How Stephen A. Douglas Put Chicago On the Map (and Ruined His Career)

Most famous for getting beat by Abraham Lincoln, the senator's other local legacy is making Chicago the railroad hub of America—at immense cost. Read more

Why the Classic Chicago Accent is Disappearing

By Edward McClelland

Integration, and the cultural changes that come with it, have changed the way Chicagoans (and Michiganders, and Upstate New Yorkers) talk. Read more

How MR Mayo Finds Time To Meditate on Set

By Cindy Kuzma

The ‘Chicago Fire’ actor, marathon runner, and pull-up pupil shares her wellness regimen. Read more

What It’s Like to Get a $299 Massage

By Adrienne Gunn

In which our Experimentalist tries a lymphatic drainage treatment that promises to reshape her body. Read more

9 Stereotypes About Chicago That Are No Longer True

By Edward McClelland

We don't drink Old Style, eat that deep dish, slaughter hogs, or battle the wind like the rest of the world thinks. Read more

How Sharone R. Mitchell Jr. Hopes to Fix a Broken Justice System

By Anne Ford

New Cook County public defender Sharone R. Mitchell Jr. on prioritizing reform Read more

Candace Parker Comes Home

Interview by Mike Thomas

The Chicago Sky’s new superstar returns to her hometown with some hard-won wisdom. Read more

‘Revolutionary Hillbilly’ Hy Thurman on His New Memoir

By Edward McClelland

A Tennessee native, Thurman co-founded the Young Patriots, a group of poor white Appalachian migrants that organized in Uptown in the 1960s, became part of the original Rainbow Coalition, and changed politics in Chicago forever. Read more

I Tried a Power Plate Workout and Didn’t Fall Off

By Adrienne Gunn

Can working out on a vibrating platform make me as fit as a Russian cosmonaut? Read more

The Time Chuy García Saved Harold Washington’s Life

Interview by Mike Thomas

The U.S. representative on Adam Toledo's death, growing up in Mexico, and running for mayor Read more

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