Judicial seats are not high on the list of closely watched campaigns. They don’t drive election turnout. For the diligent, looking up information on those…
Op-Ed: How diversity and language will change justice 
Posts published in “Gender & Race”
A conversation with: Youth 4 Black Lives leader Yasmine Tarr 
Yasmine Tarr may only be 16 years old, but the issues she addresses as a leader of Youth 4 Black Lives have a widespread impact. A…
A conversation with: El Rescate Director Zenaida Lopez 
Zenaida Lopez grew up in a house with no electricity, but full of heart. Lopez and her two brothers are co-founders of the Puerto Rican…
Sparring in the attic: Haymaker Gym hosts LGBTQIA+-friendly classes in church attic
Vibrant laughter and exhausted breathing echoed in the attic of the Second Unitarian Church, 656 W Barry Ave., as a Jiu Jitsu instructor and student…
Syrian Community Network helps refugee women gain their independence
Iman Kashkash had just begun learning to drive in Syria when she was forced to flee the country with her daughter, son and daughter-in-law in…
The fight for reproductive rights isn’t over in Chicago
Years before Megan Jeyifo became a “super dope mom,” she was a scared, pregnant 16-year-old girl who had just lost her mother and felt like…
WHITE IS THE COLOR TO BE
Ethnocentrism in Peruvian advertising does not represent the local population. WHEN I WAS about 6 or 7, my mother would take my brother and me…
Women Elected to Municipal Offices Find Themselves Ignored, Excluded
Patti Pacino, a councilwoman on the Batavia, New York City Council, reads official documents five times over before heading to regular meetings to avoid questioning…