Best of CH 2015: ListenUp

Musical highlights from our soundtrack to the year

This year, musicians protested through shouts and rhymes, exposed painful wounds, gave the middle finger to haters and, most of all, perfectly captured the essence of the here and now through their songs. In no particular order, here are 12 musical highlights from our soundtrack to 2015, including everything from uneasy electronica to acoustic tearjerkers. Revisit the songs we noted in our Listen section (updated …

Best of CH 2015: Link About It

From weird-tasting water to the origins of the "Jazz" paper cup design, the headlines that caught our eye in 2015

If there’s anything more fleeting than a real-time occurrence, it’s an event that takes place on internet time. This year, thousands on thousands of headlines streamed through our digital feeds—some so bizarre, enlightening or innovative that we were compelled to share them through Link About It, our daily look at the web. In 2015, our readers were curious to dig deeper into familiar phenomena, from …

Best of CH 2015: Travel

Our favorite travel stories, traversing Macau to Miami

The CH staff clocked in some serious airline mileage this year, visiting the four corners of the continental US and enduring long hauls overseas. But the destination itself isn’t what induces the thrill of travel—rather, it’s the heightened state of senses eager for discovery and new experiences. It manifests in so many ways, from realizing the beauty of fatigue on a historic bike “race” through …