I was thankfully given the opportunity from my internship to travel to Washington, D.C. during this year’s election. I not only had to watch the polls closely, but my health as well, I basically needed to stay on top of everything given this year’s curveballs.

On July 22, the Chicago Park District Board of Commissioners voted to initiate the process of removing Stephen Douglas’ namesake from Douglass Park in order for the park to honor American abolitionist, Frederick Douglass.

For a grassroots campaign like that Anthony Clark, that takes no money from political committees, paying for poll would eat large sums of his campaign money. That's why he devised a plan where he and the two other Democratic challengers for Illinois state representative in the 7th district split the cost of the poll, and whoever is not in the lead drops from the race. 

When I was a little girl I lived on the South Side of Chicago. My family and I would wake up early every Sunday morning and trudge our Sunday’s best to Austin Church of Christ, my papa’s small little church on the West Side. On our way there, we always pass this hotel planted on the corner of W. Jackson Blvd. and S. Sacramento Blvd.

Women's History Month is a celebration of the vital role women have played in our collective past and present.

March Madness is one of the most exciting events in sports; it's a time when college athletes play to represent their respected schools and their history.

The Jett Hawkins Act has been passed to help stop discimination for hair styles in Illinois schools. But the real question is: Can we be doing more for young adults in the Chicagoland area?

International Women's Day is celebrated every year on March 8th, it is a global holiday that commemorates the cultural, political, and societal achievements of women.

In the wake of the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago’s lift of its mask and proof of vaccination mandate, the United Center has taken the initiative to reconstruct its guidelines by easing its in-arena COVID-19 guidelines by making masks optional for attendees. Anyone visiting the United Center must provide proof of vaccination or negative test to step into the venue.