Above: Kortney Ziegler and Tiffany Mikell The Problem:A cash bail system that tends to leave poor people in jail The Fix:An app that allows you to donate bail money — automatically, a few cents at a time The Backstory:Roughly 60 percent of people in jail awaiting trial are there because they’re too poor to afford bail, which … Read more
From left: Harry Backlund, Bettina Chang, Darryl Holliday, and Andrea Hart The Problem:A lack of nuanced media coverage in South and West Side neighborhoods The Fix:A journalism lab created to nurture a new generation of social-justice-minded reporters The Backstory:Chicago needed a “J-school of the streets.” That was the conclusion reached by four local journalists: publisher … Read more
Above: Bruno Abate The Problem:Detainees released without job training — or self-esteem The Fix:A culinary arts training program at Cook County Jail The Backstory:As the owner of Wicker Park’s popular Italian restaurant Tocco, Bruno Abate can recite off the top of his head the ingredients needed for the perfect Neapolitan pizza or lasagna Bolognese. Just as easily, … Read more
Haunted mansions, king-size candy bars, and … J.B. Pritzker? Hit up these streets for over-the-top Halloween fun.
Lions and fairies and a funeral party, oh my!
Attendees enjoyed a garden-to-table dinner from chefs Jason Vincent of Giant and Paul Virant of Vie Restaurant & Vistro.
The upscale spot from the Texas-based chain celebrated its opening earlier this month.
The day of panels on October 3 drew some of the biggest names in Chicago sports.
The sociologist and poet publishes a postmortem on the 2013 public school closings.
A new book examines the neighborhood’s shift from a Puerto Rican enclave to the North Side we know today.
