Chicago-based On Leave Experiences pairs clients with excursions intended to help them broaden their horizons by wandering, creating and learning.
Chicago Board of Education President Jianan Shi said he was not consulted before the school district defended embattled CEO Pedro Martinez. “This is not a joint statement,” Shi said.
Parents, students, teachers and advocates filled dozens of seats in the auditorium at Chicago Public Schools’ Downtown offices ahead of the vote that would determine the district’s way forward – for the next five years. Shortly after the Board of Education’s unanimous vote to approve its new five-year strategic plan, the room burst into applause, but not all who observed the vote were pleased. After the vote, among the five speakers who signed up to address the board, Angel Alvarez, a South Chicago native and CPS alumni, reprimanded the board for its new plan, stating that it “failed to address […]
Wadee Al Fayoumi was brutally stabbed to death in Plainfield and his mother was hospitalized in the attack. Their landlord was charged with hate crimes.
The former president’s lie raises a larger question: What if we tuned into each other’s hunger and humanity?
Gus Walz reminded us what it looks like to be proud, to be joyful, to be part of something bigger than yourself, to celebrate someone other than yourself.
Adult sibling relationships require work. Traveling together can challenge the status quo and push you to learn more about one another.
I’ve said goodbye to things, writes Heidi Stevens. Jobs. Homes. Friendships. Marriages. Saying goodbye to a childhood is different.
“If you forgive $40,000 or $50,000, for a middle-class family, that’s life-changing,” says Rae Kaplan, whose law firm helps with debt refinancing or elimination.
The 95th annual Bud Billiken Parade, touted as the largest African-American parade in the United States, is a beloved Chicago back-to-school tradition.