September 30, 2022 The Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, was celebrated this week. I am Jewish…

August 16, 2022 I dropped my daughter off at college this weekend. My hopes for her…

June Illinois Humanities News and Updates June 25, 2022 Yesterday the United States Supreme Court…

  January 27, 2022 Dear Friends, Last Wednesday evening I participated in Futures, World-Building, and…

Dear Friends, In the Northern Hemisphere, December brings us the winter solstice, the shortest day…

August 25, 2021 Good morning, In the midst of the ever-dynamic and devastating pandemic (which…

  July 15, 2021 School has given way to summer for most students, but K-12…

February 1, 2021 Friends, January 2021 has been a month of stark contrasts – from…

Dear Friends, Social justice, racial equity, and the humanities have always been deeply intertwined. This…

  Dear Friends, Late last year, when Illinois Humanities began work on our report, On…