The Growing Fight Over a Trash Station in West Chicago
Concerns over transparency and environmental racism are fueling backlash in majority Latino West Chicago.
Gwendolyn Brooks’s Bronzeville
A literary landscape of the celebrated Chicago poet.
America’s Largest Inland Port is Running Out of Water
The proposed solution — a thirty-one-mile-long pipeline draining Lake Michigan — is dividing residents of Joliet, Illinois.
The Englewood Line–Not Just the Anti-606
The elevated rails-to-trails project will bring green space to Chicago's South Side.
Pro Basketball’s Rust Belt Roots
The Goodyear Wingfoots, General Electrics, and the heyday of industrial basketball.
Chicago Public Schools Students on Why They Walked Out
In January, students protested in support of COVID safety and student representation.
On Stony Island Avenue: Boulevard of Black Culture
Ayana Contreras on the creative legacy of the Chicago street.
The Reinvention of Vogue Fabrics
The Evanston, Illinois-based fabrics giant is closing its flagship retail location, marking the end of an era (but not the company).
A Public Art Project Tackles Unceded Land in Chicago
'Whose Lakefront' marks the Indigenous history of the Lake Michigan coast.
Greening West Woodlawn
The West Woodlawn Arboretum, in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood, reflects a "new narrative" of "joy and abundance."
The Bird Patrol
Chicago is the most dangerous city in the country for birds. Meet the people who want to change that.
Fire in Peshtigo
The deadliest fire in U.S. history happened one hundred and fifty years ago near Peshtigo, Wisconsin. You’ve probably never heard of it.