Chicago

Activists have blasted a hole in the illusions of those who would ignore victims of state violence.

An update on Truthout's four-part investigative series on the Chicago Police Department and the Independent Police Review Authority.

This week, the trial of Dante Servin began in Chicago.

We're not broke u2014 we're just keeping too much of our wealth in too few pockets.

Rahm Emanuel's victory shows Chicago's progressive movement still needs to do more to advance a real alternative to austerity economics.

The New York Times coverage of middle-class concerns has become a circus-mirror of confusion for Democrats.

A human rights attorney looks back at his nearly three decades going after Chicago's notorious torturer of African-American men.

A recent report by Saqib Bhatti of the Roosevelt Institute describes a number of financial deals between Wall Street and municipalities as predatory.

It's election day in Chicago, and until it's over political types here are unlikely to write about much of anything else.

Union files federal suit, calls on Democrats to withdraw support of Emanuel.