The craft supply area is a paradise for DIY enthusiasts working with limited budgets. Yarn in every conceivable color and weight fills bins, much of it leftover from projects abandoned halfway through ...

Asha Bandele reflects on ESSENCE and Susan L. Taylor’s work to uplift Black children through the National CARES Mentoring ...

The rate of SUID for preterm Black infants in Cook County is 472 per 100,000 preterm births – or 1 in 212 preterm Black births. Though these deaths are largely preventable by practicing safe sleep, ...

The LSX Fellows developed a program to support families who transition to Avonworth Primary Center in the middle of the ...

Dr. Beverley Richardson-Blake, Southside Library Boosters President said, “When you look back in history, folks had no access to a book or learning. It was a freedom they didn’t have.

I speak on behalf of all the parents. There are 10,500 medical students and 4,000 other students from India there. So I request the government to evacuate them as soon as possible," added Shabana. The ...

How Juneteenth and Black America helped shape U.S. cuisine By Ben Abrams, Brittney Melton Published June 19, 2025 at 6:30 AM EDT ...

Isabel Wilkerson reflects on this year's Juneteenth celebrations and the complexities of the Black experience in America. Wilkerson is the author of Caste, a book that argues that it was not racism ...

But after I ended my culinary career and started my new life in journalism, I became comfortable with saying, "Yes, I've been a chef" and following that up with, "My favorite cuisine is soul ...