Yohance Lacour learned his leather craft by watching other inmates and studying fashion magazines that circulated through the yard. Read more ...

Chicago politics used to exclude anybody nobody sent. As outsiders change the city's makeup, they're looking for leaders who aren't too much like insiders. Read more ...

Chicago isn’t anyone’s idea of a skiers’ paradise. But with more direct flights than any other big city to top U.S. slope destinations, maybe it should be. Here, six new draws. Read more ...

The much-ballyhooed exhibit that employs virtual reality to transport visitors to MLK's “I Have a Dream” speech makes its first stop at the DuSable Museum, opening February 28. Read more ...