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chicago-school-board
  • by david hall
What you need to know about Chicago’s elected school board

City voters will elect school board members this fall for the first time. We break down how candidates get on the ballot and how to vote.

pride
  • by david hall
Violence and slurs are always a threat, but it's the trans community that keeps me safe

When I moved to Chicago in 2021, I started to come out of my shell more — before an anti-gay slur shattered the feeling of safety I'd slowly built up.

education
  • by david hall
CPS grads, lifelong neighbors, head to Stanford together on full rides

Despite spending years apart, Guadalupe Miranda and Fernando Gonzalez graduated from Chicago Public Schools last week. Childhood classmates, both earned full scholarships to Stanford University in August. They’re now hanging out to share excitement about their college plans.

crime
  • by david hall
2 teens' promising futures end on Eisenhower Expressway — allegedly struck by drunken driver

Erik C. Cox and Shealyn Sherwood, both 18, were killed when Ashanti Gates’ car struck them in the outbound lanes early Sunday, prosecutors said. The teens had stopped to fix a flat tire.