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Chicago Architecture Center and City Colleges building a path for youths to find careers in...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 6 months agoGabrielle Speller, 16, likes to look at skyscrapers. She appreciates the diversity and beauty of...
Chicago mayoral candidate Chuy García wants to make history — and unite a city divided over crime
NBC Universal via AOL· 1 year agoCHICAGO — A “deep love and passion for Chicago” are beckoning Rep. Jesús "Chuy" García back to the...
College picked for program designed to improve graduation rates for minority, disadvantaged students
The Daily Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFARMINGTON — Minority students from high-poverty backgrounds at San Juan College will be getting a...
She earned her first college degree at 10. Now, this Bronzeville teen has a Ph.D.
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoDorothy Jean Tillman II had always dreamed of her prom dress: royal blue, with a sweetheart neckline...
Chicago Public Schools touts ‘historic’ graduation rate, but funds used for pandemic recovery are...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAt a school once slated for closure, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and Mayor Brandon...
Vintage Chicago Tribune: How Illinois became the first state to recognize MLK Day
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 9 months agoWe remember Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. each January 15, which was the slain civil rights leader’s...
Beloved Bronzeville firebrand Harold Lucas has died. Organizer, activist, historian and...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCommunity organizer. Activist. Preservationist. Historian. Advocate. Teacher. Tour guide. Entrepreneur. Cyclist. Fisherman. Friend. Father. Kingmaker. The Brilliant Bishop of Bronzeville. A ...
A 1920s Lesson for Today's History Textbook Wars
Time via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAn old American History textbook inside Brighton High School in Brighton, Colo., on Feb. 21, 2019. Credit - Matthew Staver—The Washington Post via Getty...
Timeline: Edward Burke, Chicago’s longest-serving alderman, leaves City Council with a federal trial...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs the 14th Ward alderman for more than half a century, Edward Burke not only has claimed the record as the longest-serving City Council member in the history of Chicago, but he also became ...
Under the baobab: The warriors who came before us give us strength, optimism
State College Centre Daily Times via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThis past week, weak and bewildered, salmon-like I returned to my headwaters, Chicago. “Girding my...
