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Tiffani Jackson, 25, founder of Onyx Connect, appears on the campus of Illinois State University.

An ISU student created a media platform by and about people of color to fill a void in campus journalism

March 26, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

It was sickle cell anemia that brought Chicago-born, Detroit-raised Tiffani Jackson to Illinois State University in Bloomington-Normal in 2017. Having endured some attacks, called pain crises, while attending Grambling State...

Yolonda Ross, center, with Marcus Moore and Kristin Ellis, in rehearsal of Congo Square Theatre's latest production, "How Blood Go," at the Steppenwolf Theatre, March 14, 2023.

Congo Square Theatre’s ‘How Blood Go’ is about racism in the health care system

March 24, 2023 at 10:35 a.m.

What would you do if your genealogy revealed a relation to patient 001 of the Syphilis Study at Tuskegee (a study by the U.S. Public Health Service to observe and...

Abena Boamah-Acheampong, who founded Hanahana Beauty, at company headquarters on South Michigan Avenue in Chicago on March 2, 2023. Her products are now in 400 Ulta Beauty stores.

South Loop-based Hanahana Beauty products hit shelves in 400 Ulta stores. Meet the woman who created the brand.

March 16, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

For South Loop resident Abena Boamah-Acheampong, nkuto (aka raw, organic shea butter) had been a staple in her home growing up in Ohio. Nkuto was an ingredient her mother, Juliana,...

Sridevi Krothapalli, 17, a senior at Illinois Math and Science Academy, stands inside the Aurora school on Jan. 18, 2023. Krothapalli created a digital arts and literature magazine, Kahani, for kids in hospitals.

Kids in Chicago-area hospitals get a literary magazine courtesy of a high schooler honored by Teen Vogue

March 10, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

A 17-year-old senior at Illinois Math and Science Academy has turned her passion for art into a project that serves young hospital patients in Chicagoland and other parts of the...

Lanetta Haynes Turner, chief of staff for Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, leads a meeting on Jan. 24, 2023, about ongoing work on the Cook County Equity Fund.

Toni Preckwinkle’s chief of staff uses equity fund to uplift Black, brown communities

January 25, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Lanetta Haynes Turner gets choked up when she talks about family. Turner, 45, the chief of staff for Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, is emotional when recalling her childhood...

Christiana Clark, playing the role of Janice, rehearses for "the ripple, the wave that carried me home" at the Goodman Theatre on Jan. 12, 2023.

The play ‘the ripple, the wave that carried me home’ at Goodman Theatre has much to say about politics, heritage and family

January 19, 2023 at 7:51 p.m.

Water. We can't seem to get away from it, living so close to Lake Michigan in the Chicagoland. During this past holiday season, "Lake Song" was an audio drama that...

Jett Hawkins, 6, at Studio 28 in Aurora on Jan. 7, 2023.

As Illinois’ CROWN Act goes into effect, we catch up with Jett Hawkins, a boy who made legislative history with his hair

January 16, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Gus "Jett" Hawkins is only 6 years old, and already his name has been used for a law in Illinois. The Jett Hawkins Law, which went into effect Jan. 1,...

Debra Vines, CEO of The Answer, Inc., at the Beverly Center in Broadview on Jan. 7, 2023. Vines is a Top 10 CNN Heroes nominee.

There’s a CNN Hero in Maywood who is all about answers for the developmental disabled community

January 14, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Community builder. Advocate. CNN Hero. Maywood native Debra Vines wears all the hats as CEO and founder of The Answer, Inc., a Forest Park-based organization that supports Black and brown...

Rev. Jesse Jackson addresses a group of P.U.S.H conventioneers at headquarters, 50th and Drexel, July 25, 1973.

Ahead of MLK Day, Donnelley Foundation grants seek to share underrepresented stories, like those of Chicago’s civil rights leaders

January 11, 2023 at 4:00 p.m.

As we prepare to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, the Chicago Theological Seminary is putting the finishing touches on a podcast highlighting Chicago's civil rights leaders. Thanks...

Solomon Smith IV, 19, has his hair combed by his sister Sage Smith before gaming on Dec. 22, 2022.

Meet the Humboldt Park teen who’s a member of the ‘Call Of Duty: Mobile’ gaming team that placed 2nd in the world championship

January 13, 2023 at 12:58 p.m.

Just two years after he decided to become a professional gamer, Solomon Smith IV made it to the world stage: the 2022 "Call of Duty" Mobile World Championship. In June...

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