How Four Teenage Girls Organized This Week’s Huge Silent Protest By Bettina Chang It started with a simple tweet and grew into one of the largest (and most peaceful) protests this week. Read more
5 Non-Virtual Things You'll Learn From Playing Pokémon Go By Adam Morgan Stop the grumbling, anti-video-game curmudgeons. There's plenty to appreciate about the game that's taking over the city. Read more
Our Pokémon, Ourselves By Bettina Chang "Uber for Pokemon" and a special Chicago subreddit show just how well the game capitalizes on our new obsessions. Read more
What Do Illinois Citizens Want to Do to Fix the State Budget? By Whet Moser We do agree on a few things—unfortunately, they range from extremely unlikely to totally useless. Read more
How to Fight Back Against Mosquitos This Summer By Andy Ambrosius Anxious about the Zika and West Nile viruses (the latter typically peaks in August)? Then follow the mosquito-annihilating strategies of some of the area’s largest outdoor venues. Read more
Dance Dance Party Party at Perceptual Motion Dance Studio Chicago’s best dance exercise class Read more
The Lucky, Unlucky, and Still Very Good Cubs By Whet Moser They no longer have the best record in baseball, but the numbers suggest that they can still claim the title of best team. Read more