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How does honoring the dead impact the environment?
How should we decide what happens to our bodies when we die? And what implications does that decision have for the living?
It’s common to think a bur…
1 year, 3 months ago
Why is there a cemetery at O’Hare Airport?
The suburban village of Bensenville has a long history of getting eaten up by development. Resthaven Cemetery is a symbol of what remains.
1 year, 3 months ago
How one Midwestern community avoids road salt all winter
Chicago — like so many other frigid American cities — can’t seem to kick its dependence on road salt. Last episode, we talked about why chloride from…
1 year, 3 months ago
Could Chicago ever ditch the road salt?
Road salt helps us get around safely during snowy, Chicago winters. But salt is corrosive and harmful for the environment. Could the city ever go wit…
1 year, 3 months ago
The First Black-Owned And Operated Airport Was In Robbins
The Chicago area played a key role in Black aviation in the early 1900s. The founders of the first Black-owned airport learned to fly in Chicago and …
1 year, 4 months ago
“It’s too complicated”: The state of cannabis record expungement in Illinois
When Illinois legalized recreational use of marijuana five years ago, it came with a goal to right the wrongs of the war on drugs. “We’re addressing …
1 year, 4 months ago
Illinois has made a lot of money from recreational pot. How’s that money used?
The state has made about $500 million in marijuana tax revenue since the state legalized recreational use. Social programs have benefited from those …
1 year, 4 months ago
There’s a delicate alchemy to overturning a wrongful conviction
What does it take to get a wrongful conviction overturned?
Quite a lot, according to investigative reporter Alison Flowers, who says proving innocence…
1 year, 4 months ago
Why does it take so long to free an innocent person from prison?
We follow the case of Robert Johnson. Now, three decades after his arrest, a judge will decide whether to release him later this month.
1 year, 4 months ago
How Filipino food entrepreneurs’ “sense of community” help them thrive
Chicago is a city of food as much as it is a city of neighborhoods and cultural communities.
Last episode, we talked about how Chicago may not have …
1 year, 4 months ago