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, Dec 21, 2012
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Deep-sea discovery with Janet Voight
Janet Voight, deep-sea biologist, talks about what she's found at the bottom of the ocean
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, Dec 21, 2012
The passion of Vern Hester
Photography, rock, Buddhism, and enthusiasm are a part of what makes him one extraordinary Chicagoan
by Leor Galil
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, Dec 20, 2012
A glimpse of the Chicago music scene that thrives outside the glare of the spotlight
The B Side of the People Issue: Angel Olsen, Million Dollar Mano, Dee Alexander, and more
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, Dec 20, 2012
Endangering the lives of children: the ceaseless train of tragedy in segregated neighborhoods
Traumatic losses are almost commonplace for some kids in Chicago
by Steve Bogira
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, Dec 20, 2012
People Issue 2012:
Jackie Taylor, the dramatist
"I put my life into this and I don't want it to go when my life goes."
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, Dec 19, 2012
People Issue 2012:
Roger Sosner, the hawker
"Any person with a strong back and a weak mind can do it."
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People Issue 2012:
Tony Bacon, the custodian
"The union guy told me, 'Just be happy you got a job.'"
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People Issue 2012:
John Campos, the organizer
"Some blocks look like Afghanistan and others look like any other street in Chicago."
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, Dec 19, 2012
People Issue 2012:
Ehsan Ghoreishi, the filmmaker
"I knew my potential. I knew my limits. I knew that I had to work my ass off."
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, Dec 19, 2012
People Issue 2012:
Mitzi Scott, the survivor
"You can call it a bottom, or you can call it a blessing."
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, Dec 19, 2012
People Issue 2012:
Dave Odd, the forager
"I take wild plants that we find elsewhere and transplant them and just let them go nuts."
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, Dec 19, 2012
People Issue 2012:
Abra Berens, the farmer
"I think people have lost some contact with how their food is grown."
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, Dec 19, 2012
People Issue 2012:
Martin Kastner, the craftsman
"I had no desire to be an artist. I thought art was all ego."
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, Dec 19, 2012
People Issue 2012:
Million Dollar Mano, the producer
"I didn't know I was ever gonna DJ for Jay-Z."
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Feature
, Dec 19, 2012
People Issue 2012
"You've just gotta filter out noise."
by Reader staff
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, Dec 19, 2012
People Issue 2012:
Alejandro Cerrudo, the dancer
"I make you uncomfortable so the contrast is greater."
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People Issue 2012:
Dave Cerda, the performer
"I loved camp before I knew it was camp."
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, Dec 19, 2012
People Issue 2012:
Keith Magee, the pastor
"I looked in the face of death. I looked into the face of the poor. I saw my calling."
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People Issue 2012:
Janet Voight, the diver
"There must have been cliffs 20 meters high and it's dark and you can only see ten feet ahead of you."
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, Dec 19, 2012
Lessons from Mitzi Scott
More testimony from Mitzi Scott, counselor and recovering addict
by Kate Schmidt
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