Category: Catchup

It’s sung everywhere from summer camps to soccer games. We dig into the song’s contested origins, and how it became such a hit.

It’s sung everywhere from summer camps to soccer games. We dig into the song’s contested origins, and how it became such a hit.

From raw celery to “milk toast,” we explore the biggest food fads of the era — and the restaurants that served them.

From raw celery to “milk toast,” we explore the biggest food fads of the era — and the restaurants that served them.

We explore a phenomenon called “cuffing” and the (short) lengths Chicagoans will go for love.

We explore a phenomenon called “cuffing” and the (short) lengths Chicagoans will go for love.

Back in the 1940s, Chicago school kids took local field trips that would be unthinkable today.

Chicago is geographically in the Midwest. But many people believe that being “Midwestern” is something else entirely.

From mail carriers to photographers, we asked people who spend a lot of time in the cold how they stay warm.

The common stereotype for Midwesterners is that we’re polite, friendly...and passive-aggressive. But is there any truth to that?