“For seven decades, the gospel singer Mavis Staples has troubled the opposition between chorus and soloist, background and lead.”
Chicago
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‘Get Down! Get Down! They’re Gonna See Us!’: Six Months of Hiding From ICE
“A family in Chicago has been terrified to leave their apartment. Agents could be anywhere.”
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Hot Dog University
“Different zip codes, different lives, but somehow, they all trace the same strange road back to a place called Hot Dog University.”
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The Mostly True Story of America’s First Black Private Investigator
He made his name in Chicago investigating racial violence, solving crimes, and exposing corruption. But America’s first Black private detective was hiding secrets of his own.
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Poison Pill
“Is the killer behind the 1982 Tylenol poisonings still on the loose? Exclusive revelations by investigators yield the first authoritative account of what happened and who likely did it.”
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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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My Father Tries to Teach Me His Map of Chicago
“He’s been the cartographer all along, steadfastly believing I’d learn to read his directions.”
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The Making of Dwyane Wade
“The Hall of Famer reached the highest heights of the basketball world. Now he’s figuring out the type of man and father he wants to be.”
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Chrishona Hodges’s Life Sentence
“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.”