The Rundown: Life in schools after the cops left
Plus, travel is booming despite high gas prices and airfare. Here’s what you need to know today.
Bianca Cseke
Digital Producer
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The Rundown: Chicago archbishop wants gun safety laws
Plus, members of a South Side church remain faithful and vow to rebuild after a devastating fire. Here’s what you need to know today.
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The Rundown: A look at Illinois’ school safety mandates
Plus, a Waukegan landfill will soon be home to 20,000 solar panels. Here’s what you need to know today.
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The Rundown: Another mayoral candidate emerges
Plus, Chicago’s “wild” spring is finally over. Here’s what you need to know today.
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Chicago photographer Sandro Miller puts Black women’s hair on a pedestal in his new book
Sandro’s book of portraits comes as activists push for Congress to pass the CROWN Act, which would ban discrimination against natural hair.
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How a sponge could help clean up microplastics in Chicago and the Great Lakes
A team of Northwestern University engineers created a coating that, when applied to sponges, traps pollutants found in water.
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See the winners of the Chicago Sun-Times’s art contest
More than 120 entries poured in from students in Chicago and the suburbs.
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In a Chicago author’s first book, a determined little girl tries to win the bedtime battle
Clothilde Ewing wanted to write a children’s book where the main character was Black, but where the story does not center around race.
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A $7.3 million effort to restore Lincoln Park’s North Pond is underway
The pond has slowly been filling with sediment since it was constructed in the 1880s.
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Janelle Monáe explores the idea of memories in her first book
The multi-talented artist will be at Chicago’s Harris Theater on Friday evening to share more about her first venture into the literary world.
