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When the Lights Go Out, Leadership Must Turn On: Gary’s Power Crisis Is a Warning We Cannot Ignore By Dr. LaDonna Raeh At 2:32 p.m. on Wednesday, something didn’t make…
Bud Billiken at 97: More Than a Parade, It’s the Heartbeat of Chicago By Logan Paige For 97 years, the Bud Billiken Parade has been one of Chicago’s most anticipated…
The Reality Behind Howard’s Renaissance By Leila Battiste Top-ranking Black students nationwide are choosing historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) over Ivy League schools and other predominantly white institutions in…
The Uniform of the Streets: Nike Tech and the Cost of Cultural Authenticity By Leila Battiste In August 2018, Nike quietly removed a balaclava from its website after a wave…
A Celebration of Black Excellence: My Visit to the Black Women’s Expo By Kaila Patton Visiting the Black Women’s Expo was an amazing privilege. I was able to witness the…
Pam Morris-Walton Day July 25th By Dr. LaDonna Raeh Pam Morris-Walton Day July 25th Nope, it’s not Sunday, y’all. I know some of you looked at the calendar and…
A Quiet Leader. A Safer Chicago. Thank You, Superintendent Larry Snelling By Melody Spann Cooper A Quiet Leader. A Safer Chicago. Thank You, Superintendent Larry Snelling. Not every leader commands…
A Once-in-a-Lifetime Moment in Rome By Melody Spann Cooper A Once-in-a-Lifetime Moment in Rome Last week, I had the extraordinary opportunity to travel to Rome with a group of Chicago…
MLK Day Was Educational and Memorable By LaDonna Raeh MLK Day isn’t supposed to feel quiet. It’s supposed to move. And this year, it did exactly that. We took The…
PBS Isn’t Gone — But the System That Supported It Just Collapsed Yesterday wasn’t a normal news day. It felt seismic — like a quiet ripple that turned into a…