- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 11, 2013
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A short history of FeelTrip's DIY venue
Cofounder Dave Beltran talks about the label and how it transformed into a multipurpose space
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 10, 2013
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A greener Chicago would be a safer Chicago
Urban farming and better care of vacant lots could reduce crime and improve life in poorer areas
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 30, 2012
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You're right George Bailey, you crazy son of a bitch—it IS a wonderful life!
Learning to love all things local in Logan Square
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 13, 2012
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A model integrated community for Chicago to study
In Hope Meadows, a common purpose for residents—caring for each other—leads to real integration
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 6, 2012
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Another price of segregation: not just homicide, but countless walking wounded
More than 2,300 people have been shot in Chicago this year, and the toll is often great even for those who survive
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 24, 2012
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CIFF notes: talking cheap with Gimme the Loot director Adam Leon
An interview with the writer-director of the independent New York comedy Gimme the Loot
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 23, 2012
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South-side residents fend off pawnshop plan
In the face of community opposition, plans are withdrawn for a pawnshop at 79th and Western
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 18, 2012
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Chicago schools: even more segregated than they seem
There's great potential for diverse schools in Cook County
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 11, 2012
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Should Emanuel move to Englewood?
Rahm's desegregation plan
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 8, 2012
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The Shining at midnight: am I Blu?
Thoughts on a recent midnight show at the Logan Theater
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 4, 2012
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Chicago's growing racial gap in child poverty
In Chicago, the poverty rate for black kids is more than five times the rate for white kids. And the gap is growing.
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 21, 2012
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Poverty still rising in Chicago
In a segregated city, growing poverty is easy to ignore
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 21, 2012
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Obama's (former) vow to attack poverty
Back when the president was just a candidate, poverty was on his agenda
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 14, 2012
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Avoiding the dreaded street-sweeping ticket
Sweeparound.us helps you not get ticketed during your neighborhood's monthly street-sweeping dates
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 6, 2012
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Cause of death: poverty
The protagonist of David Simon's book on a Baltimore neighborhood consumed by drugs has died of an overdose
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 2, 2012
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On staying put
There's no place like home
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 1, 2012
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The deeper drug war
There's a more cynical problem than the war on drugs
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 26, 2012
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Concentrated poverty and homicide in Chicago
Segregation's lethal legacy marches on
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 25, 2012
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Moreno fights to keep Chick-fil-A out of his "hipster ward"
Alderman Joe Moreno plans on halting a plan to build a Chick-fil-A in the first ward
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 20, 2012
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Requiem for the Mattress Man
Farewell to the city's most inspiring costumed promotional attraction
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