TRICE: South Side student makes art in the kitchen
As a young boy, Darrell Crawford played his heart out on the basketball court in his South Side neighborhood, imagining he'd one day become an NBA star. But he quickly...
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TRICE: South Side student makes art in the kitchen
As a young boy, Darrell Crawford played his heart out on the basketball court in his South Side neighborhood, imagining he'd one day become an NBA star. But he quickly...
There’s no ‘urgent’ in an urgent care
A few Sundays ago, my husband fell off a ladder and hit his head. He appeared to be fine and it turns out he was, but to be sure I...
Sense of loss comes from moving backward in ‘post-racial’ world
George Zimmerman's acquittal in the shooting death of unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin has me feeling an immense sense of loss. It's what I felt last month when the Supreme Court...
Sense of loss comes from moving backward in ‘post-racial’ world
George Zimmerman's acquittal in the shooting death of unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin has me feeling an immense sense of loss. It's what I felt last month when the Supreme Court...
Trice: Group battles homelessness, blight by taking over abandoned homes
Since 2010, the Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign has taken over nearly 30 abandoned South and West Side residences, rehabbed them and moved in homeless families. Willie "J.R" Fleming, a longtime housing...
Trice: Group battles homelessness, blight by taking over abandoned homes
Since 2010, the Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign has taken over nearly 30 abandoned South and West Side residences, rehabbed them and moved in homeless families. Willie "J.R" Fleming, a longtime housing...
Grieving Chicago mothers plea for community’s help in solving sons’ 2011 killings
On July 9, 2011, Demitrius Chrystal, 23, and Jeffrey Butler, 19, were killed in a double homicide in the Englewood neighborhood. They were shot around 2 a.m. in a vehicle...
Grieving Chicago mothers plea for community’s help in solving sons’ 2011 killings
On July 9, 2011, Demitrius Chrystal, 23, and Jeffrey Butler, 19, were killed in a double homicide in the Englewood neighborhood. They were shot around 2 a.m. in a vehicle...
An author interviews his mom before it’s too late
I recently moderated a panel discussion on the kind of storytelling that informs us about history and ultimately ourselves. It occurred to me that this is the time of year...