Dear Tom Brokaw: What if assimilation was a two-way street?
Dear Mr. Brokaw, I love your reporting. I love your book, “The Greatest Generation.” I love the way you seem to strive for intelligence and common sense. Which is why...
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Meet the Golden Apple finalists who teach in the Southland
Seven of the 32 Illinois high school finalists for Golden Apple Awards for Excellence in Teaching work at schools in the south suburbs and on the South Side. For the...
Shepard foreign language teacher will head to Senegal on a Fulbright fellowship
Like a lot of people who teach French, most of what Kelly Karstrand learned about the language and culture came from studying in France and western Europe. But soon, the...
Exploration of cemeteries leads to fascinating biographies of African-Americans
In 1921, Bessie Coleman became the first black woman to own a pilot’s license. At the turn of the 19th Century, Free Frank McWorter bought his own freedom and that...
Blue Island priest who survived Rwandan genocide urges teens to be ‘builders of bridges instead of builders of walls’
It’s not easy to understand how suddenly neighbors can turn on neighbors, friends can kill friends, family can slay family. Unless, says the Rev. Deogratias Mbonyumugenzi, you understand how the...
School nurse’s supply closet helps Robbins students access warm clothes, toiletries and independence
Even before this week’s descent into Arctic temperatures, staff members at Summit/Delta Learning Centers in Robbins were handing out warm clothing to students, and sometimes fellow employees. School nurse Christine...
Almost Home’s pending meals program at Oak Lawn restaurants lets anyone treat people who are hungry to a meal
It’s often said by kind-hearted people that they’d rather give a meal than money to someone in need. There’s is a way to do that right here in the south...
After horse’s death, Frankfort farm owner has urgent message for snowmobile riders
Mia was a 20-year-old quarter horse living out her days on a Frankfort farm when her typically quiet existence was shattered Jan. 20 by the zing of fast-moving snowmobiles that...
With Hackney’s sudden closing, The Center scrambles to find new venue for camp fundraiser
When a restaurant that is also a banquet facility suddenly closes, customers who have events planned there can be left in the lurch. One such drama played out within a...
Southland food pantries are ready if shutdown resumes
When President Trump and Congressional leaders reached a tentative deal Friday to reopen the government for three weeks, local food pantries across the Southland were already braced for a spike...