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Obama shares words of advice with a new generation of community organizers

Barack Obama credits Lilydale First Baptist Church on the South Side — where he spoke with about 30 students — and its longtime pastor for helping him find his way.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 11, 2023

Oriental Institute takes a new name to reflect changing times

University of Chicago museum becomes the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 5, 2023

As Chicago's most active voting precinct, Cook County inmates vote with help from jail and advocates

CHICAGO — Chicago’s most active voting precinct has an unlikely cornerstone. A big chunk of its voters don’t cast ballots at an elementary school gym or a library — they vote from jail.

Chicago Tribune · Apr 3, 2023

New program helps those who help victims of trauma

A free Chicago Caregivers Program is launching at Malcolm X College this summer.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 7, 2023

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and wife to invest $250 million in new Chicago research lab

The lab will harness brain power from Northwestern University, the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 2, 2023

At 103, Sister Jean of Loyola University has a memoir: Shocking details? None. Gripes? Just one.

CHICAGO — Sister Jean of Loyola University, who stands atop Chicago’s A-list of celebrity clergy, waited until she was 103 to write her memoir. Clearly, she didn’t take the advice packed into its title: “Wake Up With Purpose! What I’ve Learned in My First Hundred Years,” out Feb. 28. Clearly,…

Chicago Tribune · Mar 1, 2023

Report highlights mental toll on Chicago residents who applied for guaranteed income program

About one in three applicants who applied for the city’s guaranteed income pilot program to receive $500 a month for a year reported issues with their mental health.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 27, 2023

With Illinois children in ‘crisis,’ Pritzker releases report designed to improve behavioral health care

Mental health problems for children were already on the rise when the pandemic hit. Illinois is, indeed, experiencing a youth mental health care crisis, the report says, with 40% of young people in Illinois who experienced major depressive episodes unable to receive mental health care.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 24, 2023

Kennedy-King College gets African American cookbooks

The great-great granddaughter of a man who bought 15 family members out of slavery donated more than 1,700 cookbooks to Kennedy-King College.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 23, 2023

Commentary: University of North Carolina trustees’ plan using Chicago Principles of free speech falls short

The free speech wars are escalating at North Carolina’s flagship university.

Chicago Tribune · Feb 17, 2023