Heidi Stevens – Page 27

Jean-Paul Coffy, left, and Yakini Ajanaku-Coffy perform their nightly front porch concert for neighbors and friends, July 2, 2020 in Kenwood.

Column: Kenwood couple who held 105 days of front porch concerts hosting reunion. ‘We have each other, and we matter.’

March 25, 2021 at 4:57 p.m.

It started with some pots and pans. Kenwood resident Ricky Jackson, aka the father of Lake Park Avenue, stood on his front porch on March 21, 2020, a few days...

The Ward family poses for a photograph on their front porch on March 24, 2021.

Column: ‘I lost 65 pounds. … I had to learn how to get the muscles working in my fingers.’ COVID-19 victim also survived 9/11 and cancer.

March 25, 2021 at 1:39 p.m.

Chris Ward was diagnosed with COVID-19 the day before Thanksgiving. He had a headache, a rarity for him, and got a rapid test to rule out the virus before the...

Maia Robinson stands March 23, 2021, in the space where a new Evanston Fight for Black Lives community fridge will be installed outside of Childcare Network of Evanston. A previous fridge was destroyed after a pickup truck crashed and destroyed it.

Column: She worked for months to bring a community fridge to Evanston and it was destroyed in a car crash. Then the community stepped up.

March 24, 2021 at 7:58 a.m.

Maia Robinson woke up to some demoralizing news on Sunday morning. The community refrigerator she's worked to bring to Evanston since July, modeled after the Love Fridges that dot dozens...

Agassiz Elementary School, shown Feb. 8, 2021, was named for Swiss scientist Louis J. Agassiz.

Column: Harriet Tubman will take the place of racist scientist’s name on Lakeview’s Agassiz Elementary School

March 22, 2021 at 5:11 p.m.

Agassiz Elementary School, the Lakeview school named for a Swiss scientist whose racist, discredited teachings were used to dehumanize Black people and justify slavery, will be renamed Harriet Tubman IB...

Rita and Mike Jackson sing along to Bon Jovi's "Livin' on A Prayer" in Lakeview as people respond to social media posts for Chicagoans to participate in the singalong from their balconies on March 21, 2020.

Column: A year ago we were singing Bon Jovi out of our windows together. What happened to the unity?

March 22, 2021 at 2:57 p.m.

One year ago, on March 22, 2020, I sat at my kitchen table writing a column about a Bon Jovi singalong that inspired people across Chicago and America to throw...

The American Academy of Pediatrics released a statement this week affirming its commitment to protecting the health and well-being of LGBTQ young people and condemning legislation that does the opposite.

Column: Stop targeting transgender kids in youth sports, says American Academy of Pediatrics. Bravo.

March 19, 2021 at 11:25 a.m.

In the wake of a rash of bills aimed at curbing the rights of transgender kids — specifically in youth sports — the American Academy of Pediatrics released a statement...

Nancy Riley-James, 42, reacts at the makeshift memorial outside Gold Spa near Acworth, Georgia, on March 18, 2021, one of three businesses where eight people were killed and another injured by a gunman Tuesday.

Column: Sex researcher weighs in on Atlanta-area shootings: ‘Do not excuse racist crimes as being the result of sex addiction.’

March 18, 2021 at 3:32 p.m.

Joshua Grubbs is an assistant professor of psychology at Bowling Green State University who primarily researches sex addiction. Grubbs has published 30 papers on the topic over the past decade...

Josina Morita, left, chair of the Asian American Caucus, is seen with her husband, Cornell Collins, and children Kai Collins, 2, and Mei-Mei Collins, 1, on March 17, 2021. "I hope that people who see this crime understand that it's not an isolated incident," Morita said.

Column: Atlanta shootings a chance to speak out, say members of Illinois’ Asian American community. ‘We’re tired of being quiet.’

March 17, 2021 at 2:51 p.m.

Josina Morita hopes the horrific shootings at three Atlanta-area massage parlors Tuesday will shake America awake about its long, ugly history of anti-Asian racism. A series of shootings over a...

A pedestrian walks past a mural reading: "When out of your home, Wear a mask over your mouth and nose," during the coronavirus outbreak in San Francisco on Nov. 21, 2020.

Column: An incomplete list of things I feel guilty about, a year into pandemic living

March 16, 2021 at 1:44 p.m.

A not-even-close-to-complete list of things I have felt guilty about during this pandemic: Never finishing the quarantine cookbook my daughter and I started compiling last March. Not tackling more house...

Column: They’ve been married 80 years, and they celebrated in pandemic lockdown — with Illini basketball

March 15, 2021 at 4:36 p.m.

Ginger Rogers and James Stewart won Oscars the year Carl and Helen Carlson were married. Joe Louis was the heavyweight champion of the world, and Duke Ellington's musical, "Jump For...

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