The Chicago Reporter is 40 years old and still covering racial issues as well as anyone anywhere—which makes it more necessary than it's ever…
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Editor and publisher Ed Marszewski has built a small empire for the artistic left, from spearheading alternative arts festivals such as Version and the…
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Cross superstition with a heap of empirical evidence and you get—well, either a religious movement or the Curse of the Billy Goat, the legend…
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Not many civic experiences are worse than when you're a CTA regular pitched into a train full of Wrigley-bound Cubs fans: you're minding your…
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Some might pick the #63 east from Midway, with its route through eastern European, Middle Eastern, Hispanic, and African-American enclaves. Others might consider the…
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For 32 years Marillac, a west-side social service center, has been working to strengthen the bond between teen parents and their children. Home…
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The Kennedy Expressway bends east to spare the imposing St. Stanislaus Kostka Church. St. Stanislaus returns the favor. Four years ago its pastor,…
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