The former president’s lie raises a larger question: What if we tuned into each other’s hunger and humanity?
Heidi Stevens: The lie about immigrants eating pets raises a larger question: What if we tuned into each other’s hunger and humanity?
Category: Parenting and Family
Heidi Stevens: Something shifted when Gus Walz stood up and cheered for his dad, and I don’t think it’s going away
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.
A siblings-only trip offers a way to expand adult relationships, but planning is key
Adult sibling relationships require work. Traveling together can challenge the status quo and push you to learn more about one another.
Heidi Stevens: When you’re not quite ready to launch your kid, but you wouldn’t have it any other way
I’ve said goodbye to things, writes Heidi Stevens. Jobs. Homes. Friendships. Marriages. Saying goodbye to a childhood is different.
Student loan debt is front of mind for one Chicago attorney: ‘If you forgive $40,000 or $50,000, for a middle-class family, that’s life changing’
“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.
Dancing, family time and giving back to the community: the Bud Billiken Parade comes to Bronzeville for its 95th year
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.
Quinn Fest turns ‘horrible incident’ into a celebration of love in Homewood
Born of a nasty altercation with a neighbor, Quinn Fest in Homewood has become an annual event bringing 100 people to a yard in Homewood.
For multiracial people, questions confusing ancestry and identity are exhausting; ‘it’s happened my entire life’
Kamala Harris shouldn’t have to justify how her ancestry and biology align with her racial identity: her customs, languages and traditions, experts said.
Heidi Stevens: I don’t think the old, sexist playbook is going to work against Kamala Harris. Here’s why
I don’t know what will happen in November. But the path that’s taking us there feels uncharted, unconventional, unprecedented. And already, that’s hopeful.
Wealth in Chicago’s Black and brown communities was eroded intentionally by discriminatory policies, study finds
Da’Sean Hillsman was 17 when he became a father in the late ’90s. By 2000, his mother had died, leaving him to make sure he and his siblings — two younger sisters, and a disabled older brother who survived being shot in the head at age 20 — stayed together. To do that, Hillsman said, […]