The Monthly There is one question that has plagued me for the past three years. It’s a question that follows me everywhere and is virtually inescapable whenever I have to introduce myself...

In this Edition of the Monthly: A Northwestern senior charts her own path in the Chicago music scene. Further Reads: The Monthly Editor writes about the flaws and beauty of art created during the pandemic....

The Monthly Just two months ago, customers lined up behind the register at Backlot Coffee, waiting to get an oat milk latte. Now, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, customers enter the shop a...

The Monthly Sierra Tishgart (Medill '12), co-founder of Great Jones, thinks waiting until marriage to purchase high-quality cookware is “preposterous,” but she encountered that old-fashioned idea...

The Monthly I don’t like shows or movies that reimagine history, because it reminds me of what we could have had. But if writers of historical cinema decide to stick strictly to the version of history,...