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All Your Burning Questions About CTA's New Plastic Seats, Answered
CTA started testing the plastic seats in May. If we make the switch, we'll be joining an industry-wide trend away from fabric—but will it make us cleaner?
Kris Bryant Should Be the NL MVP
Along with Mike Trout and Mookie Betts, his across-the-board greatness puts him in the most elite tier of position players in 2016.
RIP Agnes Nixon, the Legendary Creator of "One Life to Live" and "All My Children"
The pioneering writer translated the social tumult of the 1960s and beyond into broad (and subtly progressive) story lines. It was an approach she learned under the soap queen Irna...
This Is How Good the Cubs Are
The good news: the 2016 Cubs have dominated baseball in a way that only a couple teams have in the modern era. The bad news: that's not predictive of a...
10 Stories to Read This Week
Slain teen wards of the state, profiling a fashion icon, and a rare but important story of suicide
We Were Pretty Dumb About Presidential Debates in 1960, Too
Then as now, voters told pollsters that they were highly impressed with the informed policy proposals of their preferred candidates, but what they really responded to were the platitudes.
Why Has Violence in Chicago Escalated? Three Theories
Population loss, the absence of CeaseFire, and the splintering of Chicago's gangs suggest different roots to the problem—and different solutions.
How a Chicago Creative Agency Made the Internet Just a Little Bit Stranger
Nelson Cash made successful viral campaigns for the Netflix series Stranger Things and LaCroix sparkling water—just for fun.
The 2017 Architectural Biennial Gets Artistic Directors, and a Concept (Or Two)
Two L.A.-based architects join the National Public Housing Museum’s Todd Palmer to lead next year’s event.