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Eric Williams, owner of Bronzeville Winery in Chicago, is seen there on Thursday, April 28, 2022. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Eric Williams’ Silver Room Block Party is back for the 17th year at a new South Side location

July 14, 2022 at 11:16 a.m.

What started as a block party to bring dozens of Silver Room customers together to celebrate arts and culture grew into an event for thousands in Chicago over 17 years....

Nora Sun at Walter Payton College Prep on June 13, 2022, in Chicago. Sun founded the Envision research competition in 2019 to promote more opportunities for underrepresented girls in science research.

Meet Nora Sun. A Walter Payton College Prep student who created a global scientific research competition for female and genderqueer high school students.

July 13, 2022 at 12:04 p.m.

Nora Sun, 17, does science internships like hobbies — intensely and frequently. Research, writing, computational drug design and queer literature are all interests. A glimpse at her LinkedIn page finds...

Nicole Bond, a lead museum educator at the Smart Museum, looks at the work of Kerry James Marshall in "A Site of Struggle: American Art against Anti-Black Violence" at The Block Museum of Art on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston, June 17, 2022.

The art of protest has taken many forms. Northwestern University’s Block Museum of Art looks at it through the lens of anti-Black violence.

May 22, 2026 at 7:54 p.m.

As the country tries to process a troubling aspect of U.S. history — mass shootings — we are reminded that there have been others interwoven into the nation's creation, including...

Dinah Clottey, center, and Jaden Woods, from left, Dayo Adeoye, Jabari Owens, Kealoha Ogunseitan and Mya Dudley are wearing Clottey's handmade clothing and accessories on June 23, 2022, in Chicago. Clottey created T'Kor Couture, a one-of-a-kind, ethically sourced clothing line, while studying at the University of Chicago.

At 21, U. of C. grad Dinah Clottey has turned her quarantine pastime of crocheting into a fashion line with social uplift for the Black community

July 8, 2022 at 6:43 p.m.

Dinah Clottey learned how to crochet at the age of 12 to teach her mom the craft. While teaching did occur, Clottey's mother did not pursue crocheting. Her daughter, however,...

Members of the community attend an interfaith service on July 10, 2022, at Glencoe Union Church after seven people were killed on July Fourth during a mass shooting in Highland Park.

Highland Park shooting victim touched countless lives with her work at synagogue: ‘Every life cycle event, you shared with Jacki’

February 25, 2025 at 10:08 a.m.

Recent foot surgery kept Ros Lotzof away from the Highland Park Fourth of July parade this year, but her son, daughter-in-law and their three young children were all riding a...

Airickca Gordon-Taylor, center in purple, and the Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr., both cousins of Emmett Till, speak outside Roberts Temple Church of God In Christ in Chicago on Aug. 28, 2015. They led a motorcade to Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the death of Emmett Till. Till's funeral took place at Roberts Temple in September 1955.

Unserved warrant for Carolyn Bryant Donham in Emmett Till’s murder case has Till’s family calling for her arrest

July 1, 2022 at 2:19 p.m.

Six months ago, the case of Emmett Till's murder was officially closed by the Department of Justice, without apology and without justice, according to Till's surviving relatives. On that day...

Beth Redbird, a Northwestern University assistant professor of sociology and Native studies, says there's a significant social cost to the most recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court regarding the sovereignty of tribal lands.

Local tribe members react to Supreme Court decision that strikes at the issue of tribal sovereignty.

June 30, 2022 at 11:51 a.m.

Within a week's time the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade and ruled that law enforcement officers can't be sued when they violate the rights of criminal suspects by...

State Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch talks to lawmakers at the Capitol in Springfield on May 25, 2016.

Primary sets the stage for showdown in Illinois legislature as Democratic incumbents tied to Michael Madigan struggle

June 28, 2022 at 11:33 p.m.

With the longest-serving state House speaker in American history not on the ballot for the first time in over half a century, new Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch sought to set...

Chicago Rowing Union members attach oars to a shell for a rowing session at Dammrich Rowing Center.

Have you heard about Chicago Rowing Union? The rowing club created by LGBTQ+ community members is all about increasing diversity and accessibility in the sport.

June 29, 2022 at 10:24 a.m.

"Pivot, slide, slow on recovery ... we're pulling all the way into our rib cage. We don't want to pull into our hipbones or our stomachs. We want it nice...

Beth Redbird, a Northwestern University assistant professor of sociology and Native studies, is seen June 17, 2022. As co-director of the Tribal Constitution Project, Redbird is focused on gathering and analyzing hundreds of constitutions of North American Indigenous tribes.

Northwestern University’s Tribal Constitution Project will catalog hundreds of Indigenous documents

June 27, 2022 at 5:39 p.m.

Beth Redbird took to sociology wanting to make societies better. While working in the areas of affordable housing development and anti-poverty programs, Redbird learned the power of data. Now Redbird,...

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