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…
A conversation with: El Rescate Director Zenaida Lopez 
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A conversation with: Share Our Spare Executive Director Anne Assenmacher
Share Our Spare is striving to donate one million diapers to Chicago’s families living in poverty within the next three years. Behind this goal is…
Chicago residents brace for coronavirus
Liz Radly, a 66-year-old retired nurse from Lincoln Park, is taking extra precautions to keep from getting the coronavirus, but she is especially paying attention…
The fight for reproductive rights isn’t over in Chicago
Years before Megan Jeyifo became a “super dope mom,” she was a scared, pregnant 16-year-old girl who had just lost her mother and felt like…
Free HIV testing comes ‘Out of the Closet’ in Lakeview
Out of the Closet looks like any other thrift store from the outside. The shop in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood displays clothes on mannequins and books…
Chicago small business owners celebrate soda tax repeal
After months of facing plummeting sales since the Chicago-area’s contentious penny-per-ounce tax on soda and sweetened beverages was enacted, small business owners were finally able…
Poor nursing home care persists despite new administration, more staff
Residents were wearing old and oversized clothes. Some had no shoes or only one on. One resident had personal belongings overflowing from her dresser onto…
Columbia College students, faculty reflect on mental health, therapeutic solutions
“When I was diagnosed, they thought it was genetic… but for me, it comes in waves,” explained Nicholas Swanton. “There’ll be times where I’m fine,…