Ronald Reagan and his story about the “welfare queen”-who took government checks while rolling around Chicago in a fancy Cadillac-has become one of the most famous, and infamous, bits of campaigning in the modern era. But was it true? Was there really such a person? Slate executive editor Josh Levin has uncovered the epic true story of the woman whose life couldn’t have been made up by the greatest fiction writer. Photo:Flickr/gwp57