3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (828+ words) Next June marks 60 years since Loving v. Virginia. My parents did not wait for it. This month my parents are beginning their seventh decade of marriage despite a law that tried to stop them. Sixty years ago they were married in…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (316+ words) Tax Hikes Fuel Illegal Market Growth, Raise Stakes for Players Facing High Risks of Fraud Illegal Sites & Bookies with No Oversight & No Age Verification Target Teens & Students As sports fans across Illinois prepare for Week 1 of the NFL season, the…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (470+ words) Labor Day is a federal public holiday in the United States celebrated the first Monday in September. This year, 2023, it will be observed on September 4. The holiday honors the American labor movement and the contributions workers have made to the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (485+ words) All I can say is we’re thankful and lucky, said Caren Jones, executive director of the YWCA of Gary. The Y, 150 W. 15th Avenue, never lost power from the August 11th storm that crippled Gary and northwest Indiana. For more than a…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (323+ words) When B.B. King sang, “When I first got the blues, they brought me over on a ship / Men were standing over me and a lot more with a whip… everybody wanna know why I sing the blues,” he gave voice to…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (699+ words) M.E.B. comes to Chicago Jazz Festival with full Miles Davis’ repertoire Vince Wilburn Jr. is the nephew of Miles Davis, and he founded the M.E.B. to celebrate all things Miles Davis. M.E.B. (Miles Electric Band) is an avant-garde collective whose mission…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (828+ words) Chicago City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin is asking the City Council to dissolve a little-known city investment fund and return more than $57 million to Chicago’s main operating fund as City Hall confronts a budget shortfall and the possibility of layoffs involving…...