Barbara Gregorich

Flexibility
in the claws of injustice
doesn't mean we slide
free, escaping their pain, but
that we mend to rise again.

Sophomore Cole Renner knows teamwork inside and out from running cross-country at his multi-ethnic Chicago public school. He knows about braving the elements and not getting passed in the chute. What Cole doesn't know is how much he'll need all of his mental and physical skills when the doors of...

A drum-playing bear makes a mess when he tries to find a place to put his gum.