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In retirement, Samuel T. Cicchelli, our latest Chicago's Next Voices columnist, took a part-time job as a crossing guard. He says the students and family members he's encountered have given him an education in how to appreciate his fellow human beings.
Effie Koliopoulos, who lives in the north suburbs, is a budding children’s author and one of the Sun-Times' Chicago's Next Voices guest columnists.
The permanent Bally’s casino promises an escape, but Chicagoans should look to the 1915 Eastland disaster as a cautionary tale of a promised respite from the dreary and mundane.
Randi Forrest, who was among the winners of the Chicago Sun-Times' Chicago's Next Voices competition, is a guest columnist. She raised her family on the Northwest Side before moving to Mount Prospect. "Life can be uncomfortable, and people are so afraid to talk about things we all have in common, especially getting old and the things we have to go through," says Forrest, who's in her 60s. "People who are my age might enjoy reading about these things and saying, ‘Oh, my God, here’s someone willing to talk about it.’ It’s not taboo. It’s OK to talk about i...
They come from all walks of life and share the hopes, frustrations and fears that connect us all.