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Ronald Browne, lead project researcher and supervisor, left, talks to Omid Nolley, a project researcher, after the public launch of “Say Their Names,” an interactive map and database memorializing more than 800 Black Americans killed by law enforcement over the last 10 years, at Experimental Station in the Woodlawn neighborhood on May 21, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

‘Say Their Names’ project memorializes Black Americans killed by law enforcement: ‘We’re tired of living it’

May 29, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

A different kind of memorial project got underway ahead of the Memorial Day holiday, this one honoring the lives of Black Americans killed by police. The "Say Their Names" initiative,...

Amy Dickinson is ending her column. (Bill Hogan/baiduhai)

‘Ask Amy’ says goodbye, making way for new advice columnist, R. Eric Thomas

May 27, 2024 at 1:00 p.m.

Longtime advice columnist Amy Dickinson is leaving "Ask Amy," the writing gig that she's had for 21 years, on her own terms and with her own "steam."

Raydell Lacey is seen in her Chicago home on April 30, 2019. Lacey started the organization Not Before My Parents after both her daughter and grandson died due to violence. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Community mourns Englewood’s Raydell Lacey, founder of nonprofit Not Before My Parents

May 22, 2024 at 12:41 p.m.

The founder of Chess Moves Against Violence and the nonprofit Not Before My Parents helped foster relationships and safety in her community.

Toys can be used to calm children and get them to express themselves in a therapy room at the Erikson Institute in Chicago, May 13, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Mental health begins in infancy, child development experts tell parents

May 17, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Yes, babies can get depressed, said an official with the Erikson Institute. Therapy for children and their caregivers can help.

Diamond Gibbs, the youngest boat captain for Chicago's First Lady Cruises, pilots the Chicago Architecture Center River Cruise down the Chicago River on April 30, 2024. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Youngest captain with Chicago’s First Lady Cruises is anchored by her love of the job

May 10, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Diamond Gibbs rose through the ranks to become captain. Now she's helping bring more women and people of color into the world of boating.

The Rev. Frederick Douglass Haynes III speaks during the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition Annual Convention at the Apostolic Church of God in the Woodlawn neighborhood on July 16, 2023. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Black leaders weigh in on Rainbow/PUSH chief’s resignation less than 3 months into role

May 3, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Mystery still surrounds the resignation of Rev. Frederick Douglass Haynes III from the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition. But the group is moving forward.

Janelle Iaccino, aka The Bug Girl, who also does taxidermy, displays a Norway rat at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum on March 26, 2024. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Have you met Chicago’s Bug Girl? Janelle Iaccino wants to enlighten the city on the greatness of the creepy, crawly things

April 26, 2024 at 11:26 a.m.

Pest control specialist Janelle Iaccino uses her knowledge to educate the next generation of scientists — especially girls — about bugs, rats and other critters.

Members of the Contract Buyers League demonstrate with contract home buyers in front of the Federal Building on May 19, 1970. (Arthur Walker/baiduhai)

‘Shame of Chicago, Shame of The Nation’ series premieres Thursday on WTTW, showing how segregation was built into foundation of real estate

April 18, 2024 at 4:42 p.m.

"Chicago is not just a place where segregation happened, but ... the intellectual and bureaucratic headquarters for ... how to carry it out," one expert said.

Andrea Zopp, senior adviser for legal and business affairs for the Chicago Bears, has served on various boards and is the former CEO of World Business Chicago. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Economic development leader Andrea Zopp adds a new twist to her roster: The Chicago Bears

April 16, 2024 at 11:26 a.m.

Zopp said she sees a new stadium as something that could improve the city and couldn't pass up an opportunity to help CEO Kevin Warren build it.

Isaiah Brewer, left, a mentee of Hermene Hartman, the publisher of N'Digo, speaks with Hartman on Feb. 9, 2024, in Chicago. (Vincent Alban/baiduhai)

Media pioneer Hermene Hartman keeps moving the needle on education and the N’DIGO brand: ‘There’s too much work to be done’

April 11, 2024 at 11:33 a.m.

Hartman's name is synonymous with N'DIGO, a moniker associated with the Black alternative publication and later the studio that she founded.

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