Evan Cass, a student at St. Francis Catholic School, has become the first student from the city to qualify for the Optimist International World Oratorical Championships.

Three Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School students were the winners of Ase Production’s Jubilee SPEAKS! Juneteenth Oratorical Essay Contest.

Percival Everett, Simone Biles, Kermit the Frog and Donald Trump deliver words of wisdom, and a few of grotesque stupidity, ...