Q: The season of Lent is starting for Christians. I know we’re supposed to give something up, but I don’t know what to give up. I also don’t know why I should do this in the first place other than...
"If elections were held today, who would you vote for?"
I would vote for Bernie Sanders just for the fact that he knows more about the middle class. He knows what real people go through. All the other...
Q: I’m a student trying to be thriftier this year so I’ll have more money to pay my student loans when I graduate. Do you have any tips?
Thanks!
An Almost Graduate
Dear Almost Graduate,
This...
Over the past two weeks I listened to Chicago Teachers Union President, Karen Lewis, and Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. talk to students at NEIU about the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and fighting for...
The fourth debate of the Democratic primaries, was, I think, uniquely disappointing. It wasn’t the actual discourse between the candidates that made it so; it was the pessimistic environment established...
If you dip your hand twice in a river, the water is never the same.
Unless you live in Flint, Michigan, and polluted water runs through your rivers and your faucet every day.
This whole problem started...
In September 2015, the Internet buzzed at the news that Target had applied for two liquor licenses for its Streeterville store. Rumors quickly spread that one of the nation’s largest retailers would...
Chicago as a city has come to terms with change many times over. However, it’s not something that tends to come to the city naturally or with ease.
There was once a time when the orange line didn’t...
If breasts are out during sex, it's fine; god forbid one should decide to feed a baby with them.
That is the view of talk show host Wendy Williams and apparently, she's not alone.
On Jan. 6, actress...
According to Statistic Brain, nearly half of all Americans make New Year’s Resolutions. The top resolutions for 2015 included losing weight, getting organized and spending less, saving more. Wouldn’t...
I was raised in the Salvation Army church. (Yes, it's a church and not just a charity.) My parents, grandparents and great grandparents were all Christian preachers, either Nazarene or Salvation Army....
