Beulah Annan. Belva Gaertner. Kitty Malm. Sabella Nitti. These are the real women of Chicago. You probably know Roxie and Velma,…
How the 1918 flu pandemic mirrors today’s coronavirus crisis
The 1918 influenza pandemic swept across the globe, sickening one-third of the world’s population, or about half a billion people, by the end…
How Illinois responded to coronavirus compared with other states
Compared with the rest of the country, Illinois responded quickly to the coronavirus crisis, issuing a stay-at-home order, closing nonessential…
123 moments in the life and career of Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan
The 10-part ESPN documentary series “The Last Dance,” which focuses on Michael Jordan’s final championship season with the Chicago Bulls, brought the…
Faces of the victims of Flight 191
According to a National Transportation Safety Board accident report, all 258 passengers and 13 crew members aboard American Airlines Flight…
A Tribune reporter wrote the hit play ‘Chicago’ after covering Cook County murder trials. Decades later, we owe her an obituary.
In 1926, Maurine Watkins wrote the play “Chicago,” which today is a $2 billion entertainment franchise featuring A-list celebrities, a…
Timeline: Suburban serial killer John Wayne Gacy and the efforts to recover, name his 33 victims
In December 1978, police uncovered the first of 29 bodies buried on suburban businessman John Wayne Gacy’s property — 26…
Chicago’s flag: The history of every star and every stripe
It might be hard to believe, but despite its popularity today, the Chicago flag was unrecognizable to the general public almost 60…
40,000 homicides: Retracing 63 years of murder in Chicago
Chicago saw a homicide total lower than 500 in 2019, the first time under that threshold since 2015. The spike…
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