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| Scope | Local |
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| Language | English |
| Country | United States of America |
| Media Market | Chicago |
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Search Articles30 Best Things to Do in Chicago and the Suburbs in September 2026
September in Chicago brings major music and arts festivals, world-class theater, food events, museum exhibitions, author talks, comedy, and great opportunities to take advantage of warm weather while we still can.
Great Art Shouldn’t Require Artists to Struggle: Why Protecting Artists Protects the Art
What if we challenged the long-standing idea that artists should have to struggle for their art? Is instability proof of passion? Do we equate uncertainty with choosing a creative life? Should dancers, musicians, actors, and visual artists accept sacrifice as the cost of doing what they love? What if, instead, we believed that extraordinary art requires not only extraordinary talent, but extraordinary care?
A New Home Court: After School Matters and the Obama Presidential Center Launch Youth Programming for Chicago Teens
On a Wednesday afternoon, teenagers in colorful T-shirts were jogging back and forth across a brand-new gym floor and practicing their basketball and volleyball skills. The exercises were part of the first youth programming at the Obama Presidential Center, bringing a long-held vision to life through a partnership with After School Matters, a Make It Better Foundation 2026 Philanthropy Award Winner.
Protecting the Food We Grow: Innovation Against Crop Disease
Access to nutritious food is one of the most basic and important human rights, and yet, more than 700 million people faced hunger in 2023. A staggering 35% of the global population, equivalent to 2.8 billion people, experience “hidden hunger,” the lack of adequate nutrition. and trade disruptions have brought to light the complexities and fragility of our global food systems, but an often unrecognized and far more pervasive threat to our food supplies is crop disease.
When Alzheimer’s Makes You a Caregiver Overnight, Where Do You Turn?
The caregiver list was already out of date the day Ronna Larsen got it. A caseworker had handed her a photocopied sheet of local caregivers, and one by one, the numbers on it led nowhere: offices that had closed, agencies no longer taking clients. Larsen’s mother had just been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, and Larsen, along with her father, had suddenly become her caregivers. “All the doctors would tell us is it will get worse,” Larsen says of those first, disorienting weeks.
Food for Today. Hope for Tomorrow.
Every person deserves access to nutritious food in a way that honors their dignity, respects their choices, and meets them where they are. From childhood through adulthood and older age, food can mean much more than a meal — and can even strengthen entire communities. Nourishing Hope — a 2026 Make It Better Philanthropy Award winner — is working to build that future of food access across Chicago, where getting support feels welcoming, empowering, and centered on the individual.
How One Woman Turned $100 Into a Mission to Improve Education in Ghana
Every child deserves access to quality education in a safe and supportive learning environment. Yet for many children in rural Ghana, that opportunity remains out of reach because of inadequate school facilities and limited educational resources. After watching a documentary on social media that highlighted the educational challenges facing children in underserved communities, Loretta Adu, a Ghana native, felt deeply moved and inspired to take action.
Why More Americans Are Just a Paycheck Away From Homelessness
After years of building a career in banking, Kherrington lost his job following health complications, turning his life upside down. Choosing to take control and see the layoff as a new beginning, he moved to Chicago with a friend. But when that arrangement fell through, Kherrington found himself without housing, savings, or a support network. Kherrington’s story is personal but reflects a growing national reality.
What If We Funded Nonprofits the Way We Fund the Private Sector? How Lever for Change Is Proving the Model
In 2023, the executive director of a youth-serving nonprofit in Chicago got a call she had been dreading. The 12-month grant that had kept her after-school program running was ending. The program was working, graduation rates among participants were up, and families on the waitlist were growing. But the funder had moved on to other priorities. She had 90 days to find new funding or shut the program down. She is not alone.
A Path Forward: Building a New Life After Incarceration
New apartment keys. A new career with higher pay. And a growing commitment to giving back. Since returning home after incarceration, Adisa has been building his new life one milestone at a time—putting the confidence, connections and skills he gained through Defy Ventures’ CEO of Your New Life program into action. Adisa joined the program while incarcerated hoping to build his business knowledge. What he gained went much further.