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The powers that be

What Illinois can expect from Bruce Rauner

Curtis Black
Nov 05, 2014
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Muckrackers

Not just Gary: Vacant houses plague Chicago neighborhoods, too

Jonah Newman
Oct 31, 2014
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The powers that be

New mayoral hopeful cheers Chicago’s progressives

Curtis Black
Oct 29, 2014
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Guest commentary

Telling the stories of victims in Indiana serial killings

Ava Thompson Greenwell
Oct 27, 2014
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From classroom to City Council?

Melissa Sanchez
Nov 06, 2014

More than a half-dozen educators are running for aldermanic seats in next year’s city elections. It’s a sign of the times: the Chicago Teachers Union now considers itself a “social movement” union concerned with equity and economic justice throughout communities, not...

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CPS reverses decision to close Dyett High School

Sarah Karp
Oct 28, 2014

CPS officials made the surprise announcement Friday that they want proposals for a new, open enrollment neighborhood high school to be located at Dyett High, the Washington Park school that is in the last year of being phased out.

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TCR Talks: Art sparks dialogue about Cook County Jail

Katherine Mirani
Oct 27, 2014

Maria Gaspar’s mother was a clown, and Gaspar would go with her when she performed at house parties. But being a clown was only one of her mother’s jobs. She also taught elementary school students in Little Village and...

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Fees contribute to disparities among schools

Sarah Karp
Oct 14, 2014

As one of the city's elite selective high schools, Whitney Young received more than $480,000 additional money from the district last year. But that wasn't its only financial advantage.

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‘National Month of Resistance’ kicks off

Oct 01, 2014
The Chicago Reporter
Protesters rallied at 26th Street and California Avenue as part of the 2014 National Month of Resistance to Mass Incarceration, Police Terror, Repression, and the Criminalization of a Generation, which is holding events throughout October to highlight police misconduct and wrongful convictions, among other issues.
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Nuns target voter registration at Union Park rally

Sep 25, 2014
Katherine Mirani

Most prospective voters would not expect to be greeted by a crowd of nuns urging them to register for the upcoming election. But a group of Catholic sisters—calling themselves Nuns on the Bus—rolled into Chicago on Thursday as a part of a national effort to get people to sign up.
Mural’s message of peace connects Englewood, Woodlawn
By Grace Donnelly
Sep 17, 2014
'Take the stage ’cause it's yours': A conversation about drag
By Michelle Kanaar
Sep 05, 2014
The economics of black power
By Rosalie Chan
Sep 02, 2014
Tuley Park Comets helped plant baseball roots on South Side
By Angelica Sanchez
Aug 25, 2014
Challenging stereotypes about Asian Americans
By Rosalie Chan
Aug 18, 2014
Forwarding race relations one hoop at a time
By Rosalie Chan
Aug 11, 2014

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National Day of Action Against Police Brutality

More than 100 people rallied at Chicago's Daley Plaza at noon on Oct. 22, the National Day of Action Against Police Brutality. Later that evening, activists held a vigil outside of the 11th District Police Station, in honor of Roshad McIntosh, 18, who was fatally shot in East Garfield Park in August.

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Minorities most often shot by cops

New data from the City of...

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Illinois' long-term jobless blues

Nearly half of the state’s...