Chicago company makes batteries cool again
By Kaitlin Schuler A battery production line and warehouse lives in a small building on Chicago’s Southwest Side. It features a main production floor with individual
Chicago’s new HIV primary care services finalized
By Ruojing Liu The Chicago Department of Public Health finalized deals Thursday with the University of Illinois at Chicago and Howard Brown Health to transfer
Meet some of Trump’s supporters
By Xiumei Dong and Jack Adams On March 11, Trump supporters from across the Chicago area gathered to see their candidate at the UIC pavilion.
Changing lanes: Track athletes switch to bobsled to prolong athletic careers
By Erin Barney Evan Weinstock still laces up spiked shoes, pulls on a spandex suit and high-knees his way through a dynamic warmup before each
From divinity to discrimination: The story of Sikhs in America
By Nikita Mandhani When Tarlochan Singh moved to Chicago in 1980, there weren’t many Sikhs in the city. As the only two boys who wore
Analysis: Still long way to go, but cricket seeing growth in U.S.
By Aishwarya Kumar Lakshminarayanapuram Players were padded up for their first practice session of the year Saturday in Glenview. The weather was in the 60s,
Want to store more gasoline in your tank? Startup hopes to help
By Kaitlin Schuler What if there was a way to make vehicles’ gas tanks more efficient and safer for the environment? A way to make
Chicago architects design tiny solution to youth homelessness
By Harry Huggins Three Chicago-based architects won a competition to design a minuscule solution to a large problem, youth homelessness. The Chicago chapter of the
Suggestion to abolish bottled water tax amid Chicago tap water lead concern
By Ruojing Liu Richard Boykin, Cook County Commissioner of the 1st District, suggested Chicago abolish the 5-cent bottled water tax amid concerns over lead contamination
Local HIV organizations oppose Rauner’s 2017 budget
By Ruojing Liu Gov. Bruce Rauner’s proposed budget for the 2017 fiscal year cuts $7.4 million from the Illinois state general HIV/AIDS fund compared to
Climate change threatens national parks
By Claire Donnelly The glaciers in Glacier National Park are melting. Snowpack in Yellowstone National Park is decreasing. Blueberry bushes in Acadia National Park are
Can you sit and stay fit?
By Sony Kassam and Sarah Very Three University of Chicago graduates want to change the way people think about health in the workplace. Frustrated by