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6 days ago | chicagodefender.com | Tacuma Roeback

After a break-in at their Beverly restaurant, Brian and Linda Flippin reopened Flippin Flavors the same day. Backed by their community, they turned hardship into hope (Photo Credit Tacuma Roeback). On a chilly Saturday morning in late March, Brian Flippin was shopping for supplies when he got the alert no small business owner ever wants to receive. His Beverly restaurant, Flippin Flavors, had been burglarized.

1 week ago | chicagodefender.com | Tacuma Roeback

Stacy Davis Gates (Photo: Facebook). For the first time in over a decade, the Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools have reached a contract agreement without a strike. In a historic move, 97% of CTU members voted to approve the four-year contract, with an 85% turnout. It’s a moment CTU President Stacy Davis Gates sees as a reflection of the union’s alignment with its members and the communities they serve.

2 weeks ago | newpittsburghcourier.com | Tacuma Roeback

Dr. Tracy Scott (Photo Provided). April is National Minority Health Awareness Month. This story is part of our ongoing coverage highlighting the health challenges—and triumphs—of Black people, especially Black Chicagoans. Dr. Tracy Scott, a Black man from Chicago’s West Side, is one in a million. That’s not hyperbole. He shares a rare autoimmune disorder with global pop icon Celine Dion—Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS)—a condition that affects roughly one in a million people.

2 weeks ago | chicagodefender.com | Tacuma Roeback

Dr. Tracy Scott (Photo Provided). April is National Minority Health Awareness Month. This story is part of our ongoing coverage highlighting the health challenges—and triumphs—of Black people, especially Black Chicagoans. Dr. Tracy Scott, a Black man from Chicago’s West Side, is one in a million. That’s not hyperbole. He shares a rare autoimmune disorder with global pop icon Celine Dion—Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS)—a condition that affects roughly one in a million people.

2 weeks ago | chicagodefender.com | Tacuma Roeback

From L-R: State Senator Elgie R. Sims, Jr., Dr. David Peterson, Dr. Lyn Hughes, Cook County Commissioner Donna Miller, Ald. Stephanie Coleman and Cook County Commissioner Stanley Moore (Photo Credit: Tacuma Roeback). They were the wives, the fundraisers, the backbone of a movement. Now, they will finally have a place that tells their story. On a gray, drizzly Saturday in March, the National A.