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Feature

The Educator Who Listened: Mariah Nichelle’s Mental Health Mission

Shawn Katz, May 1, 2025April 30, 2025

Mariah Nichelle’s journey from teaching to becoming a dean and now working at a mental…

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Opinion

Op-Ed: Creatives feel extra pressure to succeed

Tiffany Barney, July 25, 2024July 25, 2024

The end of spring semester is always a time filled with much to celebrate with…

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Education & Schools

Opinion: Outcomes-based education reveals a fault in the U.S. education system

Chicago Talks, October 10, 2020October 11, 2020

Thousands of students of Chicago-area high school students found themselves back in a physical school…

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Community

Parents Criticize Special Education Cuts at CPS Board Meeting

Chicago Talks, October 18, 2015

Parents, students and teachers protested cuts in special education funding before the Chicago Board of Education….

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April 1: UChicago Neuro Experts to Crack the Brain’s Toughest Riddles in TED-Style Talks

Chicago Talks, March 22, 2015

April 1: UChicago Neuro Experts to Crack the Brain’s Toughest Riddles in TED-Style Talks “Brain…

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Arts & Culture

Unicoi Studio Turns Art Class into a Carnival

Chicago Talks, February 21, 2015

A painting of a tree stretches up the lime-green wall of Unicoi Art Studio; its…

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Editor's Choice

Free Film And Discussion “Chicago’s School Closings”

Chicago Talks, January 21, 2015

Film Screening, Research Presentation, and Discussion – open to the public, free. Hosted by the…

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Community

Maywood Youth Mentoring

Chicago Talks, December 15, 2014

Doris Smith said programs like Maywood Youth Mentoring helps her raise her three young grandchildren. “I get…

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Opinion

  • Chicago’s influential music scene doesn’t get the respect it deserves 
    by Zoey Hill-Hernandez
  • Lost in translation: ‘I would see everyone else writing while I just stared blankly at my paper’
    by Cynthia Alaniz
  • ‘It felt like something was gnawing at my heart’; Columbia student copes with illness of a lifetime
    by Morgan Bruner
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Arts and Culture

  • 23 years later, Mazzy Star’s masterpiece album still casts a spell
    by Triniti Waxman
  • Queer Chicago designer finds niche dressing drag performers
    by Seng Xiong
  • From dorm room to mainstage, Phat Dragon built a comedy cult following 
    by Ava Simone Forster
  • Great Ideas of Humanity exhibit showcases famous quotes made visual 
    by Sh'Mara Chism
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Feature

  • Hairstylist helps clients embrace their own beauty, rather than copy someone else’s 
  • Care for Real food pantry serves North Siders as need grows 
  • Cuddle Bunny: Where visitors can chill out with a furry friend 
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