Bryan Smith
2 months
ago
Bill Kurtis
Chicago’s iconic newsman opens up about a life of extraordinary triumphs, profound pain, and never-ending reinvention.
4 months
ago
My Father, the Stranger
I’d only seen my dad twice as an adult. I figured he was out of my life for good. Then came word that he was dying.
7 months
ago
Read Our City and Regional Magazine Award-Nominated Stories
From a look inside a high school that’s half immigrants to the legacy of Charlie Trotter, some of the magazine’s best writing from 2017 is here.
11 months
ago
Remember Rita? Documentary Digs Into Illinois’s Most Interesting Embezzlement
When Rita Crundwell stole $53 million from Dixon, Illinois, in 2012, the feds called it the largest case of municipal fraud in U.S. history.
11 months
ago
How Chris Collins Made a Winner of Northwestern Basketball
After coaching the Wildcats to their first-ever NCAA tourney bid, the former Glenbrook North star is bent on making the program a perennial power.
1 year
ago
RIP Hugh Hefner: From a Hyde Park Card Table to a Media Empire
The man who famously parlayed $8,000 into the Playboy empire died today at 91. We look back at what he meant to Chicago, and what Chicago meant to him.
2 years
ago
The Ballad of Ed “Bad Boy” Brown
He was an undefeated boxer, a title contender. But he couldn’t escape the violence of the West Side.
2 years
ago
The Doomsday Squad
A team of computer modelers at Argonne National Laboratory is preparing for the urban calamities most Chicagoans would rather not think about.
2 years
ago
Inside the Mind of Rajon Rondo
Some people look at the Bulls’ new point guard and see a talented but troubled player. What does Rondo see? A man staying true to himself.
2 years
ago
