Can you get fired for protesting? Or spouting off on social media?
Thousands of people have taken to the streets and to social media in recent weeks to express solidarity with — or in some cases, objections to — the Black Lives...
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Takeout gets a makeover: How COVID-19 is forcing restaurants to improve the to-go experience
It didn't take long for Pete Ternes to learn that a good restaurant does not automatically make for a good takeout operation. His Logan Square brewpub, the Bungalow by Middle...
‘It’s hard to get strategic when there’s anger’: George Floyd’s killing puts corporate diversity efforts in spotlight
Diversity and inclusion consultant Doug Harris, CEO of The Kaleidoscope Group, started in the business when "the diversity leader sat in the basement in the corner next to the janitor."...
Chicago’s black-owned businesses face uphill battle to rebuild, even with outpouring of support after George Floyd death
The death of George Floyd has prompted fresh calls to support the black community, but some of its business owners, hit hard by looting on the South and West sides,...
Hotels cut thousands of jobs in Illinois in May as pandemic continues to hit travel and hospitality hard
Chicago hotels hit with huge business downturns because of the coronavirus pandemic continued mass layoffs in May, and some have made temporary cuts permanent. Hyatt Hotels reported 566 permanent layoffs...
Grocery stores that closed during the George Floyd fallout start to reopen. But food remains elusive in some neighborhoods.
Many grocery stores that shut their doors this week during the fallout from George Floyd's death in Minneapolis started to open again Thursday with limited hours, hoping the unrest that...
Peeking out from behind plywood, nervous Chicago stores and restaurants weigh getting back into business
When the City of Chicago announced last week its intention to reopen the city Wednesday, its leaders did not anticipate servers emerging with cold drinks and hot plates of food...
Charting structural inequities: How lowest-paid, least-secure jobs also tend to have highest risk for COVID-19
Before the death of George Floyd ignited a powder keg of tensions over social inequities in the U.S., COVID-19 had already laid them bare. Blacks and Latinos, as well as...
Chicago mayor calls for insurance companies to ‘start cutting checks’ as ransacked businesses clean up
The looters who on Sunday ransacked Z Smoke Shop, which has been selling glass pipes and vaping products in Logan Square for eight years, left behind not only major damage...
Businesses reeling from pandemic face rebuilding after George Floyd protests give way to looting. ‘It’s going to take a slow climb to build back from this.’
This week was supposed to mark a milestone for a city looking forward to reopening after nearly three months of being sidelined by COVID-19. Chicago's economic engine was expected to...