Trice: How vertical views shape race in fiction
In its early years, the skyscraper was mesmerizing in the way it shifted our perspective and challenged us to re-conceptualize the world. It said: You recognize the view near the...
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Trice: Shoring up the abandoned class
Marc Sims is not a politician. He's not a preacher. He's not a police officer. Nor is he a professor of sociology or an executive director of a nonprofit. Marc...
Native American rapper looks to break stereotypes
Frank Waln and his mother used to go for long walks on their South Dakota reservation. One evening about a decade ago, when Waln was 12, he saw an object...
A doctor, an HIV diagnosis and a dog
In late 2010, pediatrician Robert Garofalo's career was a juggernaut. Openly gay, he was a national authority on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender health issues, as well as pediatric gender...
Americans’ feet getting bigger, but shoe choices slim
Chicago native Karen Williamson began her online women's shoe business a decade ago after years of struggling to find styles for her daughter, who at the time was 18 years...
UIC professor sets phasers to fun in ‘Star Trek’ Q&A
Dirk Morr came of age in Germany in the 1970s watching the television show "Star Trek," which was dubbed in German. Imagine Capt. James Kirk's often parodied, halting speech pattern...
Trice: Dismissed Kenwood coach defends game plan of grades first
Earlier this month, the principal at Kenwood Academy High School asked physical education teacher Jim Maley to step down as the school's varsity basketball coach. Afterward, Maley wrote a letter...
Trice: Judge’s ruling could bring more transparency to CPD’s handling of misconduct
When law professor Craig Futterman co-founded a civil rights law clinic at the University of Chicago Law School more than a decade ago, he knew he wanted it to focus...
Trice: Curie basketball scandal highlights academic challenges for teen athletes
Curie Metro High School's fall from grace — and demise in the state tournament — was tough for Sonny Parker to watch. Parker is the father of Duke University basketball...
Hoop dreams still alive for dad paralyzed in shooting
Shawn Harrington's mother used to brag about him being in the award-winning 1994 documentary "Hoop Dreams," featuring a teammate from the Marshall High School basketball team. When she was murdered...