Carrie Shepherd
Macy’s vs. Target: Where are shoppers getting their goods?
Picture this. It’s a Monday night, you’ve had a long day at work but you need to pick up a few things before you head home. Where do you go? In the days of multi-purpose retailers aiming to be everything to everyone, we may be visiting our local department stores less frequently.
Making Chicago a destination for U.S. and foreign travelers
We Chicagoans like to maintain our friendly rivalry with New Yorkers, but “Second City”? Hardly. Chicago regularly tops the list for dining destinations, and who can forget our friendly, Midwestern charm? But, New York does have us beat in at least one category-annual visitors.
New book looks at quiet world of introverts
Susan Cain’s new book ‘Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking’ profiles some of society’s greatest introverts, and how their quiet ways actually allowed them to spark big change.
The end of the ‘mancession’: More jobs for some men, but what about women?
At the height of the recession, we heard more and more about the “mancession.” But as we see signs of economic recovery, men are starting to gain some of those jobs back. Where does that leave women? Are they benefiting from the recovery, too?
Plans for the future - and a discovery about the past
Today we talk with author David Finch about being diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome—by his wife. Also, which House and Senate seats are in play?