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Taking the L downtown was daunting at first for Chicago’s Next Voices columnist Valery Pineda, who grew up in Archer Heights. Chicago Scholars gave her a ladder. Now, she’s holding a ladder for others to come up behind her. Tyler …

The Rev. Mark Santo at St. Philip High School in Chicago in the 1960s. St. Philip High School yearbook As a new Catholic priest in Chicago in the early 1960s and member of the church’s Servite order, the Rev. Mark …

A crowd carries signs at a rally outside the 10th District police station to demand that police do more to solve unsolved murders, May 10, 2022. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times Twenty-five years ago, my dad, Don Schemel, was shot and killed …

The man, 23, was found in the 1600 block of South Loomis Street. File photo A man was found stabbed to dead in Pilsen early Friday, police said. The unidentified man, 23, was in the 1600 block of South Loomis …

President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event in Pennsylvania. Stephanie Scarbrough|AP “Women put Joe in the White House four years ago,” Jill Biden argued recently, “and women will do it again.” Her first statement is undeniably true. The second …

Iranian women without wearing their mandatory Islamic headscarf walk past a banner showing missiles being launched from Iranian map in northern Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 19, 2024. Vahid Salemi/AP DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An apparent Israeli drone attack …

Q. This may be outside your realm of expertise, but I’m hoping you have a suggestion. Cars speed on our residential street with no regard to residents (or pets). We have neighbors with young children and pets. Who do I …

Last year, the United States Surgeon General published a report on the epidemic of loneliness and social isolation. Social isolation and loneliness are often forgotten social determinants of health for people of all ages. Meaningful social connection is an essential …

SACRAMENTO – After the Assembly’s Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee recently voted 11-0 to support a far-reaching, speech-quelling, lawsuit-promoting bill in the name of protecting “the children,” Assembly member Joe Patterson, R-Rocklin, posted this on X: “The most simple bill ever and …

Filed teeth of the individuals found on the Swedish isle of Gotland (Picture: Current Swedish Archaeology/Lisa Hartzell/SHM) Archaeologists may have solved the mystery of why Vikings filed fancy grooves into their teeth – as a slightly weird initiation and a …

Luke Kyberd was sentenced at Warwick Crown Court on Thursday (Picture: Getty) A rapist has been jailed for ten years after his victim helped track him down with a description of his ‘distinctive’ face tattoo and ear piercings. Luke Kyberd, …

Ernest Hemingway once wrote that “Paris is a moveable feast.” I think he might have meant “transportable,” because a moveable feast changes dates but not location, whereas a transportable feast goes wherever you do. But what do I know? Holidays, …