Month: February 2026

More than a thousand people signed up for auditions in hopes of becoming an extra in the upcoming opera of “The Handmaid’s Tale” in Detroit.

The Declaration of Independence states that all men have certain “unalienable rights.” From Mark Twain to Jon Stewart, satirists have picked apart that guarantee and what politicians do to honor it.

Dorothy Roberts’ parents, a white anthropologist and a Black woman from Jamaica, spent years interviewing interracial couples in Chicago. Her memoir draws from their records.

(Image credit: Cris Crisman)

Make noise. A lot of noise. Imagine you’ve just encountered a bear.

Nike’s battery-powered footwear system, which propels wearers forward, is part of a broader push to help humans move farther and faster.

(Image credit: Gritchelle Fallesgon for NPR)

Curators and museum leadership typically form and select exhibits.  It was high school students though that helped change an exhibit about Latino culture in Chicago.  Aqui en Chicago is now open.

Double Dutch is experiencing a comeback. The jump rope style, which involves two ropes turned in opposite directions, has been kept alive in the Black community.

In Jewish tradition, after someone dies, the anniversary of their death is marked by lighting a yahrzeit candle. It comes in a stubby glass holder. In some families, that old glass found a new use.

In San Juan, Puerto Rico, we watched the Super Bowl halftime show with the audience Bad Bunny has represented since his start: his fellow Puerto Ricans.

U.S. figure skating phenom Ilia Malinin did a backflip in his Olympic debut, and another the next day. The controversial move was banned from competition for decades until 2024.

(Image credit: Andreas Rentz)