Articles filed under Diversity
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‘A resilient nation’: Leaders stress importance of community at MLK DinnerDec 15, 2024 1:47 pm - Illinois and suburban leaders united Saturday at the 55th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Remembrance Dinner in Palatine to fight division and build community in "infinite game" for justice.
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‘So much to be done’: Arlington Heights pastor, 90, reflects on decades of fighting for civil rightsDec 10, 2024 6:44 pm - The Rev. Clyde Brooks sees society sliding backwards on racial equality, but at age 90 and after more than 60 years of activism inspired by Martin Luther King Jr., the Arlington Heights pastor persists in carrying forward King's legacy.
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Cook Co. Treasurer welcomes visitors to celebration of ‘Christmas Trees from Around the World’Nov 26, 2024 9:50 am - For the 21st year, Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas is celebrating ethnic holiday traditions of nearly 100 different nationalities at the “Christmas Trees from Around the World” display at her office.
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St. Louis was once known as Mound City for its many Native American mounds. Just one remainsNov 23, 2024 12:03 pm - What is now St. Louis was once home to more than 100 mounds constructed by Native Americans — so many that St. Louis was once known as “Mound City.” Settlers tore most of them down, and just one remains.
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Illinois launches ‘Help Stop Hate’ program as hate crime reports surgeOct 30, 2024 1:54 pm - Just days after an Orthodox Jewish man was shot while walking to his Chicago synagogue, and amid record numbers of hate crime reports nationwide, state leaders on Wednesday announced a new initiative to help those affected by hate-fueled attacks.
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What’s a ‘Jezebel spirit’? Some Christians use the term to paint Kamala Harris with a demonic brushOct 20, 2024 6:00 am - Christian nationalist leaders are telling followers that Vice President Kamala Harris is under the influence of a “Jezebel spirit,” using a term with deeply racist and misogynistic roots that is setting off alarm bells for religious and political scholars.
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What's behind the widening gender wage gap in the US?Oct 16, 2024 7:06 am - Although women who lost or left their jobs at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic have largely returned to the workforce, a recent finding points to the price many paid for stepping back: In 2023, the gender wage gap between men and women working full-time widened year-over-year for the first time in 20 years, according to an annual report from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Indigenous Peoples Day celebrated with an eye on the electionOct 14, 2024 2:50 pm - As Native Americans across the U.S. come together on Monday for Indigenous Peoples Day to celebrate their history and culture and acknowledge the ongoing challenges they ...
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Officials face antisemitic attacks over Hurricane Helene responseOct 08, 2024 7:36 am - Top officials in North Carolina and at the Federal Emergency Management Agency responding to Helene are being subjected to a flurry of antisemitic attacks, causing some o...
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More Black and Latina women are leading unions — and transforming how they workOct 07, 2024 2:14 pm - Women make up roughly half of U.S. labor union membership, but representation in top level union leadership positions has lagged, even in female-dominated industries and ...