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One of my University of Chicago peers was viciously murdered on Thursday by a stray bullet on a Chicago Green Line CTA elevated train. Like countless other UChicago students, Max…

Maybe you’ve seen the headlines. “Chicago Hits 500 Homicides for 2016 After Deadly Labor Day Weekend,” reported USA Today. The Chicago Tribune followed up shortly after: “Chicago Passes Another Grim…

…native Chicago suburbanite who identifies as a Chicagoan on days like March 17, I say there’s nothing quite like St. Patrick’s Day in Chicago. What began as a unique celebration…

…of Chicago, I’ve lived in the Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side for the past three years. Concerned parents of prospective UChicago students often ask me whether it’s reasonable…

…Chicago is world-famous for its “Chicago Principles,” a mission statement that professes a commitment to protect free speech and encourages open debate at the university. The Chicago Principles have long…

The University of Chicago Laboratory Schools is the most prestigious K-12 in the city of Chicago and the former school of President Barack Obama’s daughters, Sasha and Malia. Located right…

…them is “the bleak future of government dependency and violent crime. It is Chicago as a lawless dystopian hell,” according to John Kass, a Chicago-based columnist. How could the CTU…

…was not the result of a directive from the secular UChicago administration. The decision came directly from the archbishop of Chicago, Cardinal Blase Joseph Cupich, who ordered the campus church…

…little to stop mass shootings. That seven people were killed in Chicago last weekend is just as alarming as these mass shootings. Chicago’s response should be to continue to innovate…

…have rallied, allegedly on behalf of black Chicagoans, to abolish both the university’s police department and the Chicago Police Department. But black Chicagoans in Hyde Park repeatedly indicated their opposition to removing…

…Chicago prides itself on what they call the “Chicago Principles,” a mission statement claiming a commitment to protecting free speech and encouraging open debate. The publication of the Chicago Principles…

…university. The decision has been criticized by many who see it as exclusionary and contrary to the University of Chicago’s “Chicago Principles,” and “Kalven Report.” The Chicago Principles represent the…

…the eye and shoulder. His wife and almost three-year-old son are among countless Americans fervently hoping he recovers. https://twitter.com/ThinkerChicago/status/1427327840140279817 https://twitter.com/MsCarmen_PVPR/status/1428032259458801673 https://twitter.com/FOP7Chicago/status/1424232759413903360 Meanwhile, French’s family is reckoning with the sudden, senseless…

On Tuesday evening, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot posted the following message on Twitter: “Under no circumstances will I allow Donald Trump’s troops to come to Chicago and terrorize our residents.”…

…Ivy League offers students sterling credentials, but is miserly when it comes to offering them free speech,” stated the report. “Try the University of Chicago instead.” The University of Chicago…

…someone in an office in downtown Chicago or Springfield, but it does offer flexibility to find creative ways to be free and safe. Chicagoans proved they can be trusted with…

…distraction from her failing policies, given the recent violence the city has been suffering.” Chicago has recently experienced a significant surge in crime. More than 760 Chicagoans were killed in…

Chicago Police Officer Ella French was murdered during a traffic stop Saturday night, and one of her colleagues remains in critical condition. As Americans pray for Chicago police officers and…

…“We finna make this happen,” get that mix of syrups just right, this is someone talking real, even if it’s scripted. These people know Chicago. And they know Chicago is…

…the Logic, Chicago They are less likely to detect a relationship between supply, cost, and demand than they are to locate a Chicago resident who actually eats deep-dish pizza on…

The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) marched high school students out on Friday to vote on a tax hike proposal the teachers union donated in support of, in yet another example…

…the Chicago Sun-Times indicate a surge in violent crime. Last week, the Sun-Times reported that Chicago has seen 317 homicides compared to 302 at the same time last year. Chicago…

…be outdone, I see Chicago has apparently been running its very own Ministry of Love on the west side of the city: The Chicago police department operates an off-the-books interrogation…

…jail instead of allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to arrest and deport Zarate. Chicago, too, boasts of its refusal to cooperate with federal agents on immigration, though it adapted…

…and cooperative relationship.” This is lovely to talk about, but the fact is that Chicago had 650 murders in 2017 while New York City had fewer than 300. Chicago has…

…to the Board of Commissioners in 2010 with fewer than 25,000 votes—but because the “progressive” left in Chicago was looking for someone, anyone as an alternative. The people of Chicago…

Chicago is bracing for riots after the release of a video of a black teenager, 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, being shot 16 times by a Chicago police officer. And you know…

…Chicago Maroon retweeted it. So I emailed Ellison’s office to confirm it. ‘I can confirm that the letter is authentic,’ a U of C spokesperson told Reason. Bravo, Chicago. Bravo….

…of daily shootings and violent offenses in the Windy City are alarming Chicagoans concerned about their safety. Lightfoot’s order currently forces all Chicago city employees to get the shot or…

Professor Dorian Abbot, a tenured faculty member in the University of Chicago’s Department of Geophysical Sciences, is under attack by a mob of university students, faculty, and alumni after he…

…in Chicago while others expressed offense at a politician openly making decisions based on race. Chicago Tribune reporter Gregory Pratt took to Twitter to speak out about the issue. He…

…received endorsements from both the Chicago Chamber of Commerce and Chicago Tribune while Harris has received endorsements from the Chicago Teachers Union and Cook County Democrats, according to Axios. O’Neill…

…disability.” Six hundred schools in Chicago will receive thousands of condoms, courtesy of The Chicago Department of Health. Doctor Kenneth Fox, who works for the district, indicated to the Chicago…

The Ryan Center, the University of Chicago’s campus abortion clinic, advertises potentially illegal late-term abortions on its websites, according to a recent report from The Chicago Thinker, the university’s right-leaning student…

…Chicago’s Miracle Mile. News outlets are reporting that it appears to be an organized attack. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago Police Superintendent, David Brown, however, stated in a press…

Students at the University of Chicago are speaking out against their school’s recent decision to mandate COVID-19 boosters for students ahead of their return to campus for the upcoming semester….