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The rent might not be too damn high this year

Rents have soared over the past few years, especially between 2021 and 2023 when COVID lockdowns lifted. During that time, rental demand surged, but the supply of available properties couldn’t keep up. That pushed the national median asking rent from…

October 24, 2025 · by LuLu Porter · 0

The gallery you can taste

At Frame Chicago, a custom-design framing workshop, you don’t just see art — you taste it. Over the years, the Rajani family has turned their tiny Lincoln Park shop into a playground for flavors and creativity, where high-gloss pink molding…

October 24, 2025 · by Jamie Cook · 0

History shows that Trump’s Venezuela campaign will be disastrous

Since Sept. 1, the United States has been blowing up boats in the Caribbean Sea and killing people on board with apparent impunity. The current known death toll stands at 32. According to President Donald Trump, the dead — and…

October 24, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Britney Spears says father of kids’ tell-all memoir trades “white lies” for cash

Britney Spears has responded to claims made by her ex-husband Kevin Federline in his forthcoming memoir “You Thought You Knew,” calling his account “extremely hurtful and exhausting.” In a statement shared on X, Spears wrote, “The constant gaslighting from [my]…

October 24, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Indigenous land defenders face rising threats amid global push for critical minerals

Miguel Guimaraes, a Shipibo-Konibo leader, has spent his life protesting palm oil plantations and other agribusiness ventures exploiting the Amazon rainforest in his homeland of Peru. Last spring, as he attended a United Nations conference on protecting human rights defenders…

October 24, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

My personal recession indicators: I’m stress-buying frozen meat and investing in gold

I don’t need an economist to tell me whether we’re in a recession. Because over the past few months, I’ve noticed significant changes in how I’m spending money. My weekly afternoon in a coffee shop has become a black drip…

October 24, 2025 · by LuLu Porter · 0

This cake has three kinds of apple, no compromise

Are we seasonal creatures? A June study from the University of Michigan suggests we are: even with blackout curtains, LED bulbs and thermostats locked at 72, our circadian rhythms still sway with the light, sleeping longer in winter and less…

October 24, 2025 · by Jamie Cook · 0

“He must be eliminated”: Pardoned Jan. 6 rioter arrested for alleged Jeffries death threat

A Capitol rioter who received a presidential pardon earlier this year was arrested in New York over the weekend for allegedly threatening to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. CBS News reported that Christopher Moynihan was taken into custody Sunday,…

October 24, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

The real reason conservatives are furious about Bad Bunny’s halftime show

Soon after the NFL’s announcement that Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny would headline the Super Bowl halftime show, conservative media outlets and Trump administration officials went on the attack. Homeland Security head Kristi Noem promised that U.S. Immigration and Customs…

October 24, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

In space, no one can hear you scream — but it still gets incredibly noisy

You’ve probably heard astronauts talking to mission control while they perform operations in space. In these recordings, you can hear the back-and-forth chatter, along with the astronaut’s breathing and the background noise of their spacesuit pumping oxygen into their helmet…

October 24, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0