Arts & Culture Books
Judith ValenteOctober 25, 2017"The church as a whole, cannot grasp the vastness of God," Peter Phan argues.
Arts & Culture Poetry
Judith ValenteJune 26, 2017Gwendolyn Brooks' poetry presented readers with a look into the life of African-Americans.
Politics & Society Dispatches
Judith ValenteJune 06, 2017The Illinois General Assembly ended its regular session on May 31 without passing a budget for the third year in a row. The length of the legislative stalemate is unprecedented.
Politics & Society Dispatches
Judith ValenteMay 19, 2017Illinois is one of about 35 states that have “revenge laws” that prohibit anyone from publicly disseminating intimate or embarrassing content about others without their consent.
Arts & Culture Dispatches
Judith ValenteMay 18, 2017The women of the Redbird Writers Guild shared a common belief that writing with faithful trust can lead to transformation—their own and ultimately that of their readers.
Politics & Society Dispatches
Judith ValenteMay 05, 2017Mr. Thompson, one of the first African-Americans hired by a major Chicago advertising agency, is on a crusade to convince people of all races that this is not a black or white matter. Human beings represent a range of color.
Faith Dispatches
Judith ValenteApril 25, 2017With chant “you’re expressing something in pure melody."
Politics & Society Dispatches
Judith ValenteMarch 31, 2017What motivates assailants to brazenly post their crimes to Facebook?
Politics & Society Dispatches
Judith ValenteMarch 18, 2017In a five page “open letter,” Zachary Fardon traced problems in the city’s most troubled neighborhoods to neglect “rooted in ugly truths about power politics, race and racism.
Faith Dispatches
Judith ValenteMarch 09, 2017Ms. Collins’ complaints “mirror” concerns she and other members of the National Review Board raised in the early years of the abuse scandal. “The whole thing spoke to me of ‘nothing’s changed.’”