The VP Chicago is a news outlet covering South Side and South suburban Chicago on health, education, money, housing and the environment. Its reporting centers on how public systems and institutions affect local residents, with investigative-style stories on access gaps and accountability.

Michael Easter, author of The Comfort Crisis, publishes three posts a week on health, fitness, nutrition, mindset and performance, mixing podcast interviews, personal essays and a monthly roundup of studies and ideas. A reader gets practical takeaways and stories about resilience, longevity and living better.

A personal Substack by a retired program manager and former chef living with prostate cancer, who writes darkly comic essays on illness, the healthcare system, and everyday absurdities. Readers get wry, first-person humour with observations on navigating fragmented medical care, plus occasional food and Canadian life tangents.

A gaming newsletter blending personal essays about identity, health and play with reader advice columns. Readers get candid, emotionally honest writing about how games shape life, alongside practical recommendations.