Photo: Getty Images. Illustration: Reagan Allen. There are very few publications that you can open to any page and find something interesting. If you’re an entrepreneur, the fabled Uline catalog is ...

Come for the great cardboard boxes — stick around for the commentary on Chicago’s murder problem! That’s the promise of the latest Uline catalog, the face of the packaging empire owned by Republican ...

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This article is copublished with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes — the mail-order boxes and grocery ...

It's not something most people stop to notice, but next time you buy something — online, in-store, anywhere really — take a look at the words printed on the packaging that carried your purchase.