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Not even widely beloved board games are immune from the left’s ruthless politicization of daily life. The newest edition of the Public Broadcasting System series American Experience delves into the history of the famous board game Monopoly in “Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History.”
Seventeen UChicago faculty members receive named, distinguished service professorships
Chicago middle school classrooms pilot 'Cene'—a new alternate reality game designed by UChicago scholars to encourage creative problem-solving and tackle climate change.
CHICAGO: Wait, did you feel that shift in the pop culture universe in the last week? It was last Monday, when Illinois Democratic state Rep. Marcus Evans (33rd) spoke out at a news conference citing video games as contributing to the carjacking surge in Chicago. In January, 218 vehicular hijackings were reported in Chicago. A total of 1,415 carjackings were reported in 2020 – the highest number since 2001, according to a Tribune review of police information. With residents concerned and city officials seeking answers, Evans introduced a bill to ban sales in Illinois of the video game Grand...