I am very excited about the imminent opening, in early April, of the National Public Housing Museum in the last remaining ...

Rachel Bublitz's Funny, Like an Abortion struggles to find a balance between deadly serious issues and off-the-wall banter.

Dystopian movies serve as powerful warnings of extremism and corruption in society. Films like "Children of Men" and "District 9" critique xenophobia and societal collapse. Directors like Terry ...

With demagogues, oligarchs and dictators rising like the sea levels, it seems that state powers around the globe are increasingly being used to benefit the few rather than the many, putting the ...

Jeramie Bizzle is a web producer for CBS Chicago. Jeramie began working with CBS Chicago as an intern in 2017 and returned as a full-time Web Producer in 2021. He has previously written for the ...

From a resurgence of retro prints to an explosion of florals, the latest wallpaper trends are as bold as they are beautiful. If you are looking to refresh your home, here are five trends that ...

HOW DO YOU concoct a plausible fictional near-future, in which people’s reliance on technology has gone too far? If you read “The Dream Hotel”, a gripping new novel, you can discern one recipe.

Following intense backlash, startup accelerator Y Combinator quietly pulled a video from its X account demonstrating a new startup’s AI-powered worker monitoring software. The startup, called ...

In Interstellar, Christopher Nolan asks: What if mankind was never meant to die on Earth? In a dystopian future, crop blights and dust storms have humanity on the verge of extinction. Cooper ...

This spring, Chicago Humanities will invite audiences to dive into a season of bold ideas, riveting conversations, and cultural exploration at over 40 events kicking off in March and running ...

Anyone who spends time on the internet knows that our demographics, preferences and interests are assiduously tracked by Big Tech companies hoping to capture more of our dollars. They record our ...