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Mayor Brandon Johnson’s first big fiscal test: How to translate campaign promises into dollars and...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 11 months agoBrandon Johnson strode into a conference room this month at Malcolm X College, where scores of...
Youngest captain with Chicago’s First Lady Cruises is anchored by her love of the job
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoCHICAGO -- The last time we saw Diamond Gibbs, then a mother of one and a senior deckhand on the...
The latest group to get special attention from college admissions offices: Men
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMen continue to bypass higher education, but the declines are steepest among Black men. California's...
Daywatch: Public interest vs. private homes on Lake Michigan shoreline
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 11 months agoGood morning, Chicago. Steve Coombs’ lakefront home used to quake when waves crashed along Ogden...
90-year-old sculptor unveils latest work at new public space in Lincoln Park
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 12 months agoRuth Migdal opens the door to her Gold Coast apartment with a smile. She sports bright blue...
Review: ‘Stokely’ at Court Theatre is an unfinished story of a uncompromising radical
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoThe activist Stokely Carmichael played a major role in both the civil rights movement and the Black Power movement, something that could not said about either Martin Luther King Jr., or Malcolm ...
Four named Chicago’s ‘Crossing Guard of the Year’
WGN Chicago via Yahoo News· 1 month agoCHICAGO — Four Chicago Public Schools employees named ‘Crossing Guard of the Year’ at a midday Monday ceremony include one guard who took home an award...
Chicago youth ambassadors make sure dozens of struggling families have what they need for holidays
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe smell of popcorn, the promise of a Santa sighting, and bags of free groceries greeted dozens of families who ventured out to West Town Academy on Dec. 17. The holiday giveaway offered clothes ...
Exploring the arrival of Indian food in Chicago, as new film sheds light on a hidden culinary...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 6 days agoWhen did Indian food first come to Chicago? It’s a thorny question. Many restaurants in the city claim to be among the first or the oldest, including Gaylord Fine Indian originally on Clark ...
Meet Smithsonian Libraries and Archives’ new director, Chicago native Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty:...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoChicagoan Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty won’t let her 312 phone number go. She’s had it since 2006. “I’m not losing my number,” said the native West Sider. “I love my Chicago area code.” Evangelestia-Dougherty ...