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School gates open, and classroom lights shine during a Monday afternoon at West Ridge Elementary School as some students return for in-person learning. (Diamond Palmer/MEDILL)

As some Chicago Public Schools students return to the classroom for in-person learning, many families continue remote learning

The corner of 18th Street in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, on the Lower West Side. (Diamond/MEDILL)

Black and Latino communities in Pilsen are calling for an end to police brutality against their communities

Community leaders call for steps to end racism targeting Asian Americans

Charles Alexander (from left), Mark Edmond and Jamel Lewis, the founders of The Black Bread Company, pose for a picture.

High school best friends create the first Black-owned gourmet sliced bread company

Riders at risk of massive service cuts as MTA billions in debt amid COVID crisis

Refugee

Road to the U.S.: A Honduras refugee mother makes a new life in Chicago with help of local charity groups

April 8, 2021

By Hazel Tang Medill Reports For Maria, her road to the United States as a refugee was rocky. As a mother of two kids, she

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Third-generation milliner hopes to preserve practice

April 5, 2021

By Allison Schatz Medill Reports For centuries, wearing a hat had been both a practical and aesthetic choice. But millinery saw a sharp decline in

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Evanston Township High School

Parent activism over remote schooling highlights inequities in the Chicago area

April 5, 2021

Christopher Vazquez Medill Reports Parents and medical professionals are sounding the alarm on mental health concerns for children and teenagers during the pandemic. This has

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College athletes given one last change in spring

April 5, 2021

By Brandon Rudy Medill Reports On March 12, 2020, the sporting world came to a halt due to COVID-19. This led many seniors all over

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Murals donated to St. Franicis de Sales High School make media center ‘alive again’

April 5, 2021

By: Rodricka Taylor Medill Reports  St. Francis de Sales high school received a donation of the Black Lives Matter murals for the school’s library and

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Asian Americans fight racism and struggle to redefine their identity

March 19, 2021

By Ester Wells Medill Reports View this story as an Adobe Spark multimedia production. Russell Jeung stood in the checkout line at a sporting goods

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Curramba Colombian Food restaurant

Small businesses can require vaccination but few in Chicago do

March 18, 2021

By Jiang Li Medill Reports When Hannah Zimmerman went back to work at the JuiceRx in Streeterville as a barista last November, she had to

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College stadiums sit empty across the nation

March 18, 2021

By Kayla McDermott Medill Reports College athletes across the nation are nervous that they may not have a season due to the COVID-19 pandemic similar

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A doctor holds a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

Nearly one year since Illinois locked down, vaccines are a light at the end of the tunnel

March 15, 2021

By Carlyn Kranking Medill Reports This weekend will mark one year since Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker locked down the state with a stay at home

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Logan Square resident replaces spray paint with snow to create street art around greater Chicago area

March 15, 2021

By Zack Shanus Medill Reports Eduardo Vea Keating makes the most of Chicago winters by creating street art from snow. He has been making the

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Tyler Davis vs. Iowa

College gymnast faces reality of program’s final NCAA season

March 15, 2021

By Connor Groel Medill Reports There had been months of waiting. Over the summer of 2020, members of the University of Minnesota men’s gymnastics team

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New coronavirus variants explained

March 15, 2021

By Grace Rodgers  Medill Reports Virus mutations are a natural occurrence during an epidemic or pandemic. However, some new coronavirus variants have raised concern amongst

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