Rap took over the 2010s. Nearly every genre, from pop to jazz, embraced instruments like the hi-hat and 808 drums. The nation was introduced to..
This month, we launched our first online fundraising campaign (which you can still donate to). As we prepared for it, we found ourselves reflecting on..
In the beginning of 2010, I was about to turn 12. I resisted the ubiquity of Aeropostale, Abercrombie & Fitch, American Eagle and Ugg boots...
Of all the strict rules at my Lutheran middle school, the two that infuriated me the most were that I was forbidden from wearing my..
The increased implementation of technology in the classroom, such as computers, internet research databases and online learning programs, has created two central parties of thought..
This is a man’s world and hip hop is typically regarded as a young man’s game. Since hip hop’s start in the 1970s as an..
It started with a pothos in the middle of winter. It was January of 2019, and I’d been working at a plant and flower shop..
Raydell Lacey is helping her community one strategic move at a time After losing two children to gun violence on the South Side of Chicago,..
TheMART (the building known to most by its prior name, The Merchandise Mart) has become the backdrop for Chicago artists to make a huge splash..
If you’ve ever heard of Hawthorne Heights, Taking Back Sunday or Bayside, you have Victory Records to thank. The Chicago-based independent leader in post-hardcore and..
