The 10 Must-Read Stories for this Week
Charter-school performance, no more red-X sign, and Roger Ebert, Wikipedia editor?
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Five Things You Never Knew About ‘I’m Lovin’ It’
As an iconic brand gets a shakeup, a look at its longstanding can’t-get-it-out-of-your-brain ad campaign
What the Chicago Riverwalk Will Look Like, and What That Means
A Q&A with Gina Ford, the landscape architect behind the city’s next ambitious public space.
The Faces of the Chicago Marathon
Nearly 45,000 runners dashed the 26.2 miles of the 2014 Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Sunday. Here’s what they looked like at Mile 19.
Chicago Bulls
Stocks of big public companies in the metro area have bested the market over the past five years, but which are worth investing in today?
Chicago Has Celebrated the Great Fire Since It Stopped Burning
It might seem weird to celebrate a massive tragedy, but the city has long treated the Great Chicago Fire with the same braggadocio that gives us the nickname “The Windy City.”
Q&A: Laurence Ralph on Injury and Resilience in Gangland Chicago
The Harvard anthropologist talks about his new book ‘Renegade Dreams,’ the work of three years observing a West Side Chicago neighborhood.
Here Are This Week’s 10 Must-Read Stories
Imagining Chicago without its great fire, a tick-tock on the airport shutdown, and a look at barrel-aged beer.
Want a ‘Slow and Stately’ Bike Culture? Here’s How to Get It
There are a lot of ways to emulate cities with friendlier bike/car/pedestrian relations. Cutting off bike lanes to spite our face is the opposite of what’s needed.
How the Birth Control Pill Happened
Jonathan Eig’s new book explores the little-known history of the oral contraceptive.