- News & Features, Michael Miner on Media, May 22, 2013
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When push comes to shove, should laid-off journalists sue?
Terminations of newspaper employees aren't what they used to be—just ask labor lawyer Sheribel Rothenberg.
- News & Features, Deanna Isaacs on Culture, May 16, 2013
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Do we really need the Great Chicago Fire Festival?
The city wants a festival that'll enhance its global image; Redmoon is planning an exorcism.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 8, 2013
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Honored and ousted—a life in journalism
Chicago Sun-Times lays off photographer Jon Sall, who then wins awards.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 8, 2013
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Mudslinging at the Rauner exploratory campaign for governor
"I scare politicians in both parties," Bruce Rauner says.
- Music, Music Feature, May 8, 2013
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What music's outsiders and oddballs got up to before the Internet
A new coffee-table book and CD set documents the weird bygone world of private-press records.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 7, 2013
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Coming soon to the Sun-Times—the Reader
The Sun-Times shutters its Weekend section, launches Agenda.
- News & Features, Michael Miner on Media, May 1, 2013
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Rick Kogan might be sentimental—just don't call him a sentimentalist
The storied Tribune columnist gets a "mea culpa" from Trib theater critic Chris Jones.
- News & Features, Feature, Apr 25, 2013
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The man who transformed high school baseball on the south side
Simeon Career Academy's veteran high school coach has spent three decades building an unlikely baseball dynasty. Will Leroy Franklin and his Wolverines finally get the recognition they deserve?
- News & Features, Michael Miner on Media, Apr 17, 2013
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Former Reader editor delves into the hunt for more of John Wayne Gacy's dead
Alison True's johnwaynegacynews.com pushes for greater transparency in the search for more victims of the executed serial killer.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 16, 2013
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Thoughts on the city that said good-bye to Roger Ebert
At Ebert's memorial, celebrating Chicago along with the film critic's life
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 5, 2013
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Thumbs upward: Roger Ebert, 1942-2013
On the late movie critic and literary adventurer
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 5, 2013
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On the death of Roger Ebert
The man whose movie reviews you read twice
- News & Features, Michael Miner on Media, Apr 3, 2013
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Are baseball predictions—and by extension our annual Golden BAT awards—falling out of fashion?
The Tribune's Mark Gonzales is the winner of our 33rd annual Baseball Acumen Test. But the playing field is smaller.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 20, 2013
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Why didn't Chicago dailies identify the driver of a fatal crash?
Supposedly, it's because they were waiting for him to be charged first.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 19, 2013
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As contract talks go nowhere, Sun-Times Media announces layoffs
Union members are among those laid off, but Sun-Times insists it's not union busting.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature, Mar 14, 2013
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A 7 AM bar crawl
We woke up early (on a Saturday!) to "investigate" the bizarre, sometimes dingy, culture of drinking with the sunrise.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 8, 2013
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The deeper issue for Chicago schools
CPS doesn't have too few kids, but too many kids who are poor.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 8, 2013
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Cappleman bum-rushes the Salvation Army, and other food news bites
Whip lardo, whip cancer, whip food journalism, and more
- News & Features, Michael Miner on Media, Mar 6, 2013
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The story behind the story of the game that changed college basketball
Mike Lenehan's Ramblers aims to go behind the headlines about racial integration and the 1963 NCAA regional semifinals.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 25, 2013
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Michael Hainey, author of After Visiting Friends, makes appearances in Chicago
The author will read from his book and discuss, but hopefully not give away too much.
