- News & Features, Feature, May 8, 2013
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Addicted to guns
Is there a cure for Chicago's crippling dependence on firearms?
- News & Features, Michael Miner on Media, Apr 17, 2013
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Former Reader editor delves into the hunt for more of John Wayne Gacy's dead
Alison True's johnwaynegacynews.com pushes for greater transparency in the search for more victims of the executed serial killer.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 12, 2013
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Chicago’s gun laws keep getting tougher, but more people are breaking them
Chicago has the toughest gun laws in the country, but it's not clear what they're accomplishing.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 22, 2013
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County board prez: Why are we closing schools and packing the jail?
Cook County board president Toni Preckwinkle rips the decision to shutter dozens of Chicago public schools.
- News & Features, Feature, Mar 20, 2013
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Was Jonylah Watkins the victim of segregation-related violence?
Gangs aren't the only problem in Woodlawn.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 22, 2013
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Drug arrests drop in Chicago but still snare thousands in black neighborhoods
While Mexican cartel leader "Chapo" Guzman is public enemy number one, most drug busts still snag street-level players.
- News & Features, Feature, Feb 14, 2013
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Anatomy of a heroin ring
Dana Bostic's gang-affiliated west-side drug organization employed dozens of residents, served thousands of customers, established ties with Mexican drug cartels, and relied on violence to stay in business.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 10, 2013
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City officials say they're committed to community policing, just not to funding it
A closer look at Mayor Emanuel's plan to "revitalize" the CAPS program
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 4, 2013
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Demand for gun control surges, and so does demand for guns
Illinois may be the center of our nation's confusing and contradictory approach to firearms
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 24, 2012
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Not only in India: Red Line station rape
Delhi has a rape crisis, but the official statistics say things are worse in Chicago
- News & Features, Feature, Dec 19, 2012
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People Issue 2012:
John Campos, the organizer"Some blocks look like Afghanistan and others look like any other street in Chicago."
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 23, 2012
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Abbate case is just the tip of the iceberg in city legal payouts
The city of Chicago has shelled out nearly $417 million in lawsuits since 2005
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 3, 2012
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What a robbery in Edgewater says about the police staffing debate, part two of two
A close look at a jewelry store stickup and the politics of police deployment, part two of two
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 2, 2012
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What a robbery in Edgewater says about the police staffing debate, part one of two
A close look at a jewelry store stickup and the politics of police deployment
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 26, 2012
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Top cops can't explain what's up with CAPS
CAPS director Ron Holt offers another spin on the future of the police department's community outreach program
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 26, 2012
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Superintendent McCarthy dismantles CAPS, will replace it with something at some point
Chicago police chief says we don't need more cops, just a new community policing policy to be determined later
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 19, 2012
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City sheds hundreds more jobs in black and Hispanic neighborhoods
Black and Hispanic neighborhoods bear the brunt of Mayor Emanuel's belt tightening
- News & Features, Michael Miner on Media, Oct 17, 2012
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Santa's helper nailed for medical marijuana stash
Michelle DiGiacomo ordered weed from a California grower to help relieve chronic pain. She says that landed her in a more painful situation than she ever could have imagined
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 6, 2012
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Public safety committee meeting avoids discussion of public safety
As the violence continues in Chicago, aldermen target phony military heroes
- News & Features, Feature, Jul 18, 2012
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Pariahs amid the rainbow
Young, queer, and homeless in Boystown
