Where's the CHA in Chicago's New Housing Plan?

By Whet Moser

Despite a mountain of surplus cash and a waiting list thousands deep, the Chicago Housing Authority is just a footnote in a broad new five-year proposal. Read more

What You Should Know About the Polar Plunge This Weekend

By Kaitlyn Jakola

At noon on January 25, members of the Lakeview Polar Bear Club will meet at Oak Street Beach to jump into freezing Lake Michigan. Read this before joining them. Read more

Survey: What's Wrong with Clark the Cub?

The new Cubs mascot has attracted quite a bit of ridicule. What's the problem? Read more

How Extreme Will Chicago’s Weather Get?

By Whet Moser

Expert predictions for deep winter and beyond. Read more

Requiem for Dominick’s

By Mark Bazer

Chicagoans took the old grocery chain for granted. Now we’re all paying for it. Read more

Five Killer Chicago Apps

Use your phone to make Chicago life that much better (and faster) Read more

How the Field Museum's Chief Curiosity Coordinator Stood Up Against Internet Sexism, and How We Can Help Fight Trolls

By Whet Moser

Emily Graslie went viral with a video standing up to passive and aggressive misogyny. And it worked. Read more

The Afternoon Joan Fontaine Told Me to Get a Manicure

By Carol Felsenthal

The author recalls how her worst interview, out of a career of thousands, was conducted with the late actress in a limo to O'Hare. Read more

How Do You Survive the Chicago Winter?

It's been a long December. Take our reader poll and tell us how you make it through. Read more

A Guide to Playing Hooky During the Holidays

By Mark Bazer

How to spend barely any time in the office this month—without taking a single vacation day Read more

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