Many are without lawyers and more frightened and confused than ever.
Author Archives: Kari Lydersen
Why Chicago’s not buying Rahm’s new liberal hero persona
Critics say Mayor 1 Percent’s rhetoric doesn’t line up with the policies he’s enacting.
Home sweet home for the homeless
For thousands of Chicagoans “living outside,” for better or worse, home is still where they make it.
Residents of a Bridgeport SRO are told they have until the end of the day to get out
The self-described “black sheep of Bridgeport” are struggling to hold on to housing.
The residents of Rezkoville’s tent city battle the elements—and personal demons
The vacant, 62-acre site in the shadow of downtown Chicago is the closest thing some have to home.
Illinois coal’s last stand
Even as people bemoan its environmental and health effects, the prospect of its demise sparks fear and nostalgia.
The last days of the Lugo Hotel?
The for-sale Pilsen SRO sees time running out under a city ordinance meant to preserve affordable housing.
It Isn’t Easy Voting Green
Pro-environment talk is cheap. Which mayoral candidates will back it up?
Toxic Tour of Northwest Indiana
Photography by Lloyd DeGrane. Text by Kari Lydersen.
The Silver Lining Party
Despite costly losses at the polls, the Illinois Greens insist they aren’t blue.
Chicago Without Coal
What would it take for the Fisk, Crawford, and State Line coal-fired power plants to close up shop? And what would happen if they did?
What the Cells Tell
The scientist who developed the new eDNA test says there are already Asian carp in Lake Michigan.
Closer Than Matewan
Jeff Biggers explores the devastation coal has wrought on southern Illinois—and his own family.
Is It Too Easy to Clobber a Cabbie?
Walid Ziada’s fellow cabbies say his attackers are getting off lightly—despite a new state law intended to protect taxi drivers