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Think you know your Chicago underworld slang?
A quiz on some of the less obvious entries in a 1967 police-training dictionary
by Jeff Nichols | Jun 12, 2019
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The untold school segregation story behind Bernie Sanders's 1963 arrest 10
Englewood parents were desperate when they called for protests of Chicago Public Schools.
by Jeff Nichols | Mar 1, 2016
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A trip back in time to the World’s Columbian Exposition 7
Travel tips for Chicago from 1893 (yes, you should tip your servers).
by Jeff Nichols | Nov 20, 2019
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The maverick at the center of Chicago’s 1918 flu response 1
Meet Dr. John Dill Robertson, the "utterly unqualified" head of the Chicago Health Department
by Jeff Nichols | May 12, 2020
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The ghosts of Great Lakes
The deaths of nearly a thousand sailors at Great Lakes Naval Training Station in 1918 hold lessons for the COVID-19 pandemic.
by Jeff Nichols | Apr 6, 2020
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The opposite of social distancing
Photos from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century show Chicago in love and at play.
by Jeff Nichols | Mar 17, 2020
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When Cook County enlisted the Marines to fight marijuana
A sheriff, a pack of journalists, and three sergeants walked into a field of weed . . . with flamethrowers.
by Jeff Nichols | Dec 20, 2019
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A trip back in time to the World’s Columbian Exposition 7
Travel tips for Chicago from 1893 (yes, you should tip your servers).
by Jeff Nichols | Nov 20, 2019