The city of Chicago has shelled out nearly $417 million in lawsuits since 2005
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Corruption is relative—the Tribune’s Hastert scandal suffers by comparison
How the balance of a news section undercuts a story’s revelations
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Blabbers to the Fore!
Despite what editorial pages plead, people don’t like to snitch.
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Was justice done to Anthony Abbate?
Anthony Abbate receives two years’ probation for beating bartender Karolina Obrycka. Is that justice… or an unusual sentence for the crime?
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So where is the outrage, anyway?
Is Chicago more apathetic than its metropolitan peers? A couple theories.
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Killed On Camera
Officer Alvin Weems shot an unarmed man point-blank in view of CTA security cameras. Investigators recommended that he be fired. Phil Cline promoted him.