The roots of the Chicago accent travel east across the Great Lakes and along the Erie Canal, separating us from the South by way of "kitty-corner" and "frosting." Read more
In the 1960s, Uptown's white Appalachian residents were displaced by Truman College—but it never would've happened if Hank Williams Village had been built. Read more
On the day Los Angeles banned the bags, Chicago's city council debated it—in the wake of a study that found surprising plastic pollution in the Great Lakes. Read more
For one, it's cheaper and probably faster than using public transportation in and around the Loop. It's also about the same cost as maintaining your own bike, so for certain types of commuters, it makes sense. Read more
Chicago inventor Leonard Reiffel worked with Carl Sagan to see what would happen if an atomic bomb hit the moon. Valuable research! But a bit of a PR risk. Read more
