It's not all investigations, politics and crime news. A good daily newspaper captures the flavor of its city. @zareensyed.bsky.social did that masterfully with her coverage of the craziness at the Wiener Circle yesterday www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/23/w...

The Wieners Circle had promised free hot dogs if Bears QB Caleb Williams threw four TD passes Sunday vs. the Cowboys — which he did. Now it was showtime behind the counter. @zareensyed.bsky.social's story with photos by E. Jason Wambsgans. trib.al/JERFTZg

Don’t miss this fun story: @zareensyed.bsky.social filed a great dispatch from Weiner Circle’s free hot dog day @chicagotribune.com www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/23/w...

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ICE agents held a man’s five year old autistic daughter and taunted him with “Is that your daughter” in an attempt to get him to come out of the house. They were rebuffed but two days later took him from his car.

A culture at risk: Chicago’s street vendors quietly disappear from familiar corners during ICE surge By @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social and @zareensyed.bsky.social Gift 🔗

Chicago's street vendors carry a cultural legacy that's slowly shrinking away from familiar city corners in the middle of the current ICE surge. "What they do is a dying art, born of love.” ✍️ An important story with @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social

A culture at risk: Some Chicago street vendors quietly disappear from familiar corners during ICE surge. On the ground reporting @chicagotribune.com @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social @zareensyed.bsky.social t.co/Ngn42kEAPt

Residents of a DuPage County town were worried about two escaped horses. Then they learned at least one of the animals was caring a highly contagious disease.

Today in things that should never be happening but especially now of all times:

Black McDonald’s operators detail history of alleged racial discrimination in lawsuit. Story from Darcel Rockett www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/08/m...

Recent higher ed reporting ✍️ ➡️ Some faculty members expressed sympathy for Schill, who heeded several unprecedented demands from the right toward the end of his troubled 3 year tenure as Northwestern's leader. Others on campus say they were glad to see him go.

Eeek! I'm so nervous to watch this because I know I'm going to compare every frame and every scene to the perfection that is The Office but I also want to like it in support of the office

The life of displaced Gazans is the focal point of this free exhibit at the Walls Turned Sideways space in East Garfield Park. There's an ambient sound that plays overhead to supplement the viewing experience...drones, sounds of the sea, children. It's very moving. Thurs-Saturdays through Aug. 23.

Air quality alerts issued Thursday in Illinois because of Canadian wildfire smoke marked the latest bout in an increasingly common summer occurrence. The alert covers 34 Illinois counties designated as having unhealthy air for all residents.

Palestinians have been forced to routinely choose between risking death by starvation or risking death by gunfire to reach food aid sites where Israeli soldiers have repeatedly fired at the crowds, killing hundreds of people over the last two months, according to the UN. nyti.ms/3GLjBCH

Absolutely gutted. Our colleagues are the best and brightest and their incredible work speaks for itself. Heartbroken for them and for us having lost such unique voices in the newsroom

Pinar Istek anchored the night shift on the photo desk, directing after-hours visual coverage of breaking news. She is a proactive leader who looks out for the whole photo desk and was an essential part of dozens of breaking stories.

Ahmed Ali Akbar went deep on all angles of Chicago’s vibrant food scene way beyond the plate — the economic, cultural and political winds that power it, but also the fun and community that springs up around it.

Shanzeh Ahmad has held multiple roles over her time with the Tribune, contributing features about life, food and religion and holding down Saturday shifts in first appearance court to make sure readers are informed throughout the week.

Sean Hammond is a ferociously productive reporter on the most well-read beat the Tribune has — the Bears. His layoff means that subscribers hungry for news and insight on the team will now be less informed.

Lizzie Kane, our tiger of a housing beat reporter who led a major workplace culture investigation into Guaranteed Rate, has landed one scoop after another, including several just this month, on the Chicago Housing Authority and HUD.

Today, @chicagotribune.com laid off five guild staff members in a roughly 10% cut to our newsroom. These layoffs underscore a sad but unsurprising failure of leadership by Alden Global Capital, our hedge fund owner, and local management.

Mustard on deep dish? Bizarre. Does it work? Apparently, yes, according to the good folks at Portillo’s and Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria, who are teaming up for a new crosstown collaboration: The Chicago Dog Deep Dish.

This was a fun story to tackle. The recent Yemeni coffee shop boom in the Chicago area (especially Lombard) underscores the rising demand for a place to socialize that isn’t tied to alcohol, but with a buzzy nightlife ambience.

“I love seeing this. Can you believe there are almost 200 people here?" owner of Shibam said on a recent Saturday night — or early Sunday morning. It was 1:30 a.m. and there was an illuminating glow from the outside, where everything else was quiet and closed. “It feels like we are somewhere else."

With a buyout window opening this week, our newsroom's managers are nowhere to be seen and haven't directly communicated a word. Our members have a lot of questions, and we won't accept this treatment from our leaders. They need to say something.

The Tribune also spoke with Lionel Boyce ahead of the new season, which includes an episode he wrote with actress Ayo Edebri, who plays Sydney Adamu.

When viewers first meet Liza Colón-Zayas’ character on “The Bear,” she has an icy front — reluctant to adapt to the ways of Jeremy Allen White’s Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto. The Tribune spoke with Colón-Zayas ahead of the new season. Read the interview here.

"I’m glad Tina wasn’t sanitized and sugarcoated and that we could see like … if we just invest in the people that we traditionally overlook, it could be beneficial for all of us.” ❤️ Q&A with Liza Colon-Zayas ahead of tonight's all-episodes drop of The Bear! www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/25/t...

I spoke with The Bear's Lionel Boyce over a video call last week and he hilariously panicked trying to think of all his favorite Chicago food places. We spoke about him staging at Elske, that perfectly pleasing Copenhagen episode with Will Poulter and if it's really as chaotic as it feels on TV! ⬇️

‼️ I think this is the kind of energy shift this country needs right now (also slightly jealous of New Yorkers right now)

With Season 4 of "The Bear" premiering this week, here's a piece from last year where I talked with my vfood & dining colleagues about the show's depiction of class and status in restaurant kitchens — both @louisachu.bsky.social and @radbrowndads.bsky.social had such great insights! Gift 🔗

Dress made out of her own chip bags? Genius. Former Foxtrot Executive Laura Gardner, founder of chip company, Local Style. 📍James Beard Awards

Wait … his mom is the filmmaker Mira Nair, who made the incredible romance “Mississippi Masala” starring Denzel Washington and Sarita Choudhury? This is amazing information (I’m not based in NY so if this is otherwise common knowledge, grant me some grace lol)

Obsessed with this. I hope it's one day revealed to us that the brains behind these genius ads is his brilliant mom MIRA NAIR (my other fav thing these days is people realizing his mom made Monsoon Wedding)

Research published in the Lancet medical journal estimates the death toll is 40% higher than numbers recorded by the Gaza health ministry

This is the official bsky account for the Chicago Tribune Guild. We learned today that @chicagotribune.com is offering buyouts to our journalists. This move by Alden Global Capital, our rapacious ownership group, shows a total lack of vision and respect for the newsroom and the city we serve. (1/5)

Here are our picks for events in and around Chicago this weekend.

Mamdani is now ahead of Cuomo with just two weeks until the Democratic NYC mayoral primary, a new poll found.

Northwestern University faces serious financial pressure following the Trump administration freezing $790 million in federal funding in April.

The deep impact of Trump's battle with higher ed is horrifying. 🚨 Since April, Northwestern has been forced to spend on frozen grants after the Trump admin froze all of its NIH federal funding. It's costing the university more than $10 million (!!!!) a week. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/07/w...

The Trump administration’s freezing in April of $790 million in federal research funding for Northwestern University has left concerned lab directors without key grant money from the National Institutes of Health.

In another sign of escalating tension over President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, community organizers, protesters and several Chicago aldermen clashed with federal agents Wednesday as they detained immigrants outside a U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement office on the Near South Side.

Earth will warm 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels in just two years, new data shows. Irreversible tipping points — like the melting of Arctic ice sheets or the collapse of coral reefs — are closer at hand than previously believed.

Letter to the Editor: The U.S. continues to spend American tax dollars supporting an Israeli government that is relentlessly bombing and starving the population of Gaza, even after defeating Hamas, while also bombing Lebanon, Syria and Yemen.

The Chicago Tribune is embarking on a road trip to revisit Route 66 ahead of the 100-year anniversary of the iconic roadway, which spanned eight states and three time zones, stretching from downtown Chicago to the Pacific Ocean.

Noor Abdalla was eight months pregnant when her husband, Mahmoud Khalil, was arrested, in March. She hasn’t seen him since, and now has a one-month-old son. nyer.cm/b7u1tIk

“Sesame Street” has signed a new distribution deal with Netflix, as well as a separate deal with PBS, the show announced on Monday. This gives the children’s show a much needed-boost as it battles a financial crisis. nyti.ms/3Zswh7l

Because Hamid Azizi helped U.S. forces in Afghanistan, the Taliban became a threat. After years on the run, his family arrived in Chicago.