How Four Teenage Girls Organized This Week’s Huge Silent Protest
It started with a simple tweet and grew into one of the largest (and most peaceful) protests this week.
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5 Non-Virtual Things You'll Learn From Playing Pokémon Go
Stop the grumbling, anti-video-game curmudgeons. There’s plenty to appreciate about the game that’s taking over the city.
Hillary Clinton's Youth Problem Is Also a White Problem
Young voters of all races favored Bernie Sanders, but after the primaries, Clinton was able to win many of them over—except for millennial whites, a new poll shows.
The View From Inside the Wrigley Field Scoreboard
Darryl Wilson, dubbed “Chairman of the Board” by his colleagues, takes us inside the iconic hand-turned scoreboard.
Chicago Has a Second Hometown Presidential Option, Green Party's Jill Stein
If choosing between Donald & Hillary is “like being shot or poisoned,” how about the third-party candidate from Highland Park?
LLS Names Their 2016 Man & Woman of the Year
June 11, 2016—George Moynihan and Logan Zinman were named The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s 2016 Man & Woman of the Year. George, Logan, and six other candidates collectively raised more than $778,000 to help fund blood cancer research and treatments.
10 Stories to Read This Week
How CPS encourages segregation, softball in Englewood, the curse of lovable losers, and more.
Our Pokémon, Ourselves
“Uber for Pokémon” and a special Chicago subreddit show just how well the mobile game capitalizes on our new obsessions.
What Do Illinois Citizens Want to Do to Fix the State Budget?
We actually do agree on a few things—unfortunately, they range from extremely unlikely to totally useless.
How to Fight Back Against Mosquitos This Summer
Anxious about the Zika and West Nile viruses (the latter typically peaks in August)? Then follow the mosquito-annihilating strategies of some of the area’s largest outdoor venues.