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FILE PHOTO: American Airlines planes are parked at the gate during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Washington

Daily Video September 29 2020

Why are airlines asking Congress for more relief money?

The airlines are just one major industry asking for additional federal relief during the continuing epidemic

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Daily Video June 07 2016

Route 66 communities work to highlight roadway’s golden era

Stretching 2,400 miles between Chicago, Illinois and Santa Monica, California, U.S. Route 66 served as a cultural symbol for America for almost fifty years.

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Student Voices September 03 2015

Chicago youth finds common ground in India

As a black kid growing up in Chicago, some opportunities tend to be more open to me than others. I find aspects of my life experience limited due to my identity, whether or not I recognize it at the time.

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Student Voices August 26 2015

Why I'm taking a gap year in Brazil

Whenever I tell someone about my bridge year plans, they first appear baffled by the term and then flabbergasted by the fact that it doesn't fit the usual expectations post-high school.

A Microfinance Group at a meeting in Hyderabad Slum in Andhra Pradesh, India ( Women members of Microfinance Group )

Student Voices August 17 2015

Travel to India builds solidarity between women

While looking through a photo album of my host mother’s wedding day, I learned that she was 17-years-old the day she was arranged to marry a 30-year-old man from another village whom she did not know.

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Student Voices July 27 2015

Chicago to India: Finding hope in Delhi's slums

Chicago and the slums of India are similar. As you walk through each community, you see despair in both. But in India, I saw something I would have never thought was possible — I saw unity in poverty.

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