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Why one nature lover keeps up a 1,200+ day birding streak
Birds are already flying through the Chicago area on their fall migration.
So it’s a busy season for bird watchers.
For one birder, it’s just one part…
1 week, 3 days ago
El Grito Chicago returns one year after Operation Midway Blitz
Celebrations for Mexican Independence Day began this weekend.
Thousands gathered in Grant Park for El Grito Chicago — a two day celebration of Mexican…
1 week, 3 days ago
Looking back at how WBEZ covered 9/11’s aftermath 25 years later
Twenty-five years ago today ... on September 12th, 2001 ... former WBEZ host Jerome McDonnell had his first "Worldview" show after the 9/11 terrorist…
1 week, 5 days ago
Flashback: Sears Tower workers react as 9/11 attacks unfold
25 years ago today the world stopped as the 9/11 terrorist attacks unfolded. As attacks continued beyond New York to the Pentagon, and another hij…
1 week, 6 days ago
What Chicago youth understand about 9/11
It’s the 25th anniversary of 911 attack. Many people remember where they were or what they were doing that day … BUT there’s a generation of peopl…
1 week, 6 days ago
A Sun-Times reporter’s account of Chicago first responders after 9/11
Today people around the country are commemorating the anniversary of the September 11th attacks.
25 years ago, Sun-Times watchdogs reporter Frank Mai…
1 week, 6 days ago
Construction sites poised to be more welcoming to women under new state law
Illinois’ construction industry is poised to become more inclusive.
A new state law requires construction job sites to make accommodations for workers…
1 week, 6 days ago
NITA holds first meeting as oversight agency for CTA, Metra, Pace
The newly formed Northern Illinois Transit Authority held its first-ever public meeting today. It replaces the Regional Transit Authority, or RTA,…
2 weeks ago
A teen beach party was peaceful, but wasn't without conflict
The coverage… and rhetoric around it… has left some of Chicago’s teens feeling discouraged and unwelcome in their own city.
But they aren’t giving up…
2 weeks ago
Special Episode: Bearing Witness to the Blitz
It's been a year since the Trump administration launched Operation Midway Blitz, an aggressive anti-immigration campaign they said was targeting the …
2 weeks, 2 days ago