The female beaver, who is likely pregnant, has been spotted along the South Branch of the Chicago River near docks in the ...

Dr. Amy Gais is a Lecturer in the Department of Political Science and Comparative Literature and Thought at Washington University in St. Louis. She is the author of The Coerced Conscience (Cambridge ...

Barnett, a civil rights pioneer and suffragist, is being remembered for her bravery and legacy. Her work continues to inspire today.

Wells Principal Ayesha Coning said she invited Michelle Duster to speak at the school because she wanted to honor the ...

Thank you for publishing the op-ed about Ida B Wells (“Chicago activist Ida B. Wells changes the face of American currency,” Feb. 15). I cried as read it. We all need to learn about her.

On October 5, 1892, journalist and activist Ida B. Wells addressed a packed house at New York’s Lyric Hall. The subject was lynching. Wells had recently published an editorial that exposed the ...

Portrait of Ida B. Wells in 1893 by Sallie E. Garrity. Image courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. My great-grandmother, Ida B. Wells, was a very brave woman who ...

The Nelson girls' basketball team came up with clutch shots down the stretch to hold off Ida B. Wells 46-43 in the first ...

This month, I will join Michelle and Dan Duster, Ida B. Wells’ great-grandchildren, to celebrate Wells’ rightful place in history on a U.S. quarter. My organization serves as a consultant to ...

As beaver sightings become more common along the Chicago River, one possibly pregnant beaver captivated Chicagoans. Her name ...