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Special reports
Trophy slaughter
November 24, 2002 Tigers are bought, sold and killed on the lucrative private market so eager collectors can show off the rare hides.
Border 'coyotes' feed on dreams
November 17-18, 2002 Crossing the border: A deadly Odyssey. The Tribune details how border smugglers control the destinies of desperate people.
Tribune investigation: Confronting the ghosts of a looted past
October 17-18, 2002: Deathly ill, Vietnam veteran Gerald McDonald, heir to a multimillion dollar art collection, borrowed plane fare and headed to Eastern Europe on a personal quest.
Tribune Special Report: Disaster at No. 5 Mine
September 22-24, 2002: In a barely noted tragedy a year ago, 13 men died when methane gas and coal dust exploded deep below the hills of Alabama.
Taking America's pulse inside Sears Tower
September 8-9, 2002: Sept. 11 sparked a fierce inner struggle that colors everyday decisions for many in the skyscraper
Special series: September 11
September 2002: A Tribune series looking back at the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and looking ahead at the challenges facing our nation.
A final accounting: The fall of Andersen
Sept. 1-4, 2002: Before the Chicago firm's conviction for obstructing justice in federal investigation of Enron Corp., Andersen was the gold standard of the accounting industry.
Rediscovered score pianist's last legacy
August 11, 2002: In 1923, a brilliant Austrian pianist commissioned a revered German composer to pen a most unusual work: a piano concerto that would be played not with two hands but with one, while a symphony orchestra accompanied.
A Fraying Alliance: The U.S. and Europe
July 28-31, 2002: A Tribune series on the weakening ties between the United States and its European allies.
Tribune poll: When confidence fails
July 28: A wave of corporate scandals and the sinking stock market have shaken Illinois residents' faith in big business, and only a handful think now is a good time to invest, a Tribune poll finds.
Tribune investigation: Unhealthy hospitals
July 21-23, 2002: Deaths linked to hospital infections represent the fourth leading cause of mortality among Americans, behind heart disease, cancer and strokes.
Tribune investigation: Security firm broke state rules, thrived
June 27, 2002: Even though it has flouted state regulations and provided misleading information to city officials, a security firm launched by a Chicago police officer with disciplinary problems and a firefighter who is the brother of powerful Ald. Danny Solis (25th) has thrived on city-related contracts.
Eppie Lederer: 1918-2002
June 23, 2002: Frank, feisty, funny, with a voice as brash as her advice, Eppie Lederer--better known as Ann Landers, advice-giver to the world--had a ready answer for people who wondered why strangers turned to her for help with their most intimate problems.
Perspective: Viewpoints on the Middle East
May 13, 2002: Palestinian and Israeli viewpoints on the Middle East conflict.
The cruel and unusual punishment of children
May 8, 2002: How some children are being denied this basic American right.
"Night" by Elie Wiesel on Chicago's reading list
April 16, 2002: "Night," the autobiographical novel of Elie Wiesel's horrific experiences in the Nazi death camps during World War II, is being read by area residents.
A will to read: One man's journey to literacy
March 17, 2002: Words fall from Calvin Cottrell's mouth like stones, hard, flat and blank -- this is his story of a dogged pursuit of words and a lost education.
My own private Cuba
Winter 2002: Tribune staff reporter and native of Cuba Achy Obejas takes readers on a journey -- in both English and Spanish -- of her most recent visit to Cuba.
Special report: War on terror
Fall 2001: Chicago Tribune's coverage of the events of September 11 and the following war on terrorism including archive stories and multimedia.
Leftover arms fuel continent's ruinous wars
December 23-24, 2001: The guns of Africa, a 2-part series. The world's poorest continent has become a vast and murderous dumping ground for the unwanted arsenals of the world.
Tribune investigation: Cops and Confessions
December 2001: Substituting interrogation for thorough investigation, police in Chicago and Cook County have repeatedly closed murder cases with dubious confessions that imprison the innocent while killers go free.
Tribune Investigation: School Food Safety
December 9-11, 2001: A special report on lax safety in the school food supply chain.
Illinois School Report Card
November 15, 2001: Search our database for results on student tests in the Illinois Standards Achievement Tests and Prairie State Achievement Examination. Get details on state standards and compare performance from year to year.
Bush vs. Gore in Florida: Still too close to call
November 12, 2001: An analysis of the controversial November 2000 presidential election in Florida.
Side by side: Life and death on the green line
Aug. 26, 2001: A month spent along the green line -- which divides the Jewish state from the predominantly Arab West Bank -- provides an up-close look at Palestinian rage, Israeli fear and the mutual defiance driving the conflict since the Oslo process collapsed last September. Three parts
Tribune investigation: Deadly metal's use endangers workers
July 29, 2001: Thousands of American workers are at risk for developing a chronic, often fatal lung disease because companies have exposed them to the highly toxic metal beryllium without adequate safeguards or warnings.
Tribune investigation: Ingratiating charmer weaves an intricate tapestry of deceit
July 22, 2001: Avi Ben-Abraham's purported credentials as a child-prodigy physician have afforded him unparalleled access to important political figures, the media and wealthy investors on three continents.
Tribune investigation: Dealers gain collector's trust, score multimillion bonanza
June 17, 2001 With Chicago, London and Tokyo as its hubs, the violin market has developed an unseemly side in which self-serving appraisals, multiple middlemen, six-figure paybacks and artificially inflated prices are not uncommon.
State of execution
Tribune investigation: A Tribune investigation finds that under Gov. George W. Bush, Texas has executed dozens of Death Row inmates whose cases were compromised by unreliable evidence, disbarred or suspended defense attorneys, meager defense efforts during sentencing and dubious psychiatric testimony.
Failure of the death penalty in Illinois
Tribune investigation: A Tribune investigation finds an Illinois capital punishment system where errors and incompetence rule and justice often is absent.
Trial & Error
January 10-14, 1999: A five-part Tribune investigation that found 381 people who had homicide verdicts overturned because of prosecutor misconduct since 1963.
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