The city of Chicago has millions of federal dollars to use to help people experiencing homelessness, but it’s not spending it, according to reporting in the Illinois Answers Project.
SoloSam is a Chicago rapper and producer born and raised on the South Side – “79th and Ada,” he points out – but he’s also a chef with a cooking show series, a cookbook and B-EATS, a bi-monthly party series that combines good food, good music and community.
Food pantries are the first line of defense for people facing food insecurity. And with an end to pandemic-era benefits, many are seeing an uptick in clients.
Illinois will soon have protections for child social media influencers. The state’s GOP is preparing for next year. Volunteers aim to protect migrants in Chicago.
The federal government declares a disaster for July flooding. Rents across Illinois are becoming a burden. Migrants host a pop-up barbershop near downtown.
Major Taylor was an American cyclist who once held seven world sprint records, despite facing racism from competitors and race organizers at the turn of the 20th century.
Two Chicago-based Trump allies were involved with a new indictment. Chicago home prices are soaring. Residents say Amazon violated zoning code at a West Side facility.
“There’s not such a finite line between life and death,” says Gary Feinman, an anthropology curator and content expert at the Field Museum. Feinman and his colleagues, including exhibition developer Ben Miller, spent several years working on the museum’s exhibit “Death: Life’s Greatest Mystery.”
In this episode, we talk with Feinman and Miller about the exhibit and confronting our own mortality. And yeah, it gets pretty deep.
“Death: Life’s Greatest Mystery” closes at the Field Museum on August 27.
Chicago schools see less state funding than expected. Loretto Hospital workers reach a tentative agreement. An opinion on the state’s assault weapons ban is expected.