Evanston resident Lois Hedman visited Ten Thousand Villages, a nonprofit fair trade chain retailer, on March 27 — the last day she would visit that location. She knew the store would be closed for two...

Between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Small Business Saturday aims to increase economic activity a little closer to home. Small businesses nationwide — including some in Evanston — held sales and...

Sorting through piles of rugs, Yousaf Chaman stopped to focus on one in particular. Its vibrant hues and livestock patterns reminded him of a place he had been before: a village in the Pakistani countryside,...