Trucks crashing into and blocking Vollmer Road viaduct is a decades-long, intractable problem

The viaduct that carries trains across Vollmer Road between Kedzie and Western avenues has been struck by over-height trucks enough times that the damage is visible on both sides. “This has been ...
The New York Times

Decline in Veterans’ Homelessness Spurs Hopes for a Broader Solution

Two federal agencies, backed by ample funding from Congress, have quietly shown that it is possible to make progress on a seemingly intractable problem. Two federal agencies, backed by ample funding ...
The New York Times

Abolish the Penny?

Inside an intractable problem inside America’s change purses. By Caity Weaver I write for The New York Times Magazine. I have good news and I have bad news. Actually, I have crazy news and I have bad ...
OPB

A vast Syrian camp for ISIS families faces an uncertain fate after a security handover

Rising up out of the desert in a territory recognized by almost no one, the huge al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria for years had posed an intractable problem — a destitute and increasingly dangerous ...