HourVoice: Workers’ rights smartphone app to launch in Chicago
By Jay Bouchard In an effort to empower and protect the rights of low-wage hourly workers, a first-of-its-kind mobile application is launching Monday in Chicago with the potential to increase global workplace transparency. Don Chartier, a retired business executive and first-time entrepreneur, spent the past year developing HourVoice. The smartphone application allows low-wage employees to […]
NFL Scouting Combine Q&A: the state of the running back
By Chris Hayre The NFL Scouting Combine brings hope to over 300 prospects participating at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, but one position group has been devalued in recent years. Chris Hayre spoke with some of the league’s brightest minds Thursday to get their thoughts on the state of the running back. [vimeo 156867131 w=474]
“Scapegoat No Way”: Chicago Chinese Americans back NYPD ex-cop Peter Liang
By Yingxu Jane Hao A nger toward the conviction of ex-New York City police officer Peter Liang brought Chinese Americans to downtown Chicago over the weekend to demand a fair trial for him and fair treatment for the Chinese American community. [vimeo 156632646 w=474] Liang, the 28-year-old rookie cop is the first NYPD officer prosecuted […]
Women’s wrestling takes a strong stance
By Jasmine Cannon Until two decades ago, a fan could go to a wrestling match and all of the athletes shared a common trait: they were male. Now the ladies have leagues of their own. Twelve years ago, women’s wrestling became an Olympic sport. Today 28 colleges sponsor a varsity program and more than 11,000 […]
Even landscapers use content marketing
By Steven Porter Freyja Conrad took a seat in the back of the room Tuesday evening inside a modern office space built into an old manufacturing building off West Irving Park Road. Clutching a stemless glass of red wine, Conrad, a landscape designer who works primarily in Chicago’s western suburbs, attended a special event designed […]
Recipe for modeling a dinosaur…
By Danielle Prieur Erin Fitzgerald and her dinosaur models (Courtesy of Fitzgerald/ University of Chicago) Erin Fitzgerald bends over a cast of a dinosaur as she creates a reptile-like texture for its skin, painting it alternately brown and black. She inserts its mountain lion eyes and glues brown and black feathers on its head. Fitzgerald isn’t […]
Macarons bake up donations for cancer research
by Stephanie Golden A Lincoln Park French bakery is turning a customer’s sweet tooth into donations for cancer research this month. Sugar Fixe Macaron is donating 15 percent of the proceeds for cancer research from their sale of their purple and green macarons. You may know the treats as macaroons. “We really wanted to be […]
Best Buy sees tough year ahead
By Poroma Pant Best Buy Co. Inc. turned in better than expected fourth quarter results Thursday, but also warned investors that sales and earnings will be under heavy pressure in 2016. For the quarter ended Jan 30, the nation’s most prominent electronics retailer’s net income was $479 million, or $1.40 per diluted share, down from […]
Durable goods orders jumped 4.9 percent in January
By Harvard Zhang Orders for big-ticket goods surged in January, in a bit of good news for the troubled U.S. manufacturing sector. A key indicator of business investment also showed a positive sign. The Commerce Department said Thursday that new orders of durable goods – everything from aircrafts to TV sets – increased 4.9 percent […]
Protests plague Anita Alvarez’s campaign
By Aryn Braun and Meggie Morris At a community forum on gender-based violence in Chicago on Wednesday, Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez was hounded on all fronts, on stage by competitor Donna More, and in the audience by protesters confronting her at all three of her campaign appearances this week. The event started smoothly […]