The magazine that fomented the Occupy movement in the first place expects 50,000 strong in Chicago this May. But neither G8 nor NATO is the sexy, controversial target that Wall Street and the WTO have been. Will the summits, and the protests, underwhelm?
A map of Chicago using geotagged tweets shows the corridors of travel from one point to another, based on who’s tweeting from where. It mostly looks like you’d expect, with one mystery.
The USDA released new school-lunch guidelines today, which define how much tomato paste on a slice of pizza is equivalent to a vegetable, and doesn’t restrict potatoes… though the National Potato Council is still concerned that their prize product is considered a “second-class” vegetable.
After a long two years of trying to court the center with frustrated attempts at centrist bipartisanship, the White House tries a stump speech for the SOTU. The trick to the center? It’s not a “center.”
Twitter users: they’re just like us! And Chicago twitter users react to public trans just like everyone everywhere does, complaining when something goes wrong and tolerating the rest.
Newt Gingrich’s constant flogging of the Alinsky name has brought the legendary organizer back into the zeitgeist again. But it’s a clumsy attempt to tar Obama, not least because the Tea Party has found much more interesting uses of Alinsky’s legacy.
Since middle-class women with HIV/AIDS likely possess more financial resources to address their diagnosis, we assume that they experience few negative economic and social outcomes of the disease. But Celeste Watkins-Hayes writes that they, too, experience isolation and economic vulnerability…
Chicago’s high hit-and-run rate, considerably higher than the national average; how the city’s most expensive restaurants rank; how our expensive El repairs rank; and more.
Did concussions play a role in Kyle Williams’s rough night in the NFC championship game? He’s had a history of them, and his opponents knew the young wide receiver was vulnerable.
Apps that help you lose weight, track blood pressure, find physicians, and more—all approved by our roster of tech-savvy Chicago doctors. Click the thumbnails to see the list.
