Sports
As U.S. artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez performed at the world championships, her coach noticed something was wrong: Alvarez was at the bottom of the pool.
June 23, 2022
Politics
Here are excerpts from Sunday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing into the nomination of Judge Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court and Anita Faye Hill’s allegations of sexual harassment .
Oct. 14, 1991
World & Nation
Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez speaks to reporters after bail was denied for Pierre Stokes, the father of slain 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee.
March 14, 2016
Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez details the events that led to the killing of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee, who was shot to death execution-style, a casualty of a feud between gang factions, authorities say.
March 8, 2016
Opinion
The publishing world has been unfriendly to writers of color. In her new novel, Alvarez demands we hear the stories that don’t make it to print.
April 3, 2024
A guest list of sports figures to be featured on TV and radio from today through Thursday. * Shaquille O’Neal, Karl Malone --”The Last Word,” tonight, 6 and midnight, Fox Sports West. * Bob Toledo, Barry Alvarez, Santa Anita executive vice-president and general manager Cliff Goodrich --”The Irv Kaze Show,” tonight, 7-8, KIEV (870). * Larry Holmes, George Foreman --”Up Close,” Monday, 1:30-2 p.m., ESPN. * Ricky Williams, Cade McNown, Tim Couch --”The Last Word,” Monday, 6 p.m. and midnight. * Kerry Wood, Ben Grieve --”The Last Word,” Tuesday, 6 p.m. and midnight. * Peyton Manning, Tee Martin --”The Last Word,” Wednesday, 6 p.m. and midnight. * Mike Tyson, John Elway, Karl Malone, George Steinbrenner --”Up Close Special with Roy Firestone,” Wednesday, 3-3:30 p.m.
Dec. 25, 1998
As the seesaw battle for credibility entered its third day, three friends and a professional colleague of Anita Faye Hill on Sunday told the Senate Judiciary Committee that Hill had told them years ago that she was being sexually harassed by now Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas.
Nearly a month after disrupting Black Friday shoppers on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue, protesters are planning to gather again for a march up the city’s busiest shopping district for a “Black Christmas” demonstration Thursday in response to the fatal shooting by a police officer of Laquan McDonald.
Dec. 23, 2015
Books
The Writer’s Voice; A. Alvarez; W.W. Norton: 128 pp., $21.95
Dec. 14, 2004