Posts tagged arts & culture
Opinion: A Dream Deferred: How Opioids Captured a Community

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.


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EDITORIAL: Mighty Morphin Black History Time

Growing up, I found myself being able to connect to programs on television where I saw myself represented. Diversity and inclusion is the difference between someone feeling left out, and someone feeling accepted and safe. For a very long time, popular entertainment programs lacked even the basic level of representation.

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Black History Month Feature: Ida B. Wells

In honor of Black History Month, it’s important to highlight individuals whose contributions to society have a generational impact. Ida B. Wells is such an individual. She was an American investigative journalist, educator, and early leader in the American civil rights movement until her death on March 25, 1931. It was through her courageous fight for justice for African Americans in the face of harm that she helped make lasting change.

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West Side learning center will expand on early childhood services to families in 16 communities through a major federal grant

The Carole Robertson Center has recently been awarded a $20 million Early Head Start Expansion grant from the Administration of Children and Families (ACF). The center has been educating and empowering the West Side of Chicago through child and family development support services and programs since 1976.

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