public health MAGA Sen. John Kennedy begs for more humiliation from ER doctor (video) Mark Frauenfelder

Green River My favorite Chicago-style delicacy: The Italian Beef Jason Weisberger

art You can visit a 30-foot-tall eyeball in downtown Dallas, Texas Jennifer Sandlin

chicago Chicago-area libraries evacuated and closed after bomb threats Rob Beschizza

chicago Unfortunately that official "nude beach" sign on Lake Michigan is fake David Pescovitz

guns Chicago youth asking gangs to cease fire between 9am to 9pm daily David Pescovitz

architecture Mark the 130th anniversary of the Chicago World's Fair by reading "The Devil in the White City" this summer Jennifer Sandlin

travel Is Mexico safer than the US? (video) Mark Frauenfelder

politics Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot out as election goes to runoff between other candidates Rob Beschizza

horror News station reports on horror-themed 'Chucky Cheese' arcade as if it were real Rusty Blazenhoff

maps Redlining maps show racism and white supremacy "in 1930s technicolor" Elías Villoro

chicago The largely forgotten disaster of the SS Eastland Gareth Branwyn

chicago Visit the Chicago Sh*t Fountain Popkin

chicago Don't do this with a Bluetooth headphone knit hat Kevin Reome

coronavirus Americans party like there's no pandemic Kevin Reome

san francisco Sammy Davis Jr.'s Tonight Show love song to a city Kevin Reome

chicago The naming of 'Inside Vladimir' Kevin Reome

police Chicago PD's predictive policing tool has been shut down after 8 years of catastrophically bad results Cory Doctorow

marijuana Citing experience selling marijuana, unemployed Chicagoans seek permits to sell legally Jason Weisberger

music Dave Riley, bassist for Big Black, RIP David Pescovitz