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By Morgan Gilbard Cynthia Sandoval dreams of being the kind of teacher she had in elementary school, the kind of teacher who helped her learn
By Kat Lonsdorf Sitting in a modest apartment in Chicago’s northern Rogers Park neighborhood, Firas Jawish, 35, thought back on the 10 months he spent
By Yushun Wang For Martin Luther King Day, the 17-year-old Beat the Streets Wrestling Program brought a special guest to St. Sabina’s gym – three-time
By Lucia Maffei Technology support is the third top-of-mind need among small business owners in the Chicago region, according to an online survey presented on
By Danielle Prieur It should come as no surprise to Chicagoans that 2015 was the hottest year on record. A snow-free, unseasonably warm holiday season
By Sophie Zhang Among 800,000 daily bike commuters in Chicago, only 30 percent are women, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. To encourage more women
By Talia Beechick When Renee Le Verrier saw her first-grade son Pedro paint for the first time 10 years ago, she decided to give it
By Elizabeth Bacharach “It comes on and I wish I could figure out how to control it, that I could stop it, but I can’t.