10 Stories You Should Read This Week
Why the Senate needs to save Illinois, why you should love baleadas, and why the Uptown homeless encampment won’t move.
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Best of Chicago 2017: Readers’ Choice Poll – CLOSED
For this year’s Best of Chicago issue—our annual stock-taking of everything in the city worth consuming or appreciating—we want to hear from you, the readers.
Success Is Part of My South Side Story, Not Separate From It
A Harvard-bound 17-year-old explains why media narratives about her scholastic success are an insult to her community.
More Photos from Refugee High
Here’s a glimpse into the typical school days of Sullivan High’s immigrant students.
The New Life of a Former Refugee
A day with Thang Khan Khup, a Sullivan High School junior who fled Myanmar with his family in 2010.
Welcome to Refugee High
Sarah Quintenz is running late. She is due in the front office for a new student enrollment, but first she needs to find someone who speaks Arabic. Second period has just ended, so the teacher scans the crowded hallway outside her first-floor classroom. Finally, she spots a Syrian-born student down the corridor. She shouts to … Read more
Climate Change Could Make Illinois Dangerously Hot
The Midwest, and particularly Illinois, is uniquely vulnerable to deadly combinations of heat and humidity by the end of this century, according to these projections.
Another Budget Deadline Busted. Where Does That Leave Illinois?
Pretty much the same place as yesterday—only with lower bond ratings and much higher stakes.
5 Things You Didn't Know About 1920s Gangsters in Chicago
A new book offers some surprising glimpses into the city’s early 20th century underworld.
What Can Illinois Learn from Other States' Budget Disasters?
Kansas and Minnesota chose two very different options to fill their budget gaps, and ended up with opposite results.