2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (477+ words) It is clear we have become very comfortable paying for things built for and around our interests. Though local journalism is far more personal than its national counterparts, few of my students, if any, would identify it as personal. In…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (874+ words) City finally names four teams to design replicable, attached homes on standard Milwaukee lots. Townhomes at 2034-2038 W. Greenfield Ave. Rendering from VIA CDC. The City of Milwaukee has selected four development teams to build a new generation of affordable, owner-occupied housing on…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (335+ words) Governor Pritzker calls for Congressional hearings, federal action, and Big Tech accountability following warnings from AI whistleblower CHICAGO – With the resignation of yet another whistleblower within the AI industry and growing concerns over the threat this technology poses to humanity,…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (50+ words) A City That Works: Falling violence gives Chicago a chance to build lasting public safety Crain's Chicago Business A City That Works: Falling violence gives Chicago a chance to build lasting public safety These 14 families wield influence across Chicago and…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (242+ words) I was all shook up when I read Hany Farid, a digital forensic and deepfake expert at Dartmouth, telling The New York Times that he doesn’t trust anything and that he “no longer trusts his own eyes.” In a few…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (670+ words) “While our belongings are important to us all, it can be argued that they are of greater significance to the poor: this is because they are all they have.” – national academic report entitled, Belongings Matter As the sleeping rough summer…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (391+ words) This Labor Day, you and your loved ones might be shopping for back-to-school supplies or gathering for a neighborhood barbecue. As you encounter workers who make this possible — clerks, shelf stockers, truck drivers, and factory workers — consider that each and…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (591+ words) As it fights a modest ballot measure that would make it easier to build desperately-needed housing and other essential projects in California, one of the state’s most powerful labor groups was simultaneously negotiating a backroom deal in the Legislature to…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (344+ words) On Aug. 4, there was a contentious Los Gatos Council meeting about the Town’s “sustaining grants,” money for a specific purpose that’s automatically renewed each year. One of these sustaining grants, totaling $20,000, is dedicated to rental assistance, a community service that…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (135+ words) Dear Editor, This Mother's Day, I will write about my grandmothers. They were the best, and they worked foryears to raise their own children. They also loved their grandchildren. Every thought of them bringsback my childhood. What could be more…...