Saturday, January 17, 2026

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pride
  • by david hall
I’m just a gay man trying to get a coffee

Keith Zerbian writes that he used to enjoy going out in Boystown not for the drinks but for the camaraderie, which would often end with a late-night coffee. He talks about what it's like to get a coffee today as a gay man at his suburban Dunkin'.

democracy
  • by david hall
How 'transformational advocacy' helped 3 Chicago-area residents find purpose, not fractured politics

Whether they're lobbying Congress on climate change or fighting poverty, they learned how to use their voices for positive change, the author of "Reclaiming Our Democracy" writes.

cicada-watch-2024
  • by david hall
Watching cicadas emerge brought me closer to my own species, 'this brood of humans'

A science reporter shares a rare moment of awe surrounded by strangers gathered to experience the natural phenomenon that occurs every 221 years.

columnists
  • by david hall
Leopold and Loeb's 'crime of the century,' a century later

On May 21, 1924, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped Bobby Franks and bludgeoned him to death. The "thrill killing," one of many to be dubbed "the crime of the century," remains a puzzle.