Think I have something good to report, people. No, it’s not about how to get your kids Taylor Swift tickets in Tokyo.My news is that Dean Phillips is not going to run as a third-party candidate for president.“No! No!” he assured me when I asked him the big que... More »
I am fascinated, and alarmed, by the swiftness with which periods of backlash take shape after surges of Black progress, and I believe that we have entered another such period.Much of my inquiry on the matter has focused on the period after Reconstruction was ... More »
There are two things I believe about the widening crisis in the Middle East.We are about to see a new Biden administration strategy unfold to address this multifront war involving Gaza, Iran, Israel and the region — what I hope will be a “Biden Doctrine” that ... More »
For gardeners feeling restless for the return of spring, Brittany Schaller, an interpretive naturalist for the Forest Preserve District of Will County, has a solution. “Winter sowing offers a way to kick-start gardens when the winter cold is making people wish... More »
The paintings that you create; they are so dense with creatures! There are fifty or sixty sets of eyes in some of them. DO they leave their lairs at the same time?I’m big on eyes and teeth. And yes, we hold mandatory meetings monthly.Some people might not know... More »
The new headset teaches a valuable lesson about the cost of tech products: The upsells and add-ons will get you.When Apple unveiled the Vision Pro virtual reality goggles last year at a technology conference, many in the audience gasped at the price: $3,500. T... More »
The moon is cycling through the news ahead of a new chapter in space. The first private mission to touch down on the lunar surface may land as early as February. Separately, NASA aims to send astronauts back to the moon within the next few years. Rebecca Boyle... More »
Animals renowned for their outstanding night vision include owls, cats, tarsiers (a tiny primate in Southeast Asia) -- and even the dung beetle.But humans? Not so much.AdvertisementOver time, many people suffer from night blindness, also known as nyctalopia. T... More »
Following Chicago’s long tradition of oral histories, the Chicago Theological Seminary has produced an oral history project on the city’s Civil Rights Movement — an archival work about Operation Breadbasket, featuring onetime seminary student the Rev. Jesse Ja... More »
Cities in the Midwest are deep in planning mode for festivities to celebrate a rare astronomical phenomenon that will sweep across the United States this spring while travelers are nailing down plans to witness it.During the total solar eclipse on April 8 the ... More »
As winter progresses with cold, rain and snow, Dorothy Gale’s words from “The Wizard of Oz” ring true, “there’s no place like home.”But according to a recent report from the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, housing has become unaffordabl... More »
Farmers relax by a bonfire as they block a highway Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024 in Jossigny, east of Paris. With protesting farmers camped out at barricades around Paris, France's government hoped to calm their anger with more concessions Tuesday to their complaints... More »