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Thursday, April 25, 2024
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Suzanne McBride

Assistant metro editor

Suzanne McBride is assistant metro editor at the Chicago Sun-Times.

Nancy McBride was in hospice care the last nine weeks of her life, but her family wishes she had started sooner.
Other Views
Holidays are ideal time to have ‘that talk’ with loved ones
It’s never easy talking about death, but having end-of-life discussions well before you or a loved one is seriously ill ensures fewer surprises and better quality of life.
By Suzanne McBride
 
Rev Marshall Hatch Jr., executive director of Maafa Redemption Project and a pastor at New Mount Pilgrim Church in West Garfield Park, with several young men participating in Maafa who traveled to Washington, D.C., to participate in a voting rights march and rally on Saturday.
News
West Side residents rally in D.C. for voting rights
“This was vital for us to be here,” said Rev. Marshall Hatch Jr., executive director of Maafa Redemption Project and a pastor at New Mount Pilgrim Church. “It’s a profound way to commemorate Dr. King’s movement and continue his legacy and work.”
By Suzanne McBride
 
Dave and Susie Hodgson, with daughter Emily, left, and son, James Leck, right, outside their Somonauk, Il home. | Rich Hein/Sun-Times
Well
‘It will never be over for us,’ says Illinois woman who’s lost family members to rare brain disease
An annual walk to raise money for the Huntington’s Disease Society of America is Sunday at the Naperville Riverwalk.
By Suzanne McBride
 
Charlie Bobrinskoy, vice chairman of the Big Shoulders Fund and an executive with Ariel Investments, meets with St. Philip Neri School eighth-graders during the 2019-2020 school year. Bobrinskoy, along with Big Shoulders Fund executive committee member Jim Hoeg, developed the stock market program that about 1,000 students in 64 schools participated in this past year.
Doing Well
Students learn about investing in the stock market, financial literacy
All but eight of 64 Catholic school teams beat the S&P 500 in a months-long competition in which the students invested $3,000.
By Suzanne McBride
 
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Education
As CPS hosts star-studded graduation ceremony, hundreds march to demand removal of cops from schools
Oprah Winfrey, Common, Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Lori Lightfoot all address the 2020 graduating class during a virtual ceremony Sunday.
By Tom Schuba and Suzanne McBride
 
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News
Governor releases guidelines for more Illinois businesses to reopen in coming days
Pritzker stressed that as more businesses reopen, the No. 1 priority will continue to be the health and safety of Illinois residents and workers.
By Suzanne McBride
 
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Columnists
‘I don’t get followed when I walk through a grocery store. My nephew does’
So what can white people do? What should we do?
By Suzanne McBride
 
Julia Kerpel, 15, is a certified Zumba instructor.
Exercise Well
Highland Park teen, mom teach ‘virtual’ Zumba, connecting people across the country amid pandemic
Julia Kerpel, 15, is one of the youngest instructors in the country licensed to teach the dance-fueled Zumba.
By Suzanne McBride
 
Chicagoan Delores Tomorrow (left) and Kim Davis are pictured in an episode of this season’s “The Biggest Loser.”
Well
Chicagoan gets serious about health, fitness with stint on ‘The Biggest Loser’
Though she was eliminated in the reality show’s fourth week, Delores Tomorrow said she’s proud of the changes she’s made to be healthier.
By Suzanne McBride