How to Talk Politics With Your Partner

As part of our “Love Essentially” series, Jackie Pilossoph helps us navigate the complex world of relationships. Have a question that you would like her to answer? Contact her here, and it may be featured in an upcoming article! With the presidential election less than three months away, and two political parties that seem more […]

2018 Illinois Midterm Elections: Here's What You Need to Know

Finally — the midterm elections are here, and it is time to make your vote count. Historically the midterm elections have a lower voter turnout than a presidential election, but this year the midterms hold an even bigger meaning, especially with the divisive political climate in the country today. Americans will be voting on the […]

How the Intersection of Politics and Art Took Center Stage at the 7th Annual EXPO CHICAGO

“I’m awfully grateful and civically proud. Welcome,” Tony Karman, president/director EXPO CHICAGO said as he welcomed guests to the seventh annual International Exposition of Contemporary and Modern Art. The four-day exhibition unfurled on Sept. 27 at Vernissage, the opening night benefit sponsored by the Women’s Board of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Chicago, which […]

What If Sarah Sanders Walked Into Your Restaurant? We Asked 5 Local Chefs If They Would Let Politics Influence Who They Serve

Sarah Sanders, White House press secretary, walks into a restaurant… Or maybe it’s Attorney General Jeff Sessions, or Steven Miller, senior advisor to POTUS. All three have been driven from dining establishments this summer because of their politics and their political associations. In June, for instance, Sarah Sanders was asked to leave the Red Hen […]

How You Can Help the Immigrant Children Separated From Their Families

Embed from Getty Images The recent Trump administration policy that has separated immigrant children from their families at the border is a humanitarian crisis that has rightfully faced global opposition, including from all five living First Ladies. As of yesterday afternoon, President Trump signed an executive order to stop the policy, but the more than […]

Maria Shriver Talks Fitness, Family and Her Quest to Cure Alzheimer's

When Maria Shriver’s father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s (and later died from the disease in 2011), it set her on a course to support the search for a cure for the devastating disease. Her nonprofit, The Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement, addresses how Alzheimer’s is particularly brutal to women, who suffer from it at an alarming rate. […]

Joe Biden at Northwestern: The Former Vice President Talks Working Women, Inequality, and Optimism

Last Friday, March 9, former Vice President Joe Biden took the stage in the soaring three-story atrium of Kellogg School of Management’s Global Hub building on Northwestern University’s Evanston campus. The packed house consisted primarily of Kellogg School of Management students, with Biden’s speech made accessible to the public via live stream. Kellogg Dean of […]