Chicago’s Next Voices

We launched Chicago’s Next Voices to hear more of the diverse experiences and perspectives that make up our community.

Seniors face challenges in getting around and, ah, getting it on, Randi Forrest says, and need an outlet to share concerns — including how to get by in a world geared to younger people.
Chicago’s Next Voices columnist Lashaunta Moore: Hard work and life hacks can open doors and unleash talent, especially for those from underserved communities.
Protests had erupted in Chicago as minority students were bused to majority-white schools. Amid all of that, two young girls, one white, one Black, sat together as new friends. One was my daughter.
We could only spend the winter dreaming of the coming spring. “New” old toys would appear. Bixler would again fill with little kids, coming from blocks and miles and neighborhoods away to run and yell and be together.