A grant from the National Science Foundation will allow the city's urban fitness tracker to expand from a couple prototypes to a full-blown pilot of 500 nodes around the city. Read more
"It’s tough to see this unidentified prostitute as a victim," writes Mary Mitchell of a woman who was raped at gunpoint. She's not alone, but it's a dangerous worldview. Read more
The surgeon's Thirty Million Words project—and new book—is a how-to manual for parents to engage with their children from the earliest months. Read more
Chicago has low property taxes compared to the rest of the state, but the state has high property taxes compared to the rest of the U.S. Where do we stand? Read more
The tactic worked in Back of the Yards and Little Village. But activists in Bronzeville face difficult political and financial challenges in securing an open-enrollment high school to replace Dyett. Read more
