Four decades ago, as Chicago was transitioning from blue collar to white collar, the media trumpeted the influx of young urban professionals to the city. In a May 1980 Chicago article, Dan Rottenberg was the first to dub them “yuppies” in print. Read more
Keeping Chicagoans indoors is the most important civic project of Lightfoot's mayoralty. That she's leaning on humor to do it doesn't make her a cartoon character, but a sharp leader. Read more
