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Jack and Jill volunteer docents Joseph Clayton, left, a sophomore from Whitney Young High School, explains an exhibit to guests at the DuSable Museum in Chicago on April 9, 2022.

Jack and Jill of America, Chicago Chapter celebrates 75th anniversary with DuSable Museum exhibit, gala and teen docents

April 21, 2022 at 11:12 a.m.

A lot of history occurs in the span of 75 years. It's that history that the Jack and Jill of America, Chicago Chapter wants to share with the world in...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker, left, with University of Illinois at Chicago political science professor Dick Simpson during Harold Washington's Centennial event in honor of the former mayor at the Harold Washington Library Center on April 12, 2022, in Chicago.

Dick Simpson’s latest book looks at democracy through a Chicago lens. He shares thoughts on corruption and making our democracy better.

April 15, 2022 at 3:49 p.m.

University of Illinois Chicago professor Dick Simpson has lived a life in Chicago's political and academic spheres for more than 50 years: 44th Ward alderman from 1971-1979; executive board member...

Lauren Walz (izq.), corredora de bienes raíces en Dawn McKenna Group Coldwell Banker, le muestra una casa a su cliente Chrisy Rediehs, de Hinsdale, el 6 de abril de 2022, en Western Springs.

Compradores de viviendas ante otro desafío en el mercado inmobiliario: el aumento de las tasas de interés

April 15, 2022 at 10:26 a.m.

El mercado inmobiliario ha tenido que lidiar con muchas cosas últimamente: la pandemia por COVID-19, el aumento de los impuestos sobre la propiedad, la inflación, el aumento de los costos...

Visitors walk along reopened Navy Pier on May 2, 2021, in Chicago.

Philadelphia reinstated its indoor mask mandate. Will Chicago be next?

April 18, 2022 at 9:37 a.m.

Philadelphia this week became the first major U.S. city to reinstate its indoor mask mandate because of a sharp increase in reported coronavirus cases, perhaps leaving some wondering whether Chicago...

Dawn McKenna Group Coldwell Banker Real Estate broker Lauren Walz, left, shows a home to her client Chrisy Rediehs, of Hinsdale, April 6, 2022, in Western Springs.

Home buyers are facing yet another challenge to the real estate market: rising interest rates

April 15, 2022 at 9:33 a.m.

The housing market has had a lot to contend with recently: The COVID-19 pandemic. Property tax increases. Inflation. Rising costs of construction material. A shortage of housing inventory. And then...

Photographer’s Chicago book is ‘Faces of Homelessness’: ‘I’m not just telling about people’s suffering, I’m trying to make these beautiful portraits’

April 11, 2022 at 3:26 p.m.

Jeffrey Wolin has captured the faces of Holocaust survivors and Vietnam War veterans in a genre of photography that he calls "creative documentary," which is the practice of combining photographic...

UIC graduate Cree Medley outside her home in Chicago, April 5, 2022. Medley has endured her own mental health crisis and came through a suicide attempt to advocate for mental health funding.

Funding for a college mental health bill will be voted on this week. Campus reps, mental health professionals and others want it to be approved.

April 6, 2022 at 10:42 a.m.

Cree Medley, 24, struggled with depression and anxiety throughout her time in college. While she was a student at the University of Illinois Chicago, the struggles started in 2015 and...

Jaylen Scott, 17, center, hits his drums sticks together while performing with fellow members of the BandWith drumline at the United Center March 20, 2022, in Chicago.

East Garfield Park’s BandWith Chicago to go on its first tour and build a permanent home with a $1M-plus grant

March 28, 2022 at 2:21 p.m.

What a difference 17 months makes. The last time we saw the young musicians of BandWith Chicago, they were playing their first public concert after the pandemic lockdown in an...

Collete English Dixon, executive director of Roosevelt University's Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate, talks to students from Urban Prep about the real estate industry on Feb. 10, 2022.

Local real estate firms, schools and nonprofits are hoping to interest youth in real estate as a career before college: ‘Access and exposure matters.’

March 27, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

Lilian Rosales, 17, a senior at Muchin College Prep, grew up around real estate — her father and cousin work in the industry — but she didn't think she'd consider...

Author Ana Castillo gives a speech after receiving the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame's Fuller Award during a ceremony on March 24, 2022.

Ana Castillo gets Chicago Literary Hall of Fame award for contributions as author, activist and educator

March 25, 2022 at 11:39 a.m.

For Ana Castillo, a Chicagoan known for her work as an author, educator, poet and activist, home is where her books are. Which, given the pandemic, means a home in...

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