Google Paid Apple Billions To Dominate Search On iPhones, Justice Department Says
An agreement worth up to $12 billion made Google the default search engine on Apple devices. The deal may be anticompetitive under U.S. law.
Culture & The Arts
Wondering about Chicago music, festivals, arts, theater and food? WBEZ brings together the best stories about Chicago’s arts and culture scene. Together with our music station, Vocalo 91.1, we explore the stories that make the second city a vibrant world-renowned cultural destination.
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COVID-19’s Devastating Toll Is Reflected In This Year’s Day Of The Dead Art Exhibit
An annual commemoration at Chicago’s National Museum of Mexican Art takes on new meaning in a pandemic year.
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Your Weekend Starts Here: Cache Your Cookies, Categorize Your Fun, Put Down Your Phone
Nerdette podcast gets you ready for the weekend with movies, books and everyone’s favorite thing: a new way to categorize life experiences.
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Chicago Rapper Illi Shares His Favorite Things To Read, Watch And Do
Chicago artist Illi shares his top picks for the week.
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Nerdette Recaps ‘The Matrix’ With Peter Sagal
The crew is back again! And this time we’re revisiting films from 1999, starting with the Wachowskis’ seminal film, ‘The Matrix.’
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Rebranding Chicago For A Post-Pandemic World? The City Says It’s About Being Creative.
The city’s chief marketing officer breaks down his plans for rebranding Chicago.
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Chicago International Film Festival Goes Virtual Amid COVID-19
The 56th annual Chicago International Film Festival is underway.
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Chevy Humphrey Breaks Barriers At Chicago’s Museum Of Science And Industry
Chevy Humphrey is the museum’s first Black and first woman chief executive.
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StoryCorps Chicago: ‘Young People Need To See Muslim Heroes Onscreen’
Actor Bassam Abdelfattah speaks with his friend, hip-hop musician Kayem, about how Muslim people are presented in the media.
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‘Can’t Even’ Explores Why Burnout Is For Millennials (And Millennials At Heart)
Author Anne Helen Petersen explains why the experience of being a millennial is defined by precariousness.
