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In 1959, Chicago was declared the most segregated city in the nation by the U.S. Civil Rights Committee. In 1966, Martin Luther King Jr. stated that he had

On Nov. 22, Republican Illinois State Representatives Bill Mitchell and Adam Brown introduced a resolution to the Illinois General Assembly to separate Cook County from the rest of

The First Time: First Date CHIRP Radio’s “The First Time” series rounds up some of Chicago’s favorite personalities to tell-all about their first time in a specific category –

On Oct. 8, 2011, three strangely dressed men made their rounds in the Chicago downtown. As they turned the corners of an empty street, their capes flew in

A new Pulitzer Center partnership on Crisis Reporting will take place on Oct. 24 and 25, announced Storer Rowley, Executive Director for Government & Community Relations at Elmhurst

At ten years old, Alison Bechdel began obsessively journaling. Paired with her artistic inclinations, these childhood habits combined to shape one of the most influential cartoonists working today. Bechdel’s

Judging from his lax posture and tardiness, it was obvious Raul Maldonado was still adjusting to the stuffiness of the exhibition process. On Sept. 20 in the Founders

Three individuals who have experienced homelessness shared their stories at a speaker’s bureau for the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless in the Founders Lounge on Sept. 26. One speaker,

An unusual film of smoke that carried a burning odor masked the skies of Elmhurst on Tues., Sept. 13. Some EC students were confused by the phenomenon. “I was just