- 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
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 10, 2012
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Parodies lost: why satire must be banned from the Internet
A modest proposal for a serious problem
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 6, 2012
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Another price of segregation: not just homicide, but countless walking wounded
More than 2,300 people have been shot in Chicago this year, and the toll is often great even for those who survive
- News & Features, Feature, Oct 31, 2012
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The link between lead poisoning and underperforming students
With mounting evidence that lead poisoning results in lower test scores, more children repeating grades, and worse, why has so little been done in Chicago to reverse the damage?
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 11, 2012
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Should Emanuel move to Englewood?
Rahm's desegregation plan
- Music, Music Feature, Sep 26, 2012
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Chief Keef: Chicago's most promising antihero
It might sound crazy, but the notorious, teenage, gun-waving rapper could be a solution for a city struggling with violence
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 30, 2012
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Paul Ryan made it, so why can't everyone?
What if Ryan had grown up on Garfield Boulevard in Chicago instead of Garfield Avenue in Janesville?
- News & Features, Feature, Aug 22, 2012
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Deadly poverty
Homicide is just one of many killers plaguing Chicago's poor black neighborhoods
- Music, Music Feature, Aug 15, 2012
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Tree grows his own way
Tremaine Johnson proves there's more to the new generation of Chicago hip-hop than Chief Keef and the drill scene
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 12, 2012
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Rahm announces another "new initiative" that's decades old
The mayor's plan to raze troubled buildings sounds a lot like the one Mayor Daley "introduced" in 1992
- News & Features, Michael Miner on Media, Mar 20, 2012
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Can the virus of violence be filmed?
A gang crimes cop points out what The Interrupters missed
- News & Features, Feature, Mar 6, 2012
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The color of his skin
A missing gun, a wavering prosecution, and decades of regret.
Part 2 of 2.
- News & Features, Feature, Feb 29, 2012
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The color of his skin
Joe Henson was killed because he was black. Forty years later, the daughter he never met is still searching for clues about his death. Part 1 of 2.
- Music, Music Feature, Dec 22, 2011
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Psalm One, the MC
'Rapping was definitely not in the books'
- News & Features, Feature, Aug 25, 2011
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Back to school with Tonika G. Johnson, class of '97
"The only thing remaining was to survive the first week by avoiding the indignities rumored to befall incoming freshmen"
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 11, 2011
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That light in the darkness is a projector bulb
The Englewood Film Festival is taking entry submissions for its 2011 edition.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 17, 2011
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Two mayors, two Chicagos
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 17, 2011
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Reporting From FamilyFarmed: Financing Farm to Fork
Reporting from Financing Farm to Fork, day one of the FamilyFarmed Expo.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 27, 2010
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Mayor Daley Shoots Down More Questions About Guns Without Answering Them
Mayor Daley still isn't talking straight about guns and crime.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 20, 2010
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Where TIF Dollars Go and Where They Don't
Chicago's tax increment financing program money isn't reaching many of the neediest parts of the city. In fact, Chicago's economic disparities may even be widened by the program. Here are some images from neighborhoods that have benefited from the program—and from those that have missed out.
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