Urban Issues

The Decline of Chicago: The City that Doesn't Work

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Recently, Crain’s Chicago Business reported on Chicago winning an award from Fast Company magazine. “Chicago stood out in our reporting for its creativity and vitality,” Editor and Managing Director Bob Safian said at a press conference here. “Chicago offers something distinctive.”  read more »

Political foreclosure

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Ever since his election in 2005, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has been portrayed as a political comer with a future  read more »