Is Climate Change Causing These Brutal Temperatures?
Climate scientists are asking whether Arctic warming leads to “drunk” jet streams—and the extreme weather in Chicago and elsewhere this week.
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10 Stories Every Chicagoan Should Read This Week
Here are some big ideas for 2014—plus thoughts about Chiraq, Jay Cutler, Michael Madigan, and more.
Bloomberg Vilified, Daley Praised: What a Mayor's Send-Off Says About His Legacy
New York’s ex-mayor took it on the chin as he left office. It wasn’t like that in Chicago—but nobody misses Daley now.
The Bears Do the Safe Thing With Jay Cutler's Contract (No, Really)
The quarterback, and his new contract, are frustrating to Bears fans. But he got what the market demands right now.
La Grange’s Ben LaBolt goes to Washington—and Stays
The young insider, who’s worked for Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel, Jan Schakowsky, and others in his 32 years, opens a PR shop with Robert Gibbs.
New Laws for the New Year
The Illinois General Assembly’s biggest achievement of 2013—the marriage equality law—won’t go into effect until June 1. But plenty of others will swing into force when the ball drops on January 1. Here are six.
How Extreme Will Chicago’s Weather Get?
Expert predictions for deep winter and beyond.
Requiem for Dominick’s
Chicagoans took the old grocery chain for granted. Now we’re all paying for it.
Five Killer Chicago Apps
Use your phone to make Chicago life that much better (and faster)
How the Field Museum's Chief Curiosity Coordinator Stood Up Against Internet Sexism, and How We Can Help Fight Trolls
Emily Graslie went viral with a video standing up to passive and aggressive misogyny. And it worked.