Darcel Rockett

People enjoy summerlike weather June 3, 2021, on the large patio at Recess in Chicago's West Loop.

Mask shaming: Illinois has reopened, but some of us are still wearing masks. How does that make you feel?

June 16, 2021 at 10:48 a.m.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention no longer recommends that fully vaccinated people wear a mask in many situations, but masks are required on buses, planes and trains, and...

A bust of Georgiana Rose Simpson, a philologist and the first Black woman to finish a doctorate at the University of Chicago, is on display at the university's Reynolds Club on June 6, 2018.

Georgiana Simpson was 1 of 3 Black women in the US to receive doctorates 100 years ago. 2 U. of C. students aim to keep her legacy alive with a namesake campus organization.

June 15, 2021 at 9:38 a.m.

Monday is the 100th anniversary of the day Georgiana Rose Simpson became one of the first three Black women in the U.S. to graduate with a doctorate. In 1921, at...

Ashanti Mallit, 16, a sophomore at Lane Tech College Prep High School, examines the cockpit of a North American T-6 Texan trainer aircraft at Bult Field in Monee on June 12, 2021.

Chicago native Kellee Edwards is the host of Travel + Leisure’s ‘Let’s Go Together’ podcast and an advocate for diversity in travel

June 17, 2021 at 8:41 a.m.

Did you know the "most interesting woman in the world" hails from Chicago's South Side? The moniker was given to Kellee Edwards by Outside Magazine, when she became the first...

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Mask shaming: Illinois has reopened, but some of us are still wearing masks. How does that make you feel?

Georgiana Simpson was 1 of 3 Black women in the US to receive doctorates 100 years ago. 2 U. of C. students aim to keep her legacy alive with a namesake campus organization.

Chicago native Kellee Edwards is the host of Travel + Leisure’s ‘Let’s Go Together’ podcast and an advocate for diversity in travel

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What are you going to do when the state reopens without restrictions? Readers reveal their plans.

‘I was shocked’: $50,000 each goes to 10 Chicagoans who are making a difference in their communities

No link between stress and infertility, doctor says, so stop telling couples, ‘Oh, just relax and you’ll get pregnant’

What to watch: Tiger Woods documentary, the new season of ‘America’s Got Talent’