Live video of Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. taking the presidential oath of office played to a largely dispassionate Valois Cafeteria occupied by…
Aaron Gettinger
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- Bio
Aaron Gettinger, a third-generation newspaperman, studied sociology at Stanford University and the University of Chicago and joined the Herald in 2018.
- Home town
Sullivan, Indiana
With plenty of planning, school-community cooperation and monitoring of protocols, St. Thomas the Apostle School saw a smooth resumption of in…
As Rebecca Brown read "Owl Moon," to the rapt attention of her preschoolers at Bret Harte Elementary in East Hyde Park, another class burned o…
The United States may soon have a third coronavirus vaccine, with research at the University of Chicago partly to thank if the shots are shown…
The coronavirus variant B.1.1.7 thought to be behind skyrocketing infection rates in Great Britain and Ireland has been discovered in Chicago,…
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SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Senate passed a criminal justice omnibus bill early Wednesday after a grueling 20 hours of politicking during the l…
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SPRINGFIELD — Bills aimed at improving racial equity throughout the state’s K-12 and higher education systems and another aimed at addressing …
Isabel Wilkerson used her keynote at the University of Chicago's Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration to reflect on the insurrection in Washin…
Reps. Bobby Rush (D-1st) and Robin Kelly (D-2nd) voted with a bipartisan majority of House colleagues to impeach President Donald Trump for an…
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