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Ben Joravsky on Politics
, Mar 26, 2013
Before the schools, Mayor Emanuel closed the clinics
Advocates fight for patients a year after Rahm shuttered mental health clinics across the city.
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, Aug 2, 2012
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Swap-o-Rama isn't just the flea market where stolen bikes get sold
by Kelsey Gee
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, Mar 6, 2012
The color of his skin
A missing gun, a wavering prosecution, and decades of regret.
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, Dec 22, 2011
Adolfo Mondragon, the candidate
'When I reflect upon this journey from Back of the Yards to Yale, I think it's the journey that's one of the things I love about this country'
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The price of intolerance, part 2
Forty years after racial tensions escalated to tragedy in a south-side neighborhood, Duffie Clark maintains that someone else pulled the trigger.
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, Sep 1, 2011
The price of intolerance, part 1
Racial tensions on Chicago's south side had been simmering for years when, on September 1, 1971, the animosity boiled over—forever altering the lives of two men.
by Steve Bogira
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, Jul 15, 2011
Food & Drink in this week's Reader: an off-the-grid brewery in the making, beer guides, Rustic House, Cocktail Challenge, and more
Food & Drink in this week's Reader: an off-the-grid brewery in the making, beer guides, Rustic House, Cocktail Challenge, and more
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, Jul 14, 2011
An in-the-works brewery goes off the grid
New Chicago Brewing Company confronts a brave new world of crafting beer
by Julia Thiel
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, Nov 5, 2009
Fall Books Special: Chicago's Life Story
Popular Columbia College prof Dominic Pacyga's been telling the city's history in pieces for years. Now he's put it all together.
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, Nov 4, 2008
Report from the polls: Back of the Yards
As the polls get ready to close, Mick Dumke reports from Back of the Yards.
by Kate Schmidt
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, Jan 24, 2008
Guy Vanek's Czech dumplings
Stanley's bartender Guy Vanek gives up his mom's dumpling recipe.
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