Society

Record Number of Americans Renounce Citizenship

Last year, almost 1,800 people ... renounc[ed] their U.S. citizenship or handing in their Green Cards.  That's a record number since the Internal Revenue Service began publishing a list of those who renounced in 1998.  It's also almost eight times more than the number...

CHA Relocations = Higher Crime Rates?

According to the Sun-Times: Crime was worse in neighborhoods where former Chicago Housing Authority residents used vouchers to move into private apartments, a new study found. From 2000 to 2008, violent crime was 21 percent higher in neighborhoods with high...