Game on: Why indie developers are choosing the Windy City
By Conner Dejecacion Medill Reports It wasn’t a traditional video game. Two guys huddled over a laptop on one side of the room, the computer
April 16, 2026
By Conner Dejecacion Medill Reports It wasn’t a traditional video game. Two guys huddled over a laptop on one side of the room, the computer
By Morgan Hawes and Victoria Olaleye Medill Reports In the second episode of “Chicago This Week,” we hear from Chicago Catholics as they respond to
By Phoebe Bock Medill Reports In 1963, Bill Thomas took his first road trip on Route 66 from Illinois to California to visit Disneyland. Although
By Conner Dejecacion Medill Reports Eugene Jarvis, 71, has worked on video games since their inception. He grew up in Menlo Park, Calif., the heart of Silicon Valley. As a “young, rebellious” person living in the
By Morgan Hawes and Victoria Olaleye Medill Reports In this season’s first episode of “Chicago This Week,” reporters cover new efforts to make riding the
By Thomas Hodgkins Medill Reports Chicago’s Music Box Theatre, an independent movie theater, is expanding despite national movie theater attendance declining. Owner and CEO Brody
By Naisha Roy Medill Reports SALINAS, PUERTO RICO — In Puerto Rico, the symbols are everywhere. Spirals and almost-cubist faces representing the sun, the coquí frog and other pieces of
By Daniela Cantu Medill Reports With the flick of a switch, Davis Theater program director Peter Kuli casts a red, velvety glow over the 276
By Sydney Meyer Medill Reports Beginning in October 2024, Caleb Harbin regularly stood onstage in front of an eager audience, downed four shots of a liquor of
By Morgan Norris Medill Reports Henry Broomfield spent 26 years inside Stateville Correctional Center, where, according to the John Howard Association, inmates lived with hazardous water and falling ceilings. Now free, he and others