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There'll be no crowds of shivering Chicagoans lakeside this year but you can still take the plunge. The annual fundraiser event which sees hordes take to the lake at North Avenue Beach every March, will this year inste...
The recent release of "Judas and the Black Messiah" has since motivated a surge in donations but there were clashes over several aspects including the film's accuracy. A GoFundMe effort called was set up in 2019 to "p...
The best things in life are free. It's probably safe to say that most of us are well and truly over the initial excitement that the snow brings. Persistent winter storms and arctic gusts are providing a numbing chill a...
Who likes the middle seat, anyway? Good news, Delta Flyers, your chances of landing a window or aisle seat on flights just skyrocketed as the air travel company has announced that it will be extending its middle seat b...
is an important part of preventing the spread of the disease, but an uncomfortable nasal swab isn’t ideal over and over again. Luckily, there are other options: like less-intrusive saliva tests. Plus, lets you collec...
BLM joins the list of nominees, including Stacey Abrams, Greta Thunberg, and the World Health Organization. The global BLM movement was recently nominated for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Norwegian Member of Parliame...
Downtown, South Side, and Northwest Side St. Patrick's Day Parades have been canceled. We wait another year. It likely won't come as a shock to anybody, given that a global pandemic is still wreaking havoc worldwid...
Chicago's artistic vigilantes are at it again. You might remember back in May of last year an artistic vigilante by the name of Jim Bachor was roaming . The street artist's charitable and talented efforts impressed the...
Cuteness overload. It snowed in DC for the first time in two years this past weekend and the giant pandas at the National Zoo clearly didn't want to miss out on all the fun. We can't help but share with you what happen...
The building may now be turned into a museum. On January 27, 2021, Chicago's City Council voted to designate the Woodlawn home where Emmett Till lived as a landmark. The property, known as The Emmett Till and Mamie...
