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Laura Mendoza, 27 is a volunteer with The Resurrection Project and a DACA recipient. The Resurrection Project in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood is giving workshops for people worried about the the Trump presidency.

Anxiety over Trump’s election galvanizes immigration advocacy in Chicago

June 2, 2019 at 5:02 p.m.

Lily Martinez had never been involved in activism. But after Donald Trump was elected president, the 20-year-old Little Village resident felt an immediate call to action, determined that his stance...

Karen Danielson, left, outreach director of the Muslim American Society, embraces Lana Aldos, 16, after Aldos gave a speech recounting her experiences in America after fleeing Syria during an interfaith rally at First United Methodist Church on Nov. 12, 2016, in Oak Lawn.

Oak Lawn faith leaders call on businesses to support Muslim neighbors

May 22, 2019 at 10:43 p.m.

Karen Danielson just wanted to have a dialogue. She was frustrated by the anti-Muslim rhetoric of the election season and of how President-elect Donald Trump had called for a ban...

Hannah Doty, seen at the Chinatown branch of the Chicago Public Library on Monday, Nov. 7, 2016, is a Republican who has volunteered for the Hillary Clinton campaign and who voted for Clinton.

Some Illinois women worry about message Trump victory sends

June 9, 2018 at 4:19 a.m.

For the friends who bought matching pantsuits just for the occasion, for the mothers who dreamed new possibilities for the young daughters they brought to the polls, for the women...

Some of Illinois’ female voters say they feel lucky to have voted for Clinton

June 9, 2018 at 4:45 a.m.

Hillary Clinton may have lost the presidential race, but women exiting the polls Tuesday in Chicago could not mask their wonderment at being able to vote for the first female...

Fans pack in front of Wrigley Field in Chicago hoping to take photographs of and with the famous marquee proclaiming the Cubs are World Series champions on Nov. 5, 2016.

Wrigleyville celebrations show no sign of letting up

May 16, 2019 at 12:00 a.m.

Just because it took 108 years to bring home a World Series championship doesn't mean "victory parade" became an acceptable excuse for every Cubs fan who wanted to skip work...

Chicago Cubs left fielder Chris Coghlan and Chicago Cubs shortstop Addison Russell stretch during practice before playing the Cleveland Indians in Game 4 of the World Series at Wrigley Field on Oct. 29, 2016.

Faith restored, Cubs fans rejoice as series heads back to Cleveland

May 22, 2019 at 10:54 p.m.

Faith shall be rewarded — at least for one more game. Cubs fans rejoiced Sunday as the club held off the Cleveland Indians, keeping the city's championship dreams alive and...

Fans dejected but not defeated, hope to salvage Sunday’s Game 5

May 16, 2019 at 12:02 a.m.

The Cubs aren't the only ones on the brink. Their fans are fairly despondent, too. The North Side's massive street party turned into an unanticipated wake Saturday night after the...

Tom Martin, 81, of Bourbonnais, was 10 years old when he traveled to Chicago with his father and uncle to watch the Cubs play in the 1945 World Series.

Fans at 1945 World Series ‘just glad to be alive’ to root on Cubs

May 15, 2019 at 11:52 p.m.

For Chicago, the fall of 1945 was a rosy spell of good fortune: World War II was won, the Cubs were in the World Series and soldiers like 20-year-old Marv...

Buffy Adams and Krista Carlson's wedding invitations are in their Cubs scrapbook at home in Crown Point, Ind. Buffy and Krista met at Wrigley Field and got married there.

With rise of e-tickets, Cubs fans get creative to find playoff keepsakes

May 16, 2019 at 12:01 a.m.

Gone are the days of handing over that royal blue 2-inch-by-5-1/2-inch ticket and watching it be cleanly torn in two, the stub making its way deep into a pocket. And...

Chicago Cubs fan Jim Foste celebrates a Kris Bryant (17) RBI single in the first inning of Game 6 of the NLCS against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Wrigley Field on Oct. 22, 2016.

Ecstatic Cubs fans on World Series: ‘It’s finally here’

May 16, 2019 at 12:01 a.m.

The last time the Cubs reached the World Series, Harry Truman was president, World War II had just ended and a gallon of gas cost 21 cents. And fans like...

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