The progressive suburb faced a battle over integration in the 1960s. Mary Barr, author of ‘Friends Disappear: The Battle for Racial Equality in Evanston,’ describes what happened. Read more
The lifelong art, architecture, and design nerd has used his rap career as a "Trojan horse" back into his first love, and SAIC is giving him the recognition. Read more
For three years in the 1950s, the Monsters of the Midway had the most exciting receiver in football—big, fast, acrobatic Harlon Hill, a 15th-round draft pick out of tiny Florence State Teachers College in northern Alabama. Read more
