The activists fighting for police reform in the wake of a video that showed a black teenager shot 16 times by a white cop.

How the foreclosure crisis ignited a new form of activism in Chicago’s vacant homes.

How a journalism professor named Dan Sinker became the most entertaining part of the Chicago mayoral race.

A profile of Rahm Emanuel, written during his first congressional campaign in Illinois. Emanuel was running to fill the seat vacated by Rod Blagojevich.