Articles filed under Diversity
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Stevenson students' nonprofit aims to create sanctuaries for birdsJun 19, 2023 5:30 am - Seeing growing environmental pollution and apathy toward conservation, three Stevenson High School rising seniors sought to raise awareness about the problem in their sc...
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Stevenson students' nonprofit aims to create sanctuaries for birdsJun 18, 2023 1:00 am - Seeing growing environmental pollution and apathy toward conservation, three Stevenson High School rising seniors want to raise awareness about the problem in their scho...
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'It's a family reunion': Elgin's Juneteenth celebration rooted in city's historyJun 17, 2023 1:00 am - Two years to the day a bill was signed into law making Juneteenth a federal holiday, Elgin held its annual Juneteenth festival Saturday celebrating Black freedom, histor...
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Bud Light, America's top beer for decades, falls to second following LGBTQ+ marketing criticismJun 15, 2023 1:00 am - After more than two decades as America's best-selling beer, Bud Light has slipped into second place. Modelo Especial, a Mexican lager, overtook Bud Light in U.S. retail ...
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Supreme Court preserves law that aims to keep Native American children with tribal familiesJun 15, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Thursday preserved the system that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings of Native child...
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Elgin's New Citizen Recognition Ceremony returns for 23rd yearJun 15, 2023 1:00 am - Almost 100 people who have become new U.S. citizens in the past year will be recognized on Tuesday, June 20, during the New Citizen Recognition Ceremony in Elgin. The ev...
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Transgender and nonbinary people are often sidelined at Pride. This year is differentJun 13, 2023 1:00 am - HARTFORD, Conn. - Kara Murphy, a transgender woman helping to organize the Union County Pride in a suburb of Charlotte, North Carolina, is heartened to see Pride celebra...
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Suburbs to mark Juneteenth with celebrations this weekendJun 12, 2023 5:30 am - Several suburbs will mark the Juneteenth federal and state holiday this weekend with community festivals. Considered the longest-running African American holiday and obs...
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Anti-book ban bill becomes lawJun 12, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday signed legislation that seeks to protect public and school libraries from pressure to ban, remove or restrict access to books ...
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Tony Awards make inclusive history and put on quite a show despite Hollywood strikeJun 11, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - The intimate, funny-sad musical "Kimberly Akimbo" nudged aside splashier rivals on Sunday to win the musical crown at the Tony Awards on a night when Broadway...