Because we’re sickies, we love it when we slap a mosquito that was going for our sweet, sweet blood. There’s something extremely satisfying about kicking Pandora’s ass. That said, if we never had to deal with mosquitoes again, we would gladly give up the rush that comes from squashing them. We hate that we have to give up bananas for months at a time. more ›

The new schools on the West and South Sides, most of which are to be housed in existing buildings, will be opened in connection with the Chicago Housing Authority's plan to transform those neighborhoods. more ›

The United Food and Commercial Workers union, which has 1.3 million members in the U.S. and Canada, 40,000 of whom work in Chicago, has vehemently opposed Wal-Mart’s move into urban Chicago. The UFCW says that Wal-Mart’s lower wages and worse benefits will affect wages and benefits at other grocery retailers. Even though 1.2 million people in America work for the discount giant, no Wal-Marts in North America have unionized labor. more ›