Author Archives: Robert McClory

At Saint Basil’s Free People’s clinic, the only thing missing is a billing department.

“This is a street fight,” says anti-casino crusader Tom Grey. “This is no church picnic.”

Why are people so crazy about home schooling?

Howard Saffold battled racism as a leader of the Afro-American Patrolman’s League. then he helped get Harold Washington elected and served as his security chief. Now he’s trying to rehabilitate ex-cons and get prisoners educated. You’d think he’d be getti

Bosnia, Haiti, Iraq: peace activist Kathleen Kelly has put herself on the front lines of the world’s bloodiest conflicts.

Loebl Schlossman & Hackl, the Most Important Chicago Architectural Firm You Never Heard Of

Denise Zaccardi wants to use TV to teach inner-city kids to look critically at their own lives and find solutions to the problems that cripple their communities. In short, she wants to change the world.

The Episcopal church has had women priests since 1977. How’s it working out?

Scott Berenstein of the Center for Neighborhood Technology: Big Problems Require Small Solutions

An Account of the Amazing Life, Fertile Imagination, and Remarkable Industry of William Scholl, Foot Doctor to the World, Including a Small Controversy Concerning the Authenticity of His Credentials