I understand the instinct. When something happens that forces us to confront the way women are treated in our culture, mothers look at the little boys sitting at their kitchen tables and think: Not mine. I will teach him better. I will make sure he respects women. I will raise a good man. And yes. We should. But something about that response has been bothering me.

This weekend, the Chicago Tribune published a story about the changing face of coworking in Chicago—and right there, alongside some of our favorite Chicago businesses and community builders, was Le Village. The story looks at something we've believed for a long time: people aren't just looking for a desk outside their house. They're looking for places where work can fit into the rest of their lives. For some Chicagoans, that's climbing at First Ascent between meetings. For others, it's...

There’s something about August that always carries this strange return energy. Back to school, back to routines, back to work, back to productivity, back to calendars and schedules and the version of life that feels a little more structured after summer. We spend so much of our lives trying to get back to something.