Nairobi Girls Chorale from Kenya visit Chicago to support their dreams using music as a tool
By Hannah Gebresilassie “I call it the trip of God,” says David A. Isindu, founder and director of Nairobi Girls Chorale. A group of 17
Grappling with grief: the Frances Flowers story
By Iacopo Luzi Frances Flowers is trying to overcome the hardest tragedy of her life: she lost her daughter Taylor almost three months ago. Taylor
The farm that refugees call home
By Nikita Mandhani The Global Gardens Refugee Training farm is a one-acre plot of land in the Albany Park neighborhood of Chicago that serves about
No budget, not even K-12 funding as Illinois legislature adjourns
By Harvard Zhang Springfield, Ill.— No K-12 funding plan, let alone a fiscal 2017 budget, cleared the Illinois legislature before midnight Tuesday when the spring
Madigan snubs Rauner’s stopgap budget as deadline nears
By Harvard Zhang Springfield, Ill. — Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan showed no rush to advance a short-term budget Governor Bruce Rauner proposed on the
Clock ticking for Springfield to resolve budget crises
By Harvard Zhang Springfield, Ill. — Illinois lawmakers have until midnight Tuesday to push the brakes on the state’s entering a second budget-less year, which
Hospital drug shortages: What is really causing them?
Valerie Lapointe Most of us assume that a saline IV drip for dehydration or a nitroglycerin injection for heart attack symptoms would be available at
Tom Perski: A visually impaired pioneer serving the blind at the Chicago Lighthouse
By Hannah Gebresilassie When Tom Perski turned 19 years old, he noticed something was off with his vision during a baseball practice. “I saw the
Wildcats softball rolls into NCAA Tournament
By Adam Rossow It was unconventional, but not unprecedented for Northwestern softball. The Wildcats received their third-straight at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament earlier this
Rogers Park restaurant has put politics front and center for 40 years
By Max Greenwood It was a Thursday night in mid-April, and Kathleen Dillon dragged tables around the Heartland Café, carefully arranging them to give a
A flight to honor U.S. veterans
By Iacopo Luzi Honor Flight Chicago is a non-profit that organizes trips to Washington D.C. war memorials for WWII and Korean War veterans. Thanks to
Chicago investment returns on track to beat last year: City Treasurer Office
By Harvard Zhang The return on Chicago’s investment portfolio is on track to beat last year’s results thanks to the re-allocation of funds into higher-yield