Arshay Cooper knows first-hand how rowing can offer a lifeline to kids in challenging circumstances. Cooper and his teammates from Chicago’s Manley High School made history in the 1990s as the country’s first all-Black high school rowing team. Their story inspired the 2020 documentary film “A Most Beautiful Thing” produced by rapper-actor Common and retired […]
For the past 15 years, Bill Gates has dedicated prodigious intellectual and financial resources to understanding climate change and greenhouse gas emissions, and to fostering solutions which will prevent the planetary catastrophes that scientists believe they foretell. Gates says the world emits 51 billion tons of greenhouse gases annually and this needs to be reduced […]
The basketball nun is back. Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the 101-year-old chaplain of Loyola University Chicago’s men’s basketball team, made headlines last weekend for her pregame prayer. If it sounded more like a scouting report, that’s because it was. “As we play the Fighting Illini, we ask for special help to overcome this team and […]
This spring, consider the countless organizations that have worked vigorously to support our community during the pandemic. Whether you can give your time by volunteering, things by donating unwanted or unused items, or support through monetary contributions — give back to these Chicago-area nonprofits and show your appreciation for their commitment to our city and […]
