This piece was originally performed at 14 East’s live storytelling event on the theme of Transitions in May. Chicago is a city of big infrastructure —..
You could call it a problem. Or a crisis, or even a catastrophe — but not one of these words fully capture the gravity of..
As a little kid, I can remember watching TV and seeing commercials for restaurants or frozen dinners and the food being advertised as “just how..
Chicago is a city of young people — and they’re determined to have their voices heard. In fact, 35 percent of Chicago’s population is between the..
As humans, we seek warmth. Not just the kind of warm you can adjust on a thermostat, but real warmth — one you can feel..
The Walgreens at the corner of East Armitage Avenue and North Dayton Street in Lincoln Park was not always a Walgreens. A quick glance east..
I can remember when I became “bad at math.” It wasn’t exactly a decision, but there was definitely a before and an after. In elementary..
Last April, now-seniors Nahal Hashemian and Emily Hoey had no plans of running for DePaul’s Student Government Association (SGA) president and vice president. That is,..
Last year, when I began announcing to family friends and relatives that I’d be starting college, a routine conversation would follow: them, recalling their alma..
At some point in the history of humanity, we began forming groups. In our earliest iterations, humans grouped together for survival: for gathering food, raising..
