Rahm Emanuel's Constituents React To His New Job
Illinois Congressman Rahm Emanuel has accepted Barack Obama's offer to become White House Chief of Staff. And that leaves Illinois' 5th congressional ...
Illinois Congressman Rahm Emanuel has accepted Barack Obama's offer to become White House Chief of Staff. And that leaves Illinois' 5th congressional ...
Chicago Tribune | Posted 10.23.2008 | Chicago
A person was stabbed this morning in the 2100 block of North Halsted Street in the Lincoln Park neighborhood. The victim was taken to Advocate Illino...
Paul Engleman | Posted 10.08.2008 | Chicago
The 1983 Chicago mayoral election has one obvious similarity to this year's presidential race. With only a few weeks left, there is a real possibility that something which until recently seemed unthinkable will happen: An African-American could be elected president.
Christopher Devine | Posted 10.01.2008 | Chicago
Art and his friend Martin have set up camp in a long, narrow storage space below a three-flat in west Lincoln Park. A single bulb lights the enclosed room.
Chicago Tribune | Posted 09.23.2008 | Chicago
Four months after getting the private Latin School to stop building a soccer field in Lincoln Park, a group of residents has filed a new lawsuit seeki...
Christopher Devine | Posted 09.23.2008 | Chicago
On the busy streets that frame Lincoln Park's expressions of grandeur, you will find some of America's poorest citizens.
Gapers Block | Lori Barrett | Posted 09.09.2008 | Chicago
Today is the grand opening of Counter Burger, a create-your-own burger joint (part of a California-based chain) on Diversey Parkway in Lincoln Park. D...
Claire Bidwell Smith | Posted 09.05.2008 | Chicago
My first six months here were brutal. Too broke to splurge on winter clothes, I layered all of my LA outfits on top of each other and shivered through the worst winter Chicago had seen in a decade.
Chicago Tribune | Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah | Posted 09.03.2008 | Chicago
After stopping the private Latin School from building a soccer field in Lincoln Park, a group of residents was unable to stop the Chicago Park Distric...
Tom Tresser | Posted 08.17.2008 | Chicago
Can we calculate the cost of corruption to the citizens of Chicago? Does your city seem broke, incompetent, arrogant, unaccountable and impenetrable? Congratulations, you are a Screwed Citizen.
Chicago Tribune | Dan P. Blake | Posted 08.14.2008 | Chicago
Two people were seriously wounded Thursday afternoon in a drive-by shooting on Chicago's North Side, and a third person was hurt after running into a ...
If you think people laugh at your skiing skills then think again. A man was a...
The Anchorage Daily News reports that Levi Johnston, the father of Bristol Palin's...
Rep. John Conyers has written a letter to Democratic colleagues urging them to join...
As January 20 grows larger in the window, I've been thinking more often about the...
I want to play poker with Harry Reid. Really I do. Rather than call for a...
America is in shock. It is not because of the unusual sight of the first black...
Are nude animal rights protests old hat? We got word of a...
Rachel Maddow appeared on "The Daily...
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Patrick Swayze, who has been battling pancreatic cancer for a year, sat down with Barbara Walters for...
An article in next month's Atlantic asks, "Is porn...
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The Internet is awash with rumors over the cause of the tragic death of actor John Travolta's...
Chicago Public Radio | Posted 11.06.2008 | Chicago