Heidi Stevens: On long list of things being cut, art may seem inconsequential. It’s not
If the first six months of this administration have taught us anything, it’s that we can be appalled by more than one thing simultaneously.
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Heidi Stevens: On the hunt for small, kind things — and finding them in some unexpected places
A few seconds of kindness can remind us that we share this world with other people and letting their lives spill over into ours is actually the entire point.
Heidi Stevens: Shutting down hotline services for LGBTQ+ youth is malice by Trump administration
It’s unconscionable that the physical, mental and emotional health of young people is on the chopping block because of who they are and who they love, writes Heidi Stevens.
Heidi Stevens: As demonstrations over immigration policy erupt, we can’t forget the human hearts at the center
It’s easy and convenient to focus on what divides us. But it’s more honest to look for the things we share.
Heidi Stevens: When the frantic pace of parenting young kids gives way to something even more meaningful — and mutual
If we’re lucky, parenting is a lifelong relationship that we get to cultivate and calibrate and celebrate as we go.
Heidi Stevens: Texas’ Ten Commandments mandate doesn’t square with attempts to keep ‘individual beliefs’ out of classrooms
The movement to keep LGBT and CRT and DEI out of classrooms is about creating a climate where only certain backgrounds are acknowledged.
Heidi Stevens: Instead of a wedding registry, they asked for children’s books. And then gave them all away.
I love this little slice of kindness in a world that could use some right now, an act in which a bunch of kids were just gifted a sense of...
Heidi Stevens: So much is stolen when a grown woman calls a child a racial slur — including the child’s innocence
A viral video shows a white woman who called a 5-year-old boy the N-word at a Rochester park. Her online fundraiser has raised more than $600,000.
Heidi Stevens: Trump has treated the country as his stage. But Americans are not extras in their own life stories
One thing that doesn’t fit neatly in the Trump narrative is thousands upon thousands of fed up Americans flooding the streets in protest.
Heidi Stevens: Principal’s departure will tie a knot on the loving thread woven throughout Chicago school community
Jason Patera is moving to South Carolina to be with his family, leaving a legacy of love and kindness at the Chicago Academy for the Arts.