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This Week’s 10 Must-Read Stories
By Whet Moser
A lot of investigations worth reading this week: Legionnaires’ disease in a veterans home, the infrastructure trust bust, and immigration fraud in Chicago. Read more
With Bitcoin Futures, Chicago Enters One of the World's Most Interesting Economic Experiments
By Whet Moser
The city is ground zero for the growth of a new currency. No one knows what's going to happen—and most people probably still don't know what Bitcoin is—but it'll be fascinating to watch. Read more
The U.S. Steel Site's Enormous Potential Development, Explained
By Edward McClelland
It’s been vacant since 1992. But soon one of the city’s biggest lakefront projects ever could sprout from its soil. Read more
Elon Musk Has a Very Odd Sense of Risk on Public Transportation
By Whet Moser
The Tesla/SpaceX entrepreneur is a very smart man, but he is very wrong about meeting serial killers on public transit (and in that irrational fear, he is just like us). Read more
French Pastry School Fears Closure If City Pushes It Out of Loop Location
By Mauricio Peña
The school contends that it holds a "formal collaboration agreement" to occupy the building through January 2019, but the city disagrees. Read more
VIDEO: This Harry Potter-Inspired Magic (Science) Class Will Make Your Inner Child Scream
By DS Shin
The Laboratory's adults-only classes feature goopy chemicals, lots of explosions, and—yes—competing for House points. Read more
This College Student Stays Up All Night Literally Picking Up Your Garbage
By Patty Wetli
Liam Donnelly founded WasteNot Compost at the age of 15. Now he balances his course load with nights spent biking around and picking up compost containers. Read more
Best of 2017: Building Preservation and Restoration Projects Worth Cheering
By AJ LaTrace
Here's to the residents and developers who decided they'd rather make something better than tear it down. Read more
Streetwise Has Helped Chicagoans in Need for 25 Years
By Mauricio Peña and DS Shin
The organization that famously gives a "hand up, not a handout" to the homeless celebrates a quarter century of magazines and job training. Read more
Why Does American Politics Feel So Hopeless? A New Book Explains
By Whet Moser
As Congress rushes to pass a humongous, unpopular tax bill with minimal public input, Americans might be wondering where democracy went wrong. Read more
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