Heidi Stevens

Visitors to the lakefront at Montrose Beach view a sunrise over Lake Michigan in 2023. (Antonio Perez/ baiduhai)

Heidi Stevens: A thank you note to my 40s, which are now in the rearview mirror

October 25, 2024 at 7:41 a.m.

In my 40s, I learned to pause and look up. It’s wonderful, in that it truly, actually fills you with wonder.

Outisde the family home on Avenue L on Chicago's Southeast Side are Abby Melendrez, Lucy Melendrez-Diaz, Delfino Diaz, Jennifer and Mike Melendrez, Alana Diaz, Sophia and Kaia Melendrez, Alexa Diaz, and Michael and William Melendrez.

Heidi Stevens: Saying goodbye to a childhood home that was so much more than a house

October 18, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

We don’t talk enough in our culture about the emotional weight of saying goodbye to a house. A house changes hands. But it becomes part of you.

Democratic presidential nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris walks to board Air Force Two as she departs for New York at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on Oct. 7, 2024.

Heidi Stevens: ‘Not aspiring to be humble’ is a rallying cry for this moment, but let’s not stop there

October 11, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

I want to focus on a different quote from Harris, which is less pithy but no less powerful. "We have our family by blood, and then we have our family...

Materials for teens and parents on pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections provided by Teen Health Mississippi are displayed Sept. 26, 2023, in Jackson, Mississippi. Many states are shifting their approach to sex education in K-12 schools with stricter regulations on when and what students learn about their bodies. (Rogelio V. Solis/AP)

Heidi Stevens: Rolling back comprehensive sex ed fails to prepare young people for the world they actually live in

October 4, 2024 at 12:24 p.m.

Whatever words we’re cringing about our kids hearing from a certified educator, we’ll cringe into the fetal position if we see the results of those words typed into Google.

U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock speaks at a campaign event before the arrival of President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden in Atlanta, on March 9, 2024.

Heidi Stevens: Why voters — even women, like, past 50 — care about abortion rights

September 30, 2024 at 12:09 p.m.

For women of any age, the issue of abortion is about far more than whether or not they can access one whenever they want.

In 2016, Teresa Strasser wrote an essay for The Arizona Republic about her mom’s birthday rejection, her dying wish and all the years between. (Getty)

Heidi Stevens: ‘I had every conceivable emotion.’ What happened when one teacher’s 8th-graders learned she never had a birthday party

September 20, 2024 at 12:43 p.m.

A group of kids saw an opening — to heal a wound, to brighten a day, to stack some joy next to sorrow.

Former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a presidential debate with Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024.

Heidi Stevens: The lie about immigrants eating pets raises a larger question: What if we tuned into each other’s hunger and humanity?

September 13, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

The former president's lie raises a larger question: What if we tuned into each other’s hunger and humanity?

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