In South Africa, COVID-19 compounds domestic violence crisis…and leaders fight back
By Kail Cohen October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. On average, every 60 seconds, twenty people are physically abused
Read moreBy Kail Cohen October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. On average, every 60 seconds, twenty people are physically abused
Read moreBy Phoebe Rusch The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES), signed into law in late March, granted education
Read moreClick this link to view the interactive map of Puerto Rico created by Kelsey Rydland, Isabel Sophia Dieppa, Martha Bayne
Read moreIt was a shock for Pam when she first learned she is a Native American. At eight years old, she was transferred to a new school. Huddling in a chair, sitting beside her younger sister, she felt insecure and embarrassed. When the teacher introduced this new student as an “American Indian,” Pam couldn’t believe what she heard.
Read moreBy Becky Dernbach After her son, hip-hop artist John Walt, was murdered in 2017, Nachelle Pugh started a foundation
Read moreArtist Preetika Rajgariah navigates complex, and at times clashing, cultures. Her installations (on view now at Chicago’s Roots and Culture gallery) repurpose quotidian materials laden with cultural meanings, from saris to silver punk studs, to tease apart her intersecting identities.
Read moreChicago transgender activists are demanding an update from Chicago police about the murders of two black transgender women in the last two months, as recent news about a memo connected to President Donald Trump’s administration raises questions about transgender rights nationwide.
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