Chicago sisters write children's book to inspire young entrepreneurs
When life gives you lemons… NBC Chicago first shared 12-year-old Jade Lee and her 11-year-old sister Joy’s story in August, when the two sisters from Roseland set up a lemonade stand to raise money to ...
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Who Was Andre Melendez, the NYC “Club Kid” Murdered and Dismembered Over Money?
Read about “Club Kid" Andre “Angel” Melendez, who vanished from New York City, where he was known for donning outlandish outfits like feathered wings.
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One of the Oldest Surviving Operas by a Black American Composer Will Be Performed for the First Time—138 Years After It Was Written
Edmond Dédé's 1887 magnum opus "Morgiane"—billed as "the most important opera never heard"—will finally get its premiere ...
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What’s in Trump’s New Executive Orders on Indoctrination and School Choice
The White House has no authority over curriculum, and no ability to unilaterally pull back federal dollars, but Trump is ...
I became a financial educator because my parents never talked to me about money. I want to help others avoid the mistakes I made.
Stacey Black became a financial educator so other people wouldn't make the mistakes she made because no one talked to her ...
‘We were Black kids at a majority-white school – that feeling never leaves you’
‘Season two rides that wave but it’s a bit more “we’re dealing with school kids now”. In season one, there were many ...
What Happened When America Emptied Its Youth Prisons
James Forman Jr. is a professor of law at Yale University and a former public defender. He is the author of “Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America,” for which he received a ...
Kiwanis Club provides comfort backpacks for kids to sheriff’s deputies
Colean Black with the Kiwanis Club West says this idea was a way to provide comfort to children while helping law enforcement ...