Men wait in a soup line during the Great Depression in the 1930s. The homeless sleep under West Adams Street in 1931 Chicago. An unemployment march heads past Sangamon and Monroe streets in 1932 ...

that risky gambit pales by comparison with the shenanigans of board members during the Great Depression. For many months, the board simply didn’t pay its teachers and other employees.

One of the few bright spots in Illinois during the Depression was another World’s Fair in Chicago in 1933. Called “A Century of Progress,” the fair was located on 427 acres of reclaimed ...

As Illinois battled to overcome the Great Depression, another fight simmered ... Horner carved a reputation for fairness and justice during seventeen years in office. An unlikely candidate for ...