Every year, 11.6 million pounds of plastic trash makes its way into Lake Michigan, Chicago’s largest source of drinking water. Even as the city tries to tackle this issue, it means that microplastics...
Technology usage is at an all-time high in classrooms today. The technological dependence we’ve found ourselves in has changed the course of classrooms and our everyday life.
The question of whether...
Rose O’Keeffe, Content Managing Editor
• April 28, 2025
Thousands gathered Wednesday at Holy Name Cathedral in River North to celebrate the life and legacy of Pope Francis.
But what is that legacy?
Among progressives and conservatives alike, Francis...
Measles? Isn’t that something from the history books?
For many young adults, the illness might feel like a distant echo of the past — something their grandparents might have worried about, but not...
For many people, observing religious dietary laws isn’t a choice — it’s a way of life. But until recently, practicing that faith in public spaces has often meant compromise, or going without.
“I...
The Buddhist Temple of Chicago, located in Uptown, is one of a few temples near DePaul that offers weekly services, meditation and movement practices. While not everyone who studies Buddhism fully adopts...
Malin Denton, Contributing Writer
• April 21, 2025
Green City Market Lincoln Park has reopened for its 25th season, supporting local businesses and farmers — and promoting sustainability.
The Saturday market, which features produce, baked goods and...
The concept of “wishcycling” has been circulating in the media lately. It’s the idea that wishing and hoping something will be recycled is causing more damage than throwing it in the trash.
Recycling...
Rose O’Keeffe, Content Managing Editor
• April 21, 2025
Matthew 25:40 instructs: “Whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.”
According to this verse, it is not how powerful you are or what you believe that guarantees...
Public media is under attack.
Republican lawmakers, spearheaded by Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, are pushing to eliminate federal funding for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting...
Days before Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in a video that the company was ending its third-party fact-checking program and moving to a “community notes”...
For years, the United Center has been surrounded by a vast stretch of asphalt. Now the Reinsdorf and Wirtz families, who respectively own the Chicago Bulls and Blackhawks, hope to turn it into a mixed-use...
