtroom 302, a book about the nation's busiest felony courthouse, here in Chicago. It won the Midland Authors nonfiction award for 2005 and was a finalist for the LA Times current interest award. My work has been aided by an Alicia Patterson fellowship and a Kaiser media fellowship in health. I have an honorary doctorate in humane letters from Albion College. I'm a proud product of Chicago's south side and the Ridge Country Club caddie yard, where my gambling and cussing earned me a Chick Evans scholarship to Northwestern.
I'm a senior writer for the Chicago Reader, and I write mostly about race and poverty. I'm also the author of Courtroom 302, a book about the nation's busiest felony courthouse, here in Chicago. It won the Midland Authors nonfiction award for 2005 and was a finalist for the LA Times current interest award. My work has been aided by an Alicia Patterson fellowship and a Kaiser media fellowship in health. I have an honorary doctorate in humane letters from Albion College. I'm a proud product of Chicago's south side and the Ridge Country Club caddie yard, where my gambling and cussing earned me a Chick Evans scholarship to Northwestern.
- News & Features, Feature, Mar 4, 2004
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"A Law Abiding Judge"
Prosecutors say Leo Holt doesn't give them a fair shake; he says he's just guarding the rights of the accused.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 8, 2011
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"Batting cleanup for the White Sox, hitting .163..."
- News & Features, Feature, Mar 18, 1993
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"I'm blind--so what?"
How Derrick Phillips Learned to See Things in a Positive Light
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 1, 2012
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"Why are whites afraid of blacks?"
Eighty-six-year-old Geneva Banks talks about her life in the segregated south and the segregated north
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 28, 2011
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#Om
Seeking a book on meditweeting
- News & Features, Feature, Oct 13, 2011
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'The conscience of Chicago journalism'
Michael Miner, the Reader's rock, has been in these pages since day one
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 7, 2012
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New York Times: A newspaper for the one-percenters
In the New York Times, stories about the rich lead nicely to ads for the rich
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 22, 2012
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Onion writers saying no to Chicago
Is Chicago too funny for the Onion?
- Blogs, Bleader, May 10, 2012
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Reader grabbed in multimillion-dollar deal
On the megapurchase of a great alternative newspaper
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 7, 2011
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@All-InSoxFan tweets last Sunday's nail-biter
Irrepressible @All-InSoxFan tweeted updates during the White Sox-Tigers game Sunday, which he says was much closer than the 18-2 score suggests.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 23, 2012
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A comment on comments
Facebook commenters tend to like things. Comment board commenters, not so much.
- News & Features, Feature, May 5, 2011
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A Convict's Odyssey
When he was 16, Mark Clements talked his way into four life sentences. Twenty-eight years later, he talked his way out.
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 30, 2012
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A different kind of busing approach to desegregation
Intergroup contact is especially important in a segregated city, and another argument for public transit
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 3, 2012
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A duck walks into a Republican
Our Oulipian wordplay begins.
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 15, 2011
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A financial exchange
CME needed the big tax break it just got, because it has so many hungry pols to feed.
- News & Features, Feature, Apr 21, 1988
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A Fire in the Family
Laverne Williams, 19, died in a fire in her west-side apartment on January 27. She saved her son Derrick, 3, and her daughter Delina, 1, before succumbing. She is survived by her mother Glo, her twin sister Lavette, and a large extended family that will h
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 10, 2013
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A greener Chicago would be a safer Chicago
Urban farming and better care of vacant lots could reduce crime and improve life in poorer areas
- News & Features, Feature, May 12, 2005
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A Jury of Whose Peers?
Minority defendants, especially men, rarely see themselves reflected in the juries that try them. A proposed law could be the first step towards changing that in Illinois.
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 10, 2011
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A key moment for leftists
Protesters march to a rally in downtown Chicago during a key period for leftists, here and nationally.
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 13, 2012
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A model integrated community for Chicago to study
In Hope Meadows, a common purpose for residents—caring for each other—leads to real integration
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