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Chicago: Making Your Coffee Better
By Whet Moser
The era of cheap coffee is ending as the commodity increases in price. But for coffee snobs, that's actually okay: a good gourmet Chicago coffee is still cheaper than McDonald's, if you make it yourself. Read more
Did the CTA and Metra Save Chicago?
By Whet Moser
Milwaukee's former mayor, in an interview with Grid Chicago, says the fact that Chicago held onto its public transportation network during the massive road-building of the mid-20th century preserved it from the collapse its Midwestern peers have faced. Read more
Can Theo Epstein Deliver for the Cubs?
By Jonathan Eig
One of the brightest of baseball’s new breed of data-driven front-office execs, Theo Epstein is being hailed as the Cubs’ savior. But don’t order those World Series tickets just yet Read more
Steve Baskis: Profile of a Survivor at 19,000 Feet
By Brian Mockenhaupt
DARK VICTORY: Three years ago, Baskis, then a 22-year-old U.S. Army infantryman, was permanently blinded by a bomb while serving in Iraq. Since then, his life has been a series of challenges, many of them of his own making—including a climb of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest peak. Read more