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Faith leaders: A text chain offers hope during these troubling times

We are all seeking solidarity to share our shock. We are digging deep into our relationships to find the strength to survive the federal crisis.

There’s nothing simple about our racial, gender and other conflicts, but finding solutions together can work, if we can build faith in each other.

Donald Trump is directing the power of government to attack a handful of young trans people.

Stacy Davis Gates and Elon Musk gained power by helping their respective chief executive win office, and they’re now cashing in.

The deaths of two Israeli boys will become yet another moment in which humanity failed to rise in unison against an unspeakable wrong.

Illinois offers arguably the worst illustration in the nation of anti-democratic gerrymandering.

Gov. JB Pritzker’s budget blueprint is silent on removing systemic barriers to full participation by African Americans in Illinois.

It’s important for Chicago affordable housing planners to remember that not all developments are trying to reach the same goals.

Two-thirds of Chicagoans say they disagree with Mayor Brandon Johnson’s priorities, and 72% yearn for a moderate mayor.

Black people are told that our beautiful kinky crowns are undesirable. We are compelled to conform to a white version of beauty.