When Private Security Patrols Public Streets By Jeremy Borden More Chicagoans are outsourcing their policing to private companies. What does that mean for the city? Read more
Agrihoods Are Bringing the Country to City Life By Adrienne Hurst Luxe living goes agro in suburban Burlington Township. Read more
All Your Burning Questions About CTA's New Plastic Seats, Answered By Melissa Shin and Whet Moser CTA started testing the plastic seats in May. If we make the switch, we'll be joining an industry-wide trend away from fabric—but will it make us cleaner? Read more
Dan Savage on LGBTQ Republicans and His Plan for Election Day Interview by Claire Zulkey The Real O’Neals, an ABC comedy loosely based on the sex columnist's youth in Chicago, starts its second season October 11. Read more
Kris Bryant Should Be the NL MVP By Whet Moser Along with Mike Trout and Mookie Betts, his across-the-board greatness put him in the most elite tier of position players in 2016. Read more
Tom Skilling Is Scared of Lightning and Thinks You Should Be, Too By Bill Zehme The master meteorologist, 64, on global warming, his infamous brother, and a (rational) fear of lightning Read more
How a Chicago Creative Agency Made the Internet Just a Little Bit Stranger By Whet Moser Nelson Cash made successful viral campaigns for “Stranger Things” and LaCroix sparkling water—just for fun. Read more
Life as an Abraham Lincoln Impersonator By Rod O’Connor Michael Krebs gives us the honest truth of making a living as the Great Emancipator. Read more
The Jay Cutler Problem By Whet Moser The Bears will have a hard decision to make at the end of the year. Read more
18 Months Inside a Chicago Gang By Forrest Stuart | As told to Elly Fishman A sociologist reports on the relationship between drill rap and the city’s violence. Read more
