Posts by John Kugler
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Echoes of the 1930s: How Today’s Economic Slowdown, Climate Crises, and Social Unrest Mirror the Great Depression
The Great Depression, spanning the late 1920s to the late 1930s, compounded by the Dust Bowl, was a decade of economic collapse, environmental disaster, and mass social upheaval. A stock…
Read MoreChicago’s Violence Spiral Continues: Fatal Crash and Shootings Leave One Dead, Thirteen Wounded on Friday May 16
CHICAGO, May 16, 2025 — Chicago’s unrelenting wave of violence showed no signs of slowing on Friday, May 16, as the city grappled with a fatal traffic crash and a…
Read MoreCarload of Children Shot Up in Drive-By at Busy Chicago South Side Intersection: Two Dead in Violent 24 Hours
CHICAGO – A carload of children was shot up in a drive-by shooting at a busy South Side intersection on May 14, 2025, leaving a 4-year-old boy critically injured, as…
Read MoreAlways Punishing the Little Guy .. this is the definition of anarcho-tyranny
when people that work hard with rusty cars get booted while there are school shootings, drug zombies and crime running loose in downtown except for certain gated communities and privileged areas…
Read MoreLiberal Wasteland
Pilsen, Chicago 18th Street West of Ashland to Damen Is A Wasteland gentrifiers wiped out all the businesses that used to be here at 7pm May 13th 2025 18th Street…
Read MoreFake Environmentalists History’s Got a Hot Take
Step back to 1895 — this Lake Front from Illinois Central Station Chicago photo reveals a lakefront of rail yards, early Grant Park, and Lake Michigan hiding a dirty secret.…
Read MoreDRS Citation Style Guidelines SubX.News®
Introducing the Digital Reference Standard DRS Citation Style Guidelines by SubXNews At SubXNews we’re excited to unveil a new citation style designed for the digital age – the Digital Reference…
Read MoreChicago’s Rising Murder Rates Post-2010: The Role of the 2016 ACLU Agreement, Ferguson Effect, and 2019 Consent Decree in Policing and Violence
Key Points Research suggests CPD’s policy changes may reduce police misconduct but could limit crime control, with mixed impacts on violence. It seems likely that these policies, like foot pursuit…
Read MoreCPD Brass on Bullshit … Chicago’s West Side Shootings Expose a Cycle of Sensational Arrests Over Systemic Solutions
CHICAGO — When gunfire erupted on May 7, 2025, at 742 North Spaulding Avenue in Chicago’s Humboldt Park, leaving a 25-year-old and a 26-year-old male wounded, it marked another grim…
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