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Sydney Gear, center, chats on Aug. 25, 2021, with Anirudh Paidipally, left, and Xander Vizcarra, who participated in the STEM program she administered for Chicago tech company YolBe. The company provides paid internships to youth of color with developmental disabilities to promote careers in coding and technology.

Chicago area developmentally disabled youth are finding a path into STEM careers via a local tech firm

September 2, 2021 at 10:26 a.m.

Anirudh Paidipally, 19, likes to code. The Schaumburg resident is on the autism spectrum and likes HTML so much he spent his summer working on code with Chicago-based career networking...

Planning your funeral doesn’t have to be scary, says the author of ‘It’s Your Funeral: Plan the Celebration of a Lifetime Before it’s Too Late’

September 1, 2021 at 7:00 a.m.

The pandemic has forced many to rethink and readjust their present with their future. Some have left jobs that provided steady paychecks and a predictable complacency for unknown, yet meaningful...

A rally to halt evictions caused by unemployment during the COVID-19 pandemic at Daley Plaza outside eviction court in Chicago on Monday, August, 17, 2020. (Zbigniew Bzdak/baiduhai)

CDC ban, state eviction moratorium: What’s next for Illinois renters?

August 31, 2021 at 10:23 a.m.

Update: On Aug. 30, the Illinois Supreme Court extended its deferral of judgements in eviction cases for covered individuals until Sept. 18. Our second summer in a pandemic is coming...

Rev. Jesse Jackson addresses a group of P.U.S.H conventioneers at headquarters, 50th and Drexel, July 25, 1973.

Rev. Jesse Jackson transferred to rehabilitation center, wife moved to ICU with COVID-19

August 29, 2021 at 9:08 a.m.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who was admitted to Northwestern Memorial Hospital on Aug. 21 with COVID-19, has moved to a rehabilitation center as his symptoms abate, while his wife, Jacqueline,...

Hoodies and zippers make life harder for people with disabilities. Social Surge’s adaptive, gender-neutral clothing looks to ‘flip the script’.

August 25, 2021 at 4:18 p.m.

You may think nothing about putting on a hoodie when you need or want to, but for some people its design may still prove difficult to manage. Zippers that are...

The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile makes a stop at WonderWorks, on Friday, March 5, 2021. The Wienermobile is 27 feet long (60 hot dogs long).

Your next Lyft ride in Chicago might be in the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile

August 25, 2021 at 3:50 p.m.

In 2019, the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile was being booked on Airbnb for Lollapalooza. In 2020, the 27-foot hot dogs on wheels was all about helping couples pop the question. Now,...

Seneca Oaddams inside the two-flat he owns in the Roseland neighborhood on July 6, 2021. "I'm actually hopeful for the future," Oaddams said. "I'm hopeful that it's going to get better. ... It needs to get better. Who doesn't want to own property? Why not be able to help someone as well and lessen the load on your pocket with a building, so it's a win-win for the renter and the tenant? The problem is when the rent can't get paid."

Chicago’s two- and four-flats make up 26% of housing stock, program aims to help keep rent affordable, build homeowners’ wealth

August 30, 2021 at 3:38 p.m.

Seneca Oaddams, 44, bought his two-flat in Roseland for $132,000 a little over two years ago — months before the pandemic began. He wanted to put down roots in the...

Dr. Richard S. Mangus checks the abdomen of multiple-organ transplant recipient Phillip Hanks at Indiana University Health in Indianapolis, on Aug. 13, 2021.

A Joliet father of six has five new organs after an extraordinary transplant. ‘We never knew this was possible.’

August 24, 2021 at 12:16 p.m.

Unique, one of a kind — all terms used to describe individuals and their distinctness. But did you know your insides have a doppelganger out there somewhere? For Phillip Hanks...

Darnell Shields, executive director of Austin Coming Together, is seen at the group's offices Feb. 26, 2020.

Austin has been working on its quality-of-life plan for years. The Wednesday premiere of a new documentary will show the progress.

August 18, 2021 at 3:35 p.m.

It's been three years since the community of Austin kick-started its quality-of-life plan, Austin Forward Together — a plan that hopes to revitalize the area from north to south along...

Un nuevo estudio cita tasas de depresión más bajas entre las personas en las ciudades debido a las redes sociales, socioeconómicas y de infraestructura que se encuentran en las metrópolis.

‘No es la persona. Es el medio ambiente’

August 18, 2021 at 2:02 p.m.

La pandemia ha instado a algunos habitantes de las ciudades a dejar la urbanidad en favor de lugares con más espacio, incluidas las zonas rurales. Pero un nuevo estudio de...

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