A new “for sale” listing in Chicago is getting national attention.

The way folks in Chicago like to tell it, Thomas Ricketts bleeds Cubbie blue.

U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush of Illinois almost annihilated the career of a young Barack Obama almost 20 years ago when he easily beat back a primary challenge from the then-unknown state lawmaker by portraying him as less than authentically black, among other things.

It used to be said that behind every successful man is a woman. In the case of President-elect Barack Obama, add his mother-in-law, Marian Robinson, to the mix.

An Indian businessman with ties to both Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich and Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. is caught up in the probe of the governor’s alleged efforts to sell the Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama.

Some see President-elect Barack Obama’s decision to sit down for his first print interview with Ebony magazine as a symbolic nod to the readers of the historic black magazine.

The group overseeing Barack Obama’s Jan. 20 inaugural boasts a bipartisan roster of go-getters, most with deep Chicago roots.

Barack Obama’s wife, Michelle, is a first cousin, once removed, to Rabbi Capers C. Funnye Jr., spiritual leader of a mostly black synagogue on Chicago’s South Side.

To a degree unlike any other city in America, Chicago is identified with its black elite. Locals joke that you can find more black millionaires per square foot at the Chicago Urban League’s annual dinner than you can anywhere in the world.

Barack Obama’s education in the bare-knuckled and often tribal politics of Chicago says much about his ambition, as well as his ability to cultivate powerful mentors.

Though it’s still in pre-production, the movie Nine is already generating buzz. The cast has yet to be confirmed, but rumored co-stars are all familiar with the Academy Awards.

Warren Buffett has followed the dealings of the Pritzker family for half a century, but he had never had a direct business connection to them. . .until now.