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Donovan Mixon, onstage at left, performs with the D.J.A.M. World Music Quartet at the Second Church of Christ, Scientist on Nov. 14, 2023, in Evanston.

Steven Rogers wrote a famous letter to his white friends in 2021. Now he’s reclaimed a property in Evanston where Black families had been pushed out.

November 24, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Evanston resident Steven Rogers penned the 2021 book "A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues: What You Can Do Right Now to Help the Black Community." Released on the...

Dr. Claudia Tellez takes a breast cancer history from a patient at Lurie Cancer Center Hispanic Breast Cancer Clinic at Northwestern Memorial Hospital on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, in Chicago. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

La nueva Clínica Hispana de Cáncer de Mama pretende hacer más accesible la atención a los hispanohablantes

April 15, 2024 at 3:39 p.m.

Erika Aleman, de Cicero, empezó a correr hace unos años para tener tiempo para sí misma. Entonces empezó a retarse a sí misma corriendo maratones. Su objetivo: clasificarse para el...

Dr. Claudia Tellez fills out a breast cancer patient's medical history at Lurie Cancer Center Hispanic Breast Cancer Clinic at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Nov. 2, 2023, in Chicago.

New Hispanic Breast Cancer Clinic aims to make care more accessible for Spanish speakers

November 30, 2023 at 10:57 a.m.

Para leer en español, haga clic aquí. Erika Aleman of Cicero took up running a few years ago to have time to herself. Then she started challenging herself by running...

3Arts awards $50K unrestricted grants to local teaching artists with Next Level awards

November 14, 2023 at 5:45 p.m.

For years, the Chicago-based nonprofit grant-making organization 3Arts has supported local artists with awards of unrestricted funds. This year, it has upped the ante. The organization's Next Level Awards are...

Valerie Taylor talks with a colleague while heading to her office at Argonne National Laboratory on Nov. 7, 2023, in Lemont.

For National STEM Day, Argonne Lab’s Valerie Taylor talks about AI, ‘Star Trek’ and diversity in the sciences

November 8, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

For computer scientist Valerie Taylor, director of the Mathematics and Computer Science Division at Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, the seeds for her career were planted when she was a...

A national tour focused on Black men’s mental health comes to Chicago on Monday

October 27, 2023 at 4:36 p.m.

On Oct. 30, the auditorium at Malcolm X College will be a "no girls allowed" zone. That's because the space will be held for Black men, as well as experts...

Benita Mills, left, celebrates as her daughter Kris'Tina Mills, right, successfully completes a math problem during a Tutoring Chicago session in the West Loop on Sept. 26, 2023.

High-dosage tutoring can help kids recover from pandemic learning loss. Tutoring Chicago is a free program stepping up to help.

October 28, 2023 at 1:55 p.m.

Like many parents, South Shore mom Benita Mills saw how the lockdown part of the pandemic set her daughter Kris'Tina behind — academically, socially and emotionally. When Kris'Tina was doing...

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