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
Hot on the heels of our intrepid reporter’s weeknight visit to 120 Degrees Ultra Lounge, the new spot on the ground floor of Lake Point Tower, we sent a photographer back to the bar to check out the weekend action... Read more
On Friday, I posted part one of my interview with Roger Simon. Here, part two, in which he discusses his Chicago roots, his friendship with Roger Ebert, his addiction to Twitter, and what he misses about his hometown. Read more
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The Property: Judy Royko, the widow of the Pulitzer Prize–winning Chicago newspaper columnist Mike Royko, last Monday sold the 116-year-old Lincoln Park graystone she bought in 2003, six years after her husband’s death... 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
The columnist and former Chicagoan, who suffered a catastrophic illness that resulted in the amputation of both legs, talks about his medical nightmare and how he bagged an Oval Office interview with the president. Read more
