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By every standard, Linda is an accomplished person. And yet... like 15 million other Americans with disabilities, Linda finds it to be a challenge every time she gets gas at the pump.
A group of homeless youth who are part of an organization known as the Hello Youth Group made a YouTube video and then went to the state capitol in Springfield to talk with legislators.
The proposed Medicaid changes will be a signal this administration is retreating in the fight AIDS. For the thousands of people living with HIV/AIDS in Illinois who rely on Medicaid, let's hope Gov. Quinn reconsiders.
For the last few weeks, Chicago has been bracing for a new kind of storm -- the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, summit that's occurring t...
While selective enrollment and high quality neighborhood and charter public schools are key to the fabric of our city, they clearly cannot meet the demand
My parents discussed with me what it was like to raise a child with mental illness. I am forever grateful to my parents for making Brian part of our lives, and for their extraordinary generosity in sharing his story with people we have yet to meet.
Just Kids made me feel proud to consider myself a writer. To explain to my loved ones what I do, who I am and what I hope to one day achieve. And now I was lucky enough, I hoped, to share all those things with an unsuspecting commuter or 20.
According to Human Rights Watch, the arrest rate for sexual assault in Illinois is only 11 percent. There's good news to report on the law enforcement front.
With budget cuts creating a decrease in educational opportunities and an increase in summer violence and hopelessness among youth, it's imperative to keep our children engaged over the summer.
It's a world of risky reaching out, groping for connection. What I got was music, art, story. What I got was politics, courage and craftsmanship, sometimes wrapped around anger, more often wrapped around love.
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. Yet, the research to prevent and cure cancer is often underfunded. Join Robbie Gould, place kicker for the Chicago Bears, and others on February 11 to ride in Cycle for Survival.
Today is a new day in Chicago. This week is the first in more than 120 years that Chicago will be without Jane Addams Hull House -- one of the preeminent social service agencies in the nation. It's a sobering thought.
An increase in the minimum wage would bring Illinoisans closer to God's intention that work is to be an instrument for personal fulfillment and contributing to the common good. We travel to Springfield to urge our lawmakers to make it so.
There are two truths to growing up and living in Chicago. The first truth was given to me, that being that Chicago is a very diverse city. The second truth is that Chicago is a very segregated city.
On Friday, January 20 I heard over the radio that Hull House is closing. Hull House is 123 years old and was founded by Jane Addams, America's fi...
Onward and upward and all things pie. I'm perfecting crusts and crumbles and everything in between and someday... well, who knows... let's just say I'm taking this adventure one pie at a time.
