Pork rinds go fancy and you can thank keto and paleo dieters
What a time to be a pork rinds fan. The salty snacks have broken out of the gas station and are popping up all over the place — even on...
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How do you get your favorite canceled fast food back? It helps to be Chance or Bieber
Like many Chicagoans, Nadia Kelly considers Chance the Rapper a hometown hero. "I'm a fan. He does a lot for the community — more than these other rappers are doing,"...
Activists and farmers tackle food deserts on Chicago’s South Side — ‘Food is a tool of resistance’
Using food as a catalyst for community involvement, community empowerment and healthful eating, Black South Side food activists and entrepreneurs are bringing change to neighborhoods commonly thought of as food...
Comic book sheroes: A look at Chicago’s new wealth of black female comic book talent
At December’s Pocket Con, the youth-centric Chicago comics event focused on diversity, exhibitor First Aid Comics didn’t display a single copy of Marvel Comics’ “Ironheart” — curious in that the...
Iron Circus Comics brings diversity to the comic book market
McCormick Place will be teeming with fans of superheroes from mainstream comics this weekend. But there's an ever-expanding world of offerings outside of classic — white, male — comics. And...
Chicagoans get in the spirit of ‘Black Panther’ by dressing up, planning themed screenings
Juanita Douglas selected her outfit for watching the “Black Panther” movie weeks ago. When the room darkens Friday at the Chicago Hampton Alumni Association fundraiser she's coordinating, she'll be wearing...
Never fold laundry again, plus other highlights from CES, the consumer electronics and tech show
Get ready for technology to make your life easier — from folding laundry to tracking your pet's health. More than 4,000 companies at this year’s massive CES consumer electronics and...
From coworking to retail, a Water Tower Place space wants to give innovators a home base
An empty spot at Water Tower Place could get new life as a coworking space, offering retail space for entrepreneurs and makers to sell their stuff to curious shoppers. Washington,...
Impact Networking: Fun events fuel corporate and personal growth
Between dog-friendly offices, an annual banquet, department outings for Whirlyball and Chicago Cubs games, quarterly celebrations of employee birthdays, $500 employee referrals and a matching 401(k) program, it seems the...
Power Construction projects help build employee culture
There's little more satisfying for workers than being able to see the fruits of their labor. That fruit doesn’t get much more tangible than the buildings erected by Power Construction,...