The Worst of Chicago
An end-of-year accounting of the city's most annoying, alarming, and appalling people, places, and things
With commentary from one of Chicago's best, comedian Hannibal Buress.
Mince pie was once inextricable from our national identity. Blamed for bad health, murderous dreams, the downfall of Prohibition, and the decline of the white race, it nonetheless persisted as an American staple through the 1940s. So what happened?
Why is the Chicago public school enrollment overwhelmingly low-income? Because when push comes to shove, the city's middle-class parents often shove off for the suburbs.