Category: Longer Reads

Pandemic takes an emotional toll

Chicago Talks, November 2, 2020November 2, 2020

During the Oct. 23 coronavirus news briefing, Dr. Ngozi Ezike, director of Illinois Department of…

Chicago Talks, October 27, 2020October 27, 2020

Chicago has entered a second wave of the coronavirus, officials say, with rising cases and…

Chicago Talks, February 23, 2017

Enester Amerson has a warm smile and kind brown eyes. He was a high school…

Chicago Talks, February 6, 2017

When Chicago musician Adam Gottlieb packed his guitar into a van filled with food and…

Chicago Talks, February 4, 2017

Slacktivism- (n.) the delusion that your reposts actually change anything. It is easy to be…

Chicago Talks, February 3, 2017

Sitting in her living room in Hyde Park, Rosey Puloka makes her hands into fists,…

Chicago Talks, December 29, 2016

Robert Finkel’s tenacity is comparable to that of an eager puppy. He claims this himself,…

Chicago Talks, September 22, 2016

“C’mon Seth!” Momentum was building behind Seth Parker and his team, Deuces by Garzon,…