Category: Yesterday

Chicago area Muslim leaders weigh in, and they open up about what divides and unites the community.

Architect Dwight Perkins' ambitious plan to save Chicago's natural landscapes raised a question: Which kinds of nature deserve to be preserved?

The brainchild of a 22-year-old executive, the White Sox look hit a home run with fans and, half a century later, rappers.

Don your dancing shoes as we track down the Chicago band members, musicians, and dancers who helped create five iconic moves.

John Connors says swimming naked in high school gym class was “torture.” Curious City looks at why schools enforced the policy for decades.

Camp Douglas’ deadly reputation was kept in shadows but now there’s a surprising movement to bring it to light.

Being a paleta vendor may seem like a sweet life, but we learned that selling Mexican popsicles is anything but a walk on the beach.

The city deserves cred as an industrial giant, but it was also the first city of flowers, a pickle powerhouse and the heart of American celery.

Lake View once had a thriving Japanese community, but it fell victim to a push for assimilation. As one Japanese-American puts it: “You had to basically be unseen.”

A quick tour of places where residents would chill, get clean and — sometimes — get down.