Leo High School's track team are state champions, but unlike the teams they compete against, they cannot afford a field house and use the school's hallways for practice.
Leo High School's track team are state champions, but unlike the teams they compete against, they cannot afford a field house and use the school's hallways for practice.
Pumping Station One, a 2500 square-foot loft in Chicago's Logan Square Neighborhood, is a members-only workshop where individuals can utilize communal tools and skill sets to build, repair or "hack" just about anything. Among their tools is a 3D printer, laser cuter, and steel forge. Projects created by members range from highly practical, such as a custom-made vending machine, to interactive sculptures, like a dangling Slinky that makes ray gun sound…
About 250 concerned parents gathered in Beverly recently to talk with representatives from the Chicago Public School district about plans for a longer school day. But their hopes for a dialogue suddenly were dashed: CPS cancelled.
There are an estimated 25,000 homeless youth in Illinois, according to the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, and nearly 40 percent of them have children. Amanda Novoa, 18, was once among them.
Novoa gave birth to her second baby just after midnight on New Year’s day. She and her husband, Lamar West, have both experienced periods of homelessness. Kicked out of her home by her mother after her first child was born nearly one year ago, Novoa found…
After burying ten young men who died from gun violence, Pastor Corey Brooks took a page from the Occupy movement's book and pitched a tent on top of an abandoned motel across the street from his church in Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood. Despite his efforts to bring attention to the violence, another young man was killed in the area on Brooks' 11th day on the roof.
There are an estimated 11,000 homeless youth in Chicago. Juan, a transgendered person, is one of them. A former ward of the state, Juan has been homeless off-and-on his whole life. Since aging out of the Illinois child welfare system in October, when he lost his apartment subsidies, he has been living on the street and doubled-up with friends. The Chicago News Cooperative spent time with Juan and his friends to get an up close view of life on the…
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