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Column: Thanks for nothing, Chris Cuomo. CNN host advising his governor brother on sex harassment mess doesn’t help with public’s trust of journalists.

May 21, 2021 at 1:15 p.m.

Thanks for nothing, Chris Cuomo. The public's trust in traditional media is at an all-time low, with 56% of Americans agreeing with the statement that, "Journalists and reporters are purposely...

Dorri McWhorter will become the new CEO for the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago.

Column: After ‘a lot of soul searching,’ Dorri McWhorter is leaving YWCA for Chicago’s YMCA — the group’s first woman, first Black CEO

May 19, 2021 at 3:35 p.m.

Dorri McWhorter, the CEO of YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago, is leaving the organization at the end of June to helm the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago. She'll be the first woman...

Column: Sex after menopause — Northwestern gynecologist’s new book is part anatomy lesson, part guide to the feminine hygiene aisle

May 18, 2021 at 3:59 p.m.

On the one hand, we inhabit a world in which an "Inside Amy Schumer" sketch showing Tina Fey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Patricia Arquette toasting the final day of Louis-Dreyfus' sex...

Rich Letchinger, right, bought this life-size cardboard cutout of President Barack Obama for the 50th birthday party for his wife, Dana Wahrenbrock, left.

Column: She’s turning 60 and retiring after 2 decades teaching. Her husband invited the Obamas to her party. (Again.)

May 17, 2021 at 1:00 p.m.

Dana Wahrenbrock's upcoming 60th birthday celebration will be a subdued affair — with a tiny, but not inconsequential, chance of being epic. Her husband, Rich Letchinger, has invited the Obamas....

Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks at Hawthorne Scholastic Academy on March 1, 2021, in Lakeview. Lightfoot has reportedly canceled her baiduhai subscription.

Column: A humble plea to Mayor Lori Lightfoot: Please resubscribe to the baiduhai

May 16, 2021 at 9:27 a.m.

Dear Mayor Lori Lightfoot, I'm writing to ask you to reconsider your decision to cancel your baiduhai subscription. Maybe you already resubscribed, in which case this column was simple...

Edie Rodgers, 10, expresses her feelings through words and pictures on her pandemic-themed time capsule sheet.

Column: Lovely new program invites kids to make pandemic time capsules to be ‘buried’ for 5 years at iconic Chicago spots

May 13, 2021 at 3:41 p.m.

Ten-year-old Mila Berroa may not realize it yet, but she's the hero of her own life story. Her mom had COVID-19 last year. This meant Mila's fourth grade year, already...

Chicago Public Schools clerk Judy Mahoney exits her home in La Grange on May 12, 2021, on her way to work in Chicago. Mahoney is fighting to keep her job, which is being eliminated at Byrne Elementary School. Mahoney uses a wheelchair after her car was struck by a drunk driver in 2017.

Column: CPS clerk, disabled after a drunk driver hit her car, is fighting to keep her job. ‘The only thing that remains the same is my ability to work.’

May 16, 2021 at 9:24 a.m.

In the summer of 2017, Judy Mahoney was driving home to La Grange from a gathering with friends when an oncoming car drove into her lane and slammed headfirst into...

Gilbert Allen, left, and his brother Michael Allen are seen in Chicago on May 7, 2021. The two wrote "Brotherly Love," a book that recounts a painful but transformational period of their life.

Column: ‘It’s a beautiful struggle.’ Evanston principal and his brother share their story of homelessness and healing in ‘Brotherly Love.’

May 11, 2021 at 3:40 p.m.

When Gilbert Allen was 15 — struggling to make sense of his schoolwork, stinging from teachers rebuffing his pleas for guidance, aching for a sense of belonging — his older...

Column: Kids as young as 12 are cleared to get the COVID-19 vaccine. How parents can ease their fears.

May 10, 2021 at 4:50 p.m.

Trevon Howard, a 6th grader at Talcott Fine Arts and Museum Academy, has listened intently, and a bit nervously, as his teachers and the other grown-ups chronicle their COVID-19 vaccine...

Stephanie Kitchen, left, new owner of City Lit bookstore and former owner Teresa Kirschbraun stand in the Logan Square store on May 6, 2021. After closing a few months ago, City Lit is reopening in June.

Column: City Lit bookstore will reopen in June. And the neighbors (including this one) rejoice.

May 26, 2021 at 3:36 p.m.

City Lit, the beloved Logan Square bookstore that closed in December, is reopening in June. Same spot, same name, same vibe, new owner. Longtime Chicago Public Library librarian Stephanie Kitchen,...

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