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Mahari proudly embraces its roots in Hyde Park, celebrates African, Caribbean, Creole and Afro-Latino ancestry

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Saturday's high school basketball scores

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New Northwestern offensive coordinator Chip Kelly positive about Wildcats' future

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Northwestern University investigating hate symbols found on campus

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Chicago elementary schoolers delight in new chicken coop that fuses science with Black history

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Trans students felt threatened by this symbol of the far right. Why didn't Northwestern intervene?

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Letters to the Editor

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School vouchers, rooted in segregation, don't belong in Illinois

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Injustice has always been part of America. What's new is white people are being targeted too.

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