The targets of Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Together lead difficult lives full of uncertainty, fear, and instability. (No, seriously, let me explain.) Further proof that the rich are like us, they just have more money. Read more
With the second reinvention of the legendary bar officially happening today, a look back at where the legend came from, courtesy of Rick Kogan. Plus: Rick Telander on Rush Street circa 1988, and a tour of Chicago nightlife at the end of the '80s. Read more
To celebrate Ideas Week and the forthcoming Chicago Humanities Festival, a look back at five advances from the 1893 World's Fair: the fax machine, the Hoochie Coochie Man, and more. Read more
Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Together are stirring up debate on political policies that could help the 99 Percent. One that keeps coming up is debt forgiveness, particularly student debt forgiveness. Read more
On Steve Jobs, the man behind Apple; and Jef Raskin, the man behind the Macintosh, an unsung computer genius whose odd, innovative ideas have never quite taken hold but continue to trail Apple's products, 30 years after he left the company. Read more
A study by academics at Michigan and Indiana suggests that the election of Barack Obama left the anti-war movement either co-opted or high and dry. What will happen to Occupy Wall Street? Read more
Well, four good reads and a video on the veteran downstate power broker and his web of connections throughout the state. Plus: his patent for a "shower enlarger." Read more
The comedian whom Marc Maron describes as "the best comic in the country," a veteran of Patton Oswalt's "Comedians of Comedy Tour," does a two-night stand this weekend. Read more
Mayor Emanuel is stepping up his promise to cut the city's "head tax," a per-employee tax on medium and large businesses. It's unpopular, but how'd we end up with it in the first place? Read more
