‘HOW MANY BODIES?’ Houston’s police chief says he expects the death toll to rise as the waters of Hurricane Harvey recede, revealing more victims.
■ A team of volunteers with a boat, a dump truck and a school bus has been coming to the rescue.
■ Photos compare Houston scenes before and after Harvey.
■ Politico’s Eric Holthaus: “Harvey is what climate change looks like in a world that has decided … it doesn’t want to take climate change seriously.”
■ Naomi Klein in The Intercept: “Talking honestly about what is fueling this era of serial disasters… is … our last hope for preventing a future littered with countless more victims.”
■ Most homeowners in Harvey’s path have no flood insurance. (Photo: Army National Guard.)
■ Northeastern politicians are recalling Texans’ “no” votes on Hurricane Sandy relief funding in 2013.
■ Harvey evacuations begin in Louisiana on the 12th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
■ Want to help? Charity Navigator lists the best-rated charities serving Harvey’s needy. And beware scams.
‘ALL OPTIONS ARE ON THE TABLE.’ That’s a statement from President Trump, condemning North Korea’s “contempt for its neighbors” in firing over Japan a missile designed to carry a nuclear payload.
■ A California congressman who was one of Trump’s first supporters reportedly has told a group of Republicans: “He’s an a--hole, but he’s our a--hole.”
A MILLION NEW ILLINOIS VOTERS. That’s the prediction from backers of a bill Gov. Rauner has signed into law.
■ A compromise plan to fund state schools is one Senate vote away from the desk of the governor, who says he’ll sign it.
■ The governor has vetoed a bill to forbid employers from asking job applicants about their salary history, but backers are aiming to override.
UNPRECEDENTED. A Chicago cop has become the first in memory convicted in federal court of criminal charges stemming from an on-duty shooting—16 shots fired into a stolen car carrying six teenagers, two of whom were wounded.
■ Beginning this year, all Chicago public school 8th and 10th graders will study the Chicago Police Department’s history of torturing black men.
■ The Sun-Times’ Mary Mitchell: Cops, too, should be getting those lessons.
R.I.P., HARD ROCK HOTEL. The lodgings in Chicago’s Carbide & Carbon Building will reopen next year with a name honoring social worker and activist Jane Addams: The St. Jane Chicago.
■ How the Shinola brand grew from obscene World War II joke punchline to premium brand (Adweek, 2015).
■ The Guardian revisits the first social media suicide.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
■ Forbes broke a link in yesterday’s Square—to an opinion piece defending price-gouging after a disaster. Here’s Google’s cached version. And here’s a dissenting view. Thanks to faithful and unrelentingly attentive reader Mike Braden for flagging the problem.
■ Thanks for daily inspiration from Craig Newman’s (recommended) Nuzzel newsletter.
■ Wednesday Journal HQ advises tickets for David Axelrod’s appearance, promoted below, are almost sold out. If you’re interested, now would be a good time to jump on that discount offer. And if you’d like to recommend questions for Axelrod, send ’em along.
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