Steve Bogira
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A social service program on the brink
Home visiting helps at-risk mothers be better parents. But the program itself was put at risk by the budget impasse, and remains in jeopardy despite the stopgap deal. → Read More
Fifty years after Dr. King’s march in Marquette Park, racial integration remains elusive in Chicago
The park no longer is a symbol of bigotry, but it isn't a success story either. → Read More
Two panels on Chicago police misconduct found the same problems 43 years apart
The findings of the Police Accountability Task Force are depressingly familiar. → Read More
Hopped up on fictions about crack, Clinton defends his 1994 crime bill
The former president relies on a super-predator stereotype of his own to justify his bill's harsh sentences. → Read More
White Sox and Cubs are both 2-0 for first time since 1951
Martin Kennelly was mayor the last time both clubs won their first pair in the same season, 65 years ago. → Read More
Torture Commission can only help victims whose torture stemmed from Burge
Other convicts who may have been tortured into confessing are out of luck, an appellate panel rules. → Read More
Here's the video that led IPRA to call for the firing of police officer Francisco Perez
A police board hearing begins Tuesday for the officer accused of shooting 16 times at the wrong car. → Read More
Democratic primary shows a gulf remains between Chicago's black and Latino voters
Hillary Clinton won Chicago's black wards; Bernie Sanders dominated in the city's Latino wards. → Read More
A Trump delegate born in Uzbekistan stands by her man
"When you look at a man of that stature, it makes you feel safe, protected, like he'll take care of you," Lora Drobetsky says. → Read More
Which Democrat would make a better president for black Chicagoans? Two delegates debate.
A Clinton supporter and a Sanders supporter lobby for their candidates. → Read More
Use these cheat sheets while voting for judges in the March 15 primary
Advice for those who want to pick good judges from a bunch of candidates they've never heard of. → Read More
UIC prepares for 'highly contentious' Trump rally
The student body president asks her fellow undergrads to "demonstrate peacefully" and "display class." → Read More
Bill Clinton revs up supporters in Evanston for 'change-maker' Hillary
The 42nd president makes a case for why his wife should become the 45th. → Read More
Can a lawsuit deliver justice after a fatal police shooting?
On a summer night in 2011, Chicago police officer Marco Proano fatally shot 19-year-old Niko Husband outside a dance party. The Independent Police Review Authority said the shooting was justified. Then a civil jury took up the case. → Read More
Can a lawsuit deliver justice after a fatal police shooting?
On a summer night in 2011, Chicago police officer Marco Proano shot 19-year-old Niko Husband outside a south-side dance party. The Independent Police Review Authority said the deadly shooting was justified. Then a civil jury took up the case. → Read More
What the Van Dyke murder trial judge has in common with Laquan McDonald
Vincent Gaughan posed a public danger one morning when he was 28. But the police response was far different from Jason Van Dyke's. → Read More
What the Van Dyke murder trial judge has in common with Laquan McDonald
Vincent Gaughan posed a public danger one morning when he was 28. But the police response was far different from Jason Van Dyke's. → Read More
Emanuel blows off another FOIA request for video of a fatal police shooting
The mayor inaugurates a new age of transparency in police investigations by suppressing video of the fatal police shooting of Cedrick Chatman. → Read More
When Chicago cops shoot
Since 1986 more than 1,600 people have been struck by bullets fired by Chicago police officers—an average of more than one person a week. In the 208 cases closed over the last two years, not a single shooting has been found to be unjustified. Should we be reassured? → Read More
Van Dyke said he feared McDonald's knife could shoot bullets
The Chicago police officer charged with murdering Laquan McDonald told a detective he had previously been warned about so-called "revolver knives." → Read More