Monica Eng
WBEZ
Chicago, IL, United States
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People Of Color In Illinois More Likely To Live In Communities With Lead Pipes
A new study looks at the racial demographics of the 50 municipalities in Illinois with the most lead water lines. → Read More
Why Some Restaurants Are Thriving In The Pandemic While Others Struggle
While most restaurants were hurt by the pandemic, certain types are going strong. It's not just drive-through fast food joints, but longtime stalwarts serving comfort foods people are craving. → Read More
Social Distancing Means Mourners Must Find New Ways To Cope And Connect
With limits on social gatherings, Americans have to mourn their dead through online memorials and virtual funerals. → Read More
First Day Of Legal Weed Sales, In Photos
See photos of the start of legal marijuana sales at shops in the Chicago area. → Read More
Flint's Water Crisis Spurs Other Cities To Remove Lead Pipes
Some cash-strapped Midwest cities are removing aging lead water pipes. Chicago, which has the largest inventory of lead pipes, hasn't tackled the problem. What can it learn from the cities that have? → Read More
What Some Of Chicago's Young Climate Activists Want To See From Their Officials
Across the world, young people are urging politicians to take the climate crisis more seriously. Here's what they have to say in Chicago. → Read More
Your Guide To Chicago Music History’s Greatest Hits
A former CPS student wishes kids learned more about Chicago’s rich music history. So here’s a CliffsNotes music guide. Happy listening! → Read More
What Officials Are(n't) Doing About Chicago’s Lead Pipes
Chicago has the nation's most extensive network of lead service lines, but city officials say drinking water is safe. → Read More
Why Don’t Chicago Beaches Have A Poop Threshold?
Fecal bacteria at 12th Street Beach skyrocketed Sunday — exceeding federal warning levels by nearly 100 times — but the beach wasn’t closed. → Read More
Navy Pier Flyover For Bikers, Joggers Delayed (Again)
Taxpayers could be on the hook for millions more for the project that’s aimed at relieving congestion on the Lakefront Trail near Navy Pier. → Read More
Navy Pier Flyover For Bikers, Joggers Delayed Until 2020
Taxpayers could be on the hook for millions more for the project that’s aimed at relieving congestion on the Lakefront Trail near Navy Pier. → Read More
Bed Rest And Sputum Tests: Inside Chicago’s Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium
Former patients recall the tests, treatments, and trauma nearly 250,000 Chicagoans experienced within the sanitarium's walls. → Read More
How Chinese restaurants nearly became extinct across U.S.
A movement to close down Chinese restaurants across the nation 100 years ago is chronicled in a new paper, "The War Against Chinese Restaurants." → Read More
How Chinese restaurants nearly became extinct across U.S.
A movement to close down Chinese restaurants across the nation 100 years ago is chronicled in a new paper, "The War Against Chinese Restaurants." → Read More
Get A Piece Of This: 9 Chicago Pizza Mysteries Solved
You asked about square slices, where the pepperoni goes, and the origins of the pizza puff. We dish it deep on nine questions you kneaded to know. → Read More
Searching for secret fried chicken recipe from defunct Chicago restaurant
A search for a beloved fried chicken recipe from long-closed Mandis the Chicken King in Chicago leads Curious City reporter on quest. → Read More
Nutrition advocates putting heat on Flamin' Hot Cheetos
A 20-year success story, Flamin' Hot Cheetos inspire love from addicted kids and hate from public health officials who view them as a symbol of everything that's wrong with children's diets. → Read More
Meat glue safety and labeling defended by industry
Meat glue defended as safe and rarely used by meat industry and American Meat Institute → Read More
Sushi and Rev. Moon
On a mission from their leader, five young men arrived in Chicago to open a little fish shop on Elston Avenue. Back then, in 1980, people of their faith were castigated as "Moonies" and called cult members. Yet the Japanese and American friends worked grueling hours and slept in a communal apartment as they slowly built the foundation of a commercial empire. They were led by the vision of Rev.… → Read More
The costs of cheap meat
Factory farms can produce mass quantities of food at low cost. But some critics say we pay a high price for cheap meat when health and environmental impacts are taken into account. → Read More