Conventional wisdom about violence is wrong, Jens Ludwig, director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab, says in “Unforgiving Places,” in which he looks at why Greater Grand Crossing has so many ...

Jens Ludwig, director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab, is the author of the forthcoming book “Unforgiving Places: The ...

There are helpful things to do that don’t require lots of money or a big political fight, writes Jens Ludwig, director of the ...

The recent show of force in Streeterville might serve as a metaphor for the state of the current response to Chicago’s crime ...

Jens Ludwig, director of the University of Chicago’s Crime Lab, has a new book arguing that almost all conventional wisdom ...

Shootings and murders in Chicago so far this year are lower than they’ve been in six years. Other major categories of crime ...

The president of DePaul University in Chicago has been called on to testify ... them from an attack that is being prosecuted as a hate crime. Max Long and Michael Kaminsky said they were outside ...

Four University of Iowa international students admitted to the United States on F-1 student visas are suing the Department of Homeland Security, its Secretary Kristi Noem, and ICE Acting Director Todd ...

Good afternoon! It’s Thursday, and Rainbow Cone plans to open a new location near Millennium Park just in time for summer.

The Farmland Preservation Act, House Bill 1325, sponsored by House Majority Leader William Lamberth, R-Portland, and State ...