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Former First Lady Michelle Obama discusses her book “The Light We Carry” and coping with the pandemic and polarization before a sold-out crowd at Chicago Theatre.

Millionaire businessman Willie Wilson is trying to knock retiring Ald. Roderick Sawyer off the ballot. Community activist Ja’Mal Green is challenging Wilson. And former state Sen. Rickey Hendon, a top Wilson adviser, is challenging Green.

There are many factors driving the 122 candidates’ desire to become part of the grand experiment of civilian oversight at the grassroots level. Two major camps have emerged: Police supporters determined to take the shackles off officers and those who believe CPD has victimized communities of color…

Congregants of the evangelical Willow Creek Community Church assembled just over 1,000 gift bags for inmates Sunday in the South Loop.

“He may be sunsetting his political career, but he thankfully will be continuing his humanitarian work,” Ald. Walter Burnett (27th) said during a sendoff Saturday at White’s namesake community center on the Near North Side.

Among other things, we asked if beating the Packers — oh, so rare — would be worth the Bears potentially moving down in the 2023 draft.

In Illinois, and in other states, reproductive health care rights have meant higher incomes and better overall conditions for women and children.

After the Bears paid a hefty price to get him — a price that goes up with every loss — Claypool surprisingly is just another guy in the room who can fill the void left by Mooney’s season-ending injury.

Our state has a shameful track record of sending innocent people to prison. But the silver lining is that there is an awareness in our city and state — and action being taken — to right these unconscionable wrongs.