High Public

Joining the ranks of Evicted, The Warmth of Other Sons, and classic works of literary non-fiction by Alex Kotlowitz and J. Anthony Lukas, High-Risers braids personal narratives, city politics, and national history to tell the timely and epic story of Chicago’s Cabrini-Green, America’s most...

I was eight months pregnant when my fiancé left me for my sister. Gavin Cross didn't even try to be sorry. He said he'd fallen in love with Cara, that these things happen, that I'd understand eventually. Except it wasn't just my fiancé and my sister. It was my identity. Seven fraudulent accounts, sixty-eight thousand dollars in debt, all in my name. Then his best friend started showing up. Cody Rooker. Steady. Patient. Honest. He didn't make promises or grand declarations. He just drove me to the hospital when my son came early, installed the car seat before I asked, and showed up every ...

In the first half of the 20th century, Dunbar was an academically elite public school, despite being racially segregated by law. By the 1950s, Dunbar High School was sending 80 percent of its students to college. Today, as with too many troubled urban public schools, the majority of Dunbar students struggle with reading and math. Journalist and author Alison Stewart, whose parents were both Dunbar graduates, tells the story of the school’s rise, fall, and path toward resurgence.

I came home to an empty closet and a note that said he was leaving me. He married my sister that same afternoon. Chris Porter didn't even try to explain in person. He packed while I was at work. He left a note on his pillow saying something was "off between us." Then he flew to Turks and Caicos and eloped with my sister. My parents told me to be reasonable. To move forward. To not force anyone to choose sides. Because I've always been the easy daughter, and my sister has always been forgiven. Then his best friend shows up at my door. Jason Henderson. Furious. Honest. He doesn't ask me to ...

My fiancé and my best friend. The two people I trusted with everything. Six years. That's how long I spent building Jason's career alongside my own — writing the strategies, developing the frameworks, watching him take the credit. I told myself it didn't matter because we were a team. Because love means sacrifice. Then he didn't show up to our wedding, and the photos started circulating online. Him and Lexi. My maid of honor. Walking into a hotel together on the morning he was supposed to marry me. I stood at that altar in a twelve-thousand-dollar dress and told two hundred and forty ...

New stocks can create some of the biggest excitement in the market — but they can also trap unprepared traders. Every year, private companies enter the public market through IPOs, direct listings, and major market debuts. Some become powerful long-term winners. Some explode with early momentum. Others collapse after the hype fades, leaving emotional traders holding painful losses. The difference is not luck. The difference is preparation. The Pre-IPO Trading Blueprint is a practical, step-by-step guide for traders and investors who want to understand how to research upcoming IPOs, ...

I caught my fiancé in bed with my maid of honor. Ten months later, I married his brother. Ty Bernard didn't even try to lie well. He said it was a mistake, that she meant nothing, that five years together should count for more than one bad night. Except it wasn't one night. It was four months. My best friend, in my bed, in my house, while I was at work addressing wedding invitations. I pulled the ring off and never put it back on. Then his older brother shows up with a truck. Braden Bernard. Quiet. Steady. Honest. He doesn't make speeches or grand gestures. He just helps me pack Ty's ...

How YOU can earn five to six figures a month without a degree! What if you could comfortably pay for that $5 cappuccino every morning, without having to check your wallet first? Or if you could eat diner at your favorite restaurant more often than you'd have to worry about paying the bills? What if your job would only consist of sitting in front of a computer, working comfortably from home on your own schedule? No more everyday chores around the house, no more paying to go swimming when you have your own pool at home, imagine this ideal lifestyle right in front of you and imagine how you ...

I spent four years proving I belonged in his world. He told me I wasn't wife material. He said it over dinner. At the restaurant where I thought he was going to propose. Eric Barnwell looked me in the eye and told me I wasn't polished enough. Not connected enough. Not the right kind of woman for the life he was building. Three weeks later, he was with someone who was. He forgot one thing. I'm still the best Marketing Director his family's company has ever had. Then his older brother comes home. Luke Barnwell. Architect. Quiet. Steady. He doesn't care about image. He doesn't care about ...

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In 1992, the deadliest year in Chicago’s history, seven-year-old Dantrell Davis was shot and killed in front of his elementary school inside the public housing complex Cabrini-Green. What happened to Dantrell led to a truce among Chicago’s gangs, but it also ignited a national panic about poverty and violence in America’s cities. Dantrell’s name would soon be used to demolish all of Chicago’s high-rise public housing, displacing tens of thousands of low-income families.

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I spent three years building a life with him. He spent five months sleeping with my best friend. He didn't even try to hide it well. I found the messages seventeen days before our wedding. Hundreds of texts. Photos. Inside jokes about how I'd never find out. Mason Brooks looked me in the eye and called it a mistake. Then he asked me to marry him anyway. I walked out that night, and I haven't looked back. Then his twin brother knocks on my mother's door. Braden Brooks. Woodworker. Quiet. Honest. He doesn't perform for a room. He doesn't charm anyone on purpose. He just shows up, does the ...

I showed up to the airfield twenty minutes early. He was already boarding the jet with someone else. Grant Holloway didn't even try to hide it. He said I wasn't needed on this one. That the blonde climbing the stairs to our company's Gulfstream was a marketing contact. He actually said that while her designer bag was being loaded next to the champagne and her social media was broadcasting the whole trip to 230,000 followers. I stood on the tarmac holding a forty-million-dollar proposal nobody would read. Then his outside counsel starts showing up differently. Jonah Rush. Quiet. Precise. ...

He had his affair. He had his fun. Now he has nothing. Oliver Royce didn't even have the decency to hide the fact that he was cheating. He called me from the hotel balcony and asked me not to embarrass the company. Not to apologize. Not to explain. To manage his reputation while his girlfriend's bikini photos went viral. I hired a lawyer before the corporate retreat was over. Then his biggest competitor asks to meet. Dillon Conner. Self-made. Brilliant. Patient. He doesn't mention the affair once. I sit across from him at a quiet restaurant and tell him I'm the strategist behind every deal ...

I was standing in my wedding dress when I found him. Five minutes before the ceremony, with his hands all over my maid of honor. Mitch Lawson didn't even have the decency to look ashamed. He said it just happened. He said it didn't mean anything. He actually said this while two hundred guests sat in white chairs waiting to watch me become his wife. I put the ring in his hand and walked out the door. Then his best man showed up with a quiet knock and a pickup truck. Nate Bergen. Calm. Steady. Good with his hands. He doesn't make excuses or grand speeches. He just keeps showing up. He drives ...

He chose my best friend. I chose better. Ryan Mullens didn't even try to hide it. He said they "just made more sense." That our six years together had gone stale. He actually said it while sitting at a candlelit table with my best friend. I left my engagement ring on the table and never looked back. Then his older brother, Luke, starts showing up. Calm. Honest. Steady. He doesn't send grand gestures or rehearsed speeches. He just brings turkey sandwiches to my hotel room, tells me the truth about his brother, and remembers how I take my coffee from one conversation months ago. Ryan said I'd...

It was supposed to be a romantic couple's getaway. I didn't realize the couple was my fiancé and his mistress. Drew Sawyer didn't even try to hide it. He said it was complicated. That the woman sharing his blanket and his coffee at his family's mountain retreat was a misunderstanding. I tried to leave, but the only road out was blocked by a storm. Then his older brother starts quietly helping out. Bradley Sawyer. Calm. Honest. Steady. He doesn't make speeches or ask me to talk about it. He just brings clean blankets and hot coffee to my cabin door, checks the creek levels at three in the ...

My husband told me his company was sending him to a sales conference on our anniversary. He went to Santorini with his twenty-eight-year-old assistant instead. Nathan Foster didn't even try to be careful about it. He kissed me goodbye at the curb and let her post every restaurant, every sunset, every couple's photo on social media, tagged with #CoupleGoals. Every location was one I'd researched for the anniversary trip we were supposed to take together. She hashtagged her way through my itinerary while my anniversary card sat in the side pocket of his carry-on. I didn't confront him. I went...