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Customizing your own Ferrari

Customizing your own Ferrari

From colors to fabrics, materials and finishes: CNN Style visits the atelier where clients can have their car “fitted” through the Tailor Made program.MORE

‘Super Mario Bros’ turns 30

‘Super Mario Bros’ turns 30

CNN’s Kristie Lu Stout looks back at a gaming classic’s debut and answers the key question, ‘Why does Mario have a mustache?’MORE

The most talked about teenager in tennis

The most talked about teenager in tennis

Borna Coric is the highest ranked teen on the ATP tour. The 18-year-old Croat has already beaten Rafa Nadal and Andy Murray and wants to become the No. 1.MORE

The hottest spot in Havana

The hottest spot in Havana

Anthony Bourdain visits hot spot Fabrica de Arte Cubano, a nightclub, performance space and art gallery in Havana, Cuba.MORE

Blogs

Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all

By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year.  It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …

Is federal mobilization the answer?

By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city.   Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…

In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans

By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…

Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life

Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University.   We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk.  Going to work every day for some people means…