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How an Opera Singer Saves Her Voice
Janai Brugger is a classical soprano, hot tea drinker, and lukewarm runner.
Kevin Boehm’s Rebound After ‘Rock Bottom’
Celebrated restaurateur, transcendental meditation fan, self-reinventor
Ten Stories For Everyone in Chicago to Read This Week
What Rahm will get out of CNN’s Chicagoland, how the city’s neighborhoods got their names,...
Child Poverty Is Rising Quickly in the Chicago Suburbs
The increase in child poverty in the suburbs around Cook County accounted for almost half...
How to Get Health Care in Chicago
You have three weeks to sign up for federal health coverage. Here are some tips...
Chicago Is the Home of America's Only Female Condom
O.B. Parrish, the founder of Female Health Company, celebrates five years of FDA approval for...
How Wonder Bread Saved Civilization
Before it was the scorn of nutritionists, fortified white bread was a health food breakthrough...
The Benefits of Food Stamps Go Far Beyond Nutrition
You may know SNAP as an economic and public-health aid. But it can also benefit...
What's Actually in the Chicago River? A New Study Aims to Find Out
As the city's longtime sewer is slowly converted into a civic centerpiece, an immense new...
The Good and the Bad of Sin Taxes' Impact on Chicago's Poor
Poor people pay more for cigarette taxes and speeding tickets—but Chicago's new fines could also...
Help Decide What Will Replace Prentice Hospital
Today through November 12, Northwestern will take public feedback on the plans by three finalists...
Obama Should Have Listened to the Emanuel Brothers About Obamacare
Rahm pushed the president to delay health care reform; Ezekiel warned the White House couldn't...