Walter ‘Slim’ Coleman, an organizer who helped elect Mayor Harold Washington, dies at 80
Mr. Coleman led countless demonstrations in his six decades as an activist.
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Mr. Coleman led countless demonstrations in his six decades as an activist.
Mayor Nancy Rotering says the parade, dubbed ‘Sweet Home Highland Park,” and a celebration afterward will restore the community’s spirit while helping the city as it moves forward from the tragic events of 2022 with compassion and respect.
The proposed legislation is the latest and most significant backlash to a declaration in December by Mayor Brandon Johnson’s Board of Education that it would no longer prioritize selective schools and would refocus resources to neighborhood schools that have faced years of cuts and underfunding.
A new law increases credits earned for participating in prison programs, but records kept by the corrections department are spotty or incomplete.
Psychologist Sylvia Perry studied conversations between white parents and their school-aged children to understand prejudice.
The board says it doesn’t have the authority to enforce an executive order barring lobbyists from contributing to a mayor’s political committee.
Alexander plays a sleazy lawyer in the world premiere comedy “Judgment Day” opposite “Hamilton” actor Daniel Breaker, a priest.
The current contract expires this summer. On top of raises for staff, the union wants help for unhoused students, more dual language education.
In her new book “We Are the Culture,” Arionne Nettles details Chicago’s long list of cultural influences.
All schools that participated in the 2023 Pride Parade were denied entry this year, and teachers see irony in exclusion from “one of the most inclusive places that you can go.”