What Virgil Abloh Meant to Me
To the world, he was a fashion icon. But to me, he was a mentor, fierce champion for young creatives, and master educator with street cred.
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Ayana Contreras Spotlights the Power of Black Excellence
In Energy Never Dies, Contreras explores the surprising connections among Chicago’s tastemakers and cultural innovators.
Cook County Board approves measure giving Toni Preckwinkle more power during coronavirus crisis
Cook County commissioners approved a measure on Monday that would temporarily expand County Board President Toni Preckwinkle's power to make some decisions independently, without their direct approval, as officials respond...
Coronavirus disruptions force Cook County state’s attorney candidates off the campaign trail for their vital final weekend push
They had planned to attend the St. Patrick's Day parades and festivities, host rallies and make appearances at bars, restaurants and train stations to encourage voters to turn out on...
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s race for reelection has faced Smollett criticism, opponent with deeper pockets
She has made the rounds at some of Chicago's historic churches, asking congregants for their votes. She's hosted nearly a dozen campaign rallies in Cook County, attended conversations with families...
Bill Conway’s new campaign ad attacks State’s Attorney Kim Foxx on Jussie Smollett, using her own words against her
With just a week before Election Day, Bill Conway released a new campaign commercial attacking Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx over the ongoing Jussie Smollett case, this time using...
Cook County state’s attorney candidates combined have raised more than $16M, more than doubling 2016’s haul
As the contentious race for Cook County state's attorney enters its closing days, candidates are flooding the zone with campaign commercials and literature. If it seems like there's a lot...
Mayor Lightfoot taps new CEO for Chicago Housing Authority
More than six months after the Chicago Housing Authority's CEO abruptly resigned, Mayor Lori Lightfoot has selected a veteran public housing executive from Minneapolis to take the agency's top job,...
Cook County Commissioner Jeffrey Tobolski announces resignation months after FBI raided his government offices
Embattled Cook County Commissioner Jeffrey Tobolski is resigning from the county board and from his post as McCook village president, he said in separate letters Friday. Tobolski did not say...
Kim Foxx’s office ‘moving to quickly dismiss’ charges against distraught mother of slain nursing student
Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx met this week with the family of a teenage nursing student who was fatally shot last week at an Avalon Park convenience store and...