On what would have been a day of celebration and parades in past years, Columbus Day—also now celebrated by many as Indigenous Peoples’ Day—was a…
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Thousands of students of Chicago-area high school students found themselves back in a physical school for the first time since March to take the SAT…
Yasmine Tarr may only be 16 years old, but the issues she addresses as a leader of Youth 4 Black Lives have a widespread impact. A…
Zenaida Lopez grew up in a house with no electricity, but full of heart. Lopez and her two brothers are co-founders of the Puerto Rican…
The number 826 has had an impact on former New Yorker Gaby FeBland. As a child, she would pass a superhero-themed storefront bearing those numbers every…
The Chicago Student Invention Convention is an initiative meant to close opportunity gaps in science, technology, engineering and math education between wealthy and disadvantaged students.…
First-generation Greek American Stelios Valanis remembers going to a Greek school attached to a Greek Orthodox church growing up. Now a father, Valanis sends his…
Now in its 10th day, the 2019 Chicago Public Schools strike has entered historical territory — as of Monday, this is officially the longest public…