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Originally Written March 12, 2025 as part of a news features class at Wilbur Wright College. An octogenarian couple are the only two in the bike shop. In fact, they own the place. Signs of a dying business permeate the atmosphere. Empty shelves. Hardly any customers. The fading turquoise paint above the front door reveals an outer storefront slowly withering away. On the walls behind the cash register, handlebars and cranksets are concentrated, perhaps to direct attention awa

Originally Written April 7, 2025 as part of a news features class at Wilbur Wright College. “There is no such thing as trying, either you do it or you don’t,” says Tammatha Spivey. “If you put your all into everything, you will succeed. So if you didn’t put your all into everything, you didn’t truly try.” Whether it was getting Wright College students to register to vote, hosting school-wide discussion forums on issues like immigration and DEI, or helping organize Wright’s pe

Originally Written May 5, 2025 as part of a news features class at Wilbur Wright College. As you walk through October Cafe in Norwood Park, Renee Jablon is enjoying a conversation with her young adult daughter Kala. Both differ in their level of coffee obsession but share one belief in common: coffee keeps social ties grounded. “Going out to get coffee is an easy place to meet people and have conversations,” observed Renee, who said coffee is an “occasional treat” that she d