Stephanie Kuehnert looks back on bullying and homophobia for Rookie, while the Washington Post looks into Mitt Romney's past, and his high school during the 1960s. Read more
A journalist goes after some Northwestern grad students, their black-studies program, and the entire field... and gets fired over it, setting off a debate about the limits of what you can and can't say about race, and where you can and can't say it. Read more
Economist Peter Orszag makes the case for progressive taxes on, and to, the One Percent: higher taxes means less income volatility for the wealthy. But there are logical reasons his argument is likely to fall on deaf ears, and evidence that it does. Read more
List Price: $2.499 million The Property: The view from the rooftop deck of this house takes in much of what makes Bucktown so great: a mix of vintage and contemporary homes, landmark buildings, church spires, and a blanket of trees. What’s more, the vista includes the lakefront and downtown skylines—and there’s also another interesting perspective inside... Read more
The save, a product of Chicago journalism, changed the face of baseball. But perhaps we can do better with shutdowns and meltdowns. Sabermetricians, and maybe Len Kasper, will lead the way. Read more
