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Former Northwestern football player Lloyd Yates speaks July 19, 2023, alongside other former players, from left, Warren Miles Long, Tom Carnifax and Simba Short, about the abuse and hazing they say occurred in the program.

Column: Northwestern professor speaks on her students’ quiet heroism. ‘We couldn’t clear this up if it weren’t for their courage.’

June 7, 2024 at 11:50 a.m.

In February 2021, Northwestern University political science professor Elizabeth Shakman Hurd signed an open letter to the institution's leaders expressing outrage over allegations of racism, sexism and harassment on the...

Oliver Leopold at his high school graduation party. He graduated from Evanston Township High School a semester early to jump-start his dream of becoming a paramedic.

Column: On a tree-lined golf course, a bright red wind phone invites visitors to connect with their departed loved ones

June 7, 2024 at 11:50 a.m.

On hole 11 of Canal Shores Golf Course in Evanston, Illinois, nestled in a grove of old-growth trees, sits a bright red telephone booth — fashioned after Britain's red phone...

The National Geographic Society, begun in 1888 is one of the largest nonprofit scientific and educational institutions in the world.

Column: The decimation of National Geographic — an imperfect witness to the world — disconnects us from each others’ humanity

June 7, 2024 at 11:50 a.m.

National Geographic, the 135-year-old imperfect chronicler of the planet and its people, is shrinking to a shell of its former self. The magazine laid off all its staff writers, eliminated...

A recent trip to Denver had Heidi Stevens thinking about artificial intelligence.

Column: ‘What’s a human life for?’ How a rainy Denver weekend reminded me machines have nothing on humanity

June 7, 2024 at 11:50 a.m.

My son and I landed in Denver for a lacrosse tournament, and things immediately started to go left. The shuttle bus from the airport to the rental car pickup got...

Marathon runners make their way along Columbus Drive as the Chicago Marathon starts on Oct. 9, 2022.

Column: How training for a marathon is teaching me (hopefully) to rest

June 7, 2024 at 11:50 a.m.

I have a complicated relationship with running. Twice in my life I thought I'd never be healthy enough to do it again. In 2011, I was diagnosed with a heart...

Swifties head to the Soldier Field entrances as the Taylor Swift Eras Tour arrives in Chicago drawing thousands of fans from across the country to catch one of Swift's three shows in Chicago starting June 2, 2023.

Column: ‘It’s relational adhesive.’ The beauty of seeing kids and their parents sitting shoulder to shoulder at Taylor Swift

June 7, 2024 at 11:50 a.m.

By the second day of Taylor Swift's Eras tour in Chicago, I was noticing a totally delightful phenomenon. This thing was a family affair. Photos of moms and daughters. Dads...

A Chicago's Leading Lady boat cruises along the Chicago River during a Chicago Architecture Center tour on June 28, 2018. (Courtney Pedroza / baiduhai)

Column: ‘I find joy there.’ Volunteer architecture tour guide draws healing from a winding river.

June 7, 2024 at 11:50 a.m.

When Patricia Grund was growing up in Chicago's Avondale neighborhood, she and her sister would ride the Milwaukee Avenue bus downtown just to walk through lobbies. "I was in love...

Chicago Academy for the Arts ballet student Zachary Jeppsen, then 17, works with classmates at one of the facility's dance studios on Dec. 14, 2017. Jeppsen recently graduated from The Juilliard School.

Column: He was almost bullied out of ballet but now he’s a Juilliard grad. What one student’s journey can teach about this moment in time.

June 7, 2024 at 11:50 a.m.

Zachary Jeppsen started dancing when he was 4. His dad would make playlists, and Zachary would perform for whatever group of siblings or friends or grown-ups filled his family's living...

Writer E. Jean Carroll leaves a Manhattan courthouse on May 9, 2023, after a jury found former President Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing her in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s.

Column: E. Jean Carroll ruling sets progress into motion. That’s just as important as what it means for Trump.

June 7, 2024 at 11:50 a.m.

Almost immediately after a federal jury found that former President Donald Trump sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll in a department store dressing room and awarded her $5 million for...

Clinical psychologist John Duffy encourages parents to ask their kids what they want their futures to look like, and not necessarily around a career.

Column: I love everything about college rejection parties, except that they’re necessary. How parents can help.

June 7, 2024 at 11:50 a.m.

One week before May 1 — National College Decision Day — the New York Times published a story about rejection parties. The story opens with Los Angeles high school counselor...

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