A Guide to Playing Hooky During the Holidays
How to spend barely any time in the office this month—without taking a single vacation day
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Jahlil Okafor Is On His Way Up
High-school basketball phenom Jahlil Okafor—a sure-fire NBA lottery pick—is a monster on the court. But to understand what drives him, you have to meet his dad. And know what happened to his mother.
Pat Hughes: The One Constant of the Cubs
The Cubs are rebuilding their team and their stadium, but their play-by-play voice remains the same. And today he’s got a new partner in an old Cub, Ron Coomer.
What's Actually in the Chicago River? A New Study Aims to Find Out
As the city’s longtime sewer is slowly converted into a civic centerpiece, an immense new project will catalog the bad (and good) organisms that live there.
Where to Toast 2014 in Chicago
Low-key cocktails, aerial dancers and pyrotechnics, the year in 30 plays, and more.
How Likely Are You to Get Sick This Winter?
It’s been a tough December so far—here’s what to expect from the rest of it.
Bill Ayers Talks Obama, Nelson Mandela, and Toni Preckwinkle
He loves Cook County’s president, isn’t disappointed in POTUS, and would be happy to be a Supreme Court justice.
12 Questions for Nobel Prize Winner Eugene Fama
The University of Chicago market maven, 74, talks stock investing, Illinois bonds, football—and winning the Nobel Prize.
The Small Social Networks at the Heart of Chicago Violence
If you run with a bad crowd, statistically speaking, you’ll get in trouble.
A Mysterious Chicago Photographer's 24 Images of Life in the 1880s and ’90s
J.C.H. Grabill captured scenes from Deadwood, the American Indian Wars, and life on the rugged frontier. Then he disappeared.