The University of Illinois professor emeritus had to do a public talk about his field, so he picked his favorite sport to illustrate it. Then it became an obsession. Read more
Daniel Kay Hertz talks about a plan to cut taxes on 98 percent of taxpayers while raising two billion dollars towards closing the state's budget deficit. Read more
Since 1999, the gay adult film industry has doled out its highest honors at a ceremony in Chicago. We sent a photographer to the Metro to check it out on Saturday. Read more
Once upon a time, Richard J. Daley hired the Cardinals legend and former Cubs manager to lead a program to teach 200,000 Chicago kids how to play baseball, in order to combat juvenile delinquency—despite Hornsby's considerable deficits as a role model. Read more
The Columbia College prof and former Washington Post Baghdad bureau chief adopted two sons from the country. After both were diagnosed with autism, she traveled there to examine the subject. Read more
In the summer, Chicago’s beaches and waterfront parks become the city’s melting pot, its great leveler, a 26-mile-long stage for thousands of intimate vignettes. Over a single weekend, photographer Lenny Gilmore immortalized 15 of them. Read more
The Hyde Park-reared mutual-fund manager beat powerful incumbent Joe Berrios handily in the primary. Can he fix the problems that made his victory possible? Read more
The team's first season without superstar Elena Delle Donne was a mess. But with Stefanie Dolson emerging, a full season of Courtney Vandersloot, and a haul of talented rookies, 2018 is the real test of their plan. Read more
The ubiquitous plastic vessel has come a long way: from South Side immigrant inventors to big business in Lake Forest, a Toby Keith hit to syndicated TV specials starring its inventor's wife—and now a galaxy far, far away. Read more
Sandra Cisneros, Alex Kotlowitz, Rick Kogan, and others discuss what his work means to them, and highlight favorites from his 5,600 shows over 45 years—1,200 of which are now live in the Studs Terkel Radio Archive. Read more
