…Philly, Richmond, and Kansas City indexes, along with the Chicago PMI. Since Chicago uses a different scale (where 50 is “neutral”), to include that I subtract 50 and then double…

…4 regional Fed surveys, minus Dallas, plus the Chicago PMI. Over the long run, each +5 in the average of the indexes is consistent with a +.1 in the manufacturing…

…work together. A decade before, the Republican Party, which had formed to protect free labor, had thrown its weight behind Wall Street. By the 1880s, even the staunchly Republican Chicago Tribune complained…

…more evident than in Chicago, the wrongful-conviction capital of the nation. But now, a consent decree—a judicial-enforced agreement resolving a legal dispute—entered in state court on Wednesday has set Chicago on a…

…decade before, the Republican Party, which had formed to protect free labor, had thrown its weight behind Wall Street. By the 1880s, even the staunchly Republican Chicago Tribune complained about the links…

…~~~~~~~~ February 4, 2024, Letters from an American, Prof. Heather Cox Richardson On February 4, 1870, the Chicago Tribune announced: “The rebellion may now be regarded as over and the…

…and to hospitals in university systems. Check out Chicago’s Northwestern Memorial funding per bed versus Chicago’s Loretto and Roseland Community hospital funding per bed. The availability of health care resources…

…1967, and the demonstrations at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, in 1968. He was one of the Chicago Seven, whose trial arose out of those demonstrations, and was convicted,…

…National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) in Chicago. When ABC News senior congressional correspondent Rachel Scott began the interview by quoting a number of his racist statements about Black Americans…

…government so far toward men of capital that it seemed there was more room for workingmen to demand their rights. By the 1880s, even the staunchly Republican Chicago Tribune complained about the…