Inside this maximum security prison, a groundbreaking program offers inmates the chance to earn a degree from one of the country’s top schools. Some will never leave these walls. Here’s why it still matters.
In this essay for Northwestern professor Alex Kotlowitz’s narrative nonfiction class, a Stateville inmate from the South Side writes about how he manages to regain a sense of control in prison.
We’ll have weather without our beloved meteorologist, but will we still have the fourth season?
Have you ever shopped for groceries at Jewels? If you have, you’re pronouncing the store’s name wrong. It’s Jewel — short for Jewel Tea Company, the name of the original business that was founded here in 1899. So why do so many Chicagoans add an s? It’s a linguistic phenomenon with stores, especially grocery stores. Kroger, Aldi, … Read more
Some of our most famous expressways and highways have notable namesakes — while others have been largely forgotten.
Architectural treasure? Taxpayer money pit? Charming fixer-upper? Spaceship? All of the above? Here’s what to know about the Googleplexing of Helmut Jahn’s opus.
The activist and sports team owner, 56, on her family, media scrutiny, and that World Series win
