“At a crossroads when Chicago profiled him nine years ago, Jerryon Stevens is now in jail, awaiting trial on a murder charge. At home, his mother reckons with her son’s path — and tries to hold her fractured family together.”
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Doors Closing
“With ridership lagging and a fiscal reckoning looming, the L is in trouble. Here’s why our train is worth saving.”
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The Nazi of Oak Park
“It was a stunning revelation: A respected high school custodian had been a concentration camp guard. This excerpt of a new book examines how the disclosure of a dark secret in the early ’80s divided a suburb.”
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The Ramen Lord
“It is cooking that veers into the domain of laboratory science.”
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The Drawing the Art Institute Won’t Give Back
“The heirs of a famous Jewish entertainer killed in the Holocaust want the museum to return a work they say was stolen by the Nazis. But was it really?”
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A Knife Forged in Fire
“All of human history would thereby be embodied in a single work of art.”
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What $500 Means to Zinida Moore
“In an experimental program, 5,000 Chicagoans received monthly cash payments from the city for a year, no strings attached. Here’s how the money changed one woman’s life — and how it didn’t.”
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The Last Gamble of Tokyo Joe
“Ken Eto rose through the ranks of the Chicago mob, and then it tried to kill him. The underworld would never be the same.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Recommending notable stories by Kelley Engelbrecht, Sam Anderson, Lindsey Liles, Jeannette Cooperman, and Claire McNear.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Recommending great reads from Zack Stanton, Bryce Upholt, Charlie Warzel, Emily Stoddard, and Laurence Gonzalez.
