10 Great Stories to Read This Week
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How the Sears Catalog Captures a Time When Toys Were Less Pink
Toys are more gendered than they’ve ever been—even more than a half century ago, when gender discrimination was rampant.
JDRF’s One Dream Gala
The 38th annual JDRF One Dream Gala, held at McCormick Place on December 9, raised a record-breaking $5 million to accelerate life-changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent, and treat Type 1 diabetes. More than 1,800 people were in attendance, including Mayor Rahm Emmanuel, Governor Bruce Rauner, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, and Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi. … Read more
On the Year's Shortest Day, We Ponder: Should Chicago Switch to Eastern Time?
You can thank our position within the time zone for that early-afternoon sunset. Boston is ready to make the change—but Indiana wants to do the exact opposite.
The "606 Effect" on Housing Prices Is Real, and Threatens to Displace Residents
Meanwhile, Englewood and West Englewood properties have lost value as the housing crisis lingers on in that pocket of the South Side.
Chicago’s Quirky Year in Creatures
From a white fox eating raw eggs to an old dead lungfish, these are the year’s best urban animal stories, ranked
This Week’s 10 Must-Read Stories
A lot of investigations worth reading this week: Legionnaires’ disease in a veterans home, the infrastructure trust bust, and immigration fraud in Chicago.
New Newsletters, New Schedule for Chicago Magazine in 2018
At Chicago, we're always looking for ways to serve our audience best. That's why we're making changes to our newsletters in 2018 in order to provide the stories, images, videos, and more that you can't find anywhere else. First of all, we're excited to introduce a brand-new, once-a-month Health and Wellness newsletter. Along with our … Read more
With Bitcoin Futures, Chicago Enters One of the World's Most Interesting Economic Experiments
The city is ground zero for the growth of a new currency. No one knows what’s going to happen—and most people probably still don’t know what Bitcoin is—but it’ll be fascinating to watch.
The U.S. Steel Site's Enormous Potential Development, Explained
It’s been vacant since 1992. But soon one of the city’s biggest lakefront projects ever could sprout from its soil.