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- News & Politics, News May 8, 2020
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Hundreds test positive for COVID-19 at Chicago’s homeless shelters
The city’s response is improving, but still “not adequate.”
- News & Politics, News Apr 17, 2020
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Pets thrive in the lockdown
Animal shelters have been overwhelmed with adoption applications during the coronavirus pandemic.
- News & Politics, News Apr 14, 2020
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Homeless during a pandemic
Chicagoans without shelter face the tough choice between the streets and shared air.
- News & Politics, Politics Feb 18, 2019
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Five challengers take on 46th Ward alderman Cappleman from the left
Gentrifying Uptown may be ready for the return of Helen Shiller’s spirit.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Feb 1, 2019
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Instead of making a point, In the Blood wallows in misery
Suzan-Lori Parks's modern-day Hester Prynne suffers horribly for no discernible purpose.
- News & Politics, Politics Dec 13, 2018
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Overlooked mayoral hopefuls share bold visions for Chicago
They may have little name recognition and no campaign funds, but the regular people running for mayor are committed to making the city thrive.
- Film, Movie Review Jul 11, 2018
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Leave No Trace approaches homelessness on the most intimate terms
Ben Foster stars as a traumatized war vet living off the grid with his 13-year-old daughter.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 7, 2018
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Fight for right to camp on city streets will continue despite legal setback, homeless advocates say
The city could face further lawsuits after a judge ruled that a homeless tent city in Uptown was not a protected protest.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 7, 2018
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Toni Preckwinkle endorses Democratic front-runner J.B. Pritzker for governor despite controversy, and other Chicago news
Also, a homeless couple is suing the city for removing their tents.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 19, 2017
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Chicago deposits $20 million into the city's last black-owned bank, and other news
Also, after the release of video, Kenneka Jenkins's family and friends ask the FBI to investigate her death in hotel freezer.
- News & Politics, Feature May 10, 2017
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Home sweet home for the homeless
For thousands of Chicagoans "living outside," for better or worse, home is still where they make it.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 16, 2017
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Rauner urges state legislators to pass the Illinois senate's ‘grand bargain,’ and other Chicago news
Also, the list of Beard Award semifinalists is full of Chicagoans.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 19, 2017
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Former CPD chief Garry McCarthy gets a surprise subpoena in the Sandi Jackson-Jesse Jackson Jr. divorce case, and other Chicago news
Also, a lot of Illinois elected officials are skipping the Trump inauguration.
- Arts & Culture, Book Review Oct 5, 2016
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What Chicago can learn from LA’s Skid Row
U. of C. sociologist Forrest Stuart catalogs the perils of overpolicing in Down, Out, and Under Arrest.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 13, 2016
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Grand jury will decide whether to indict cops for roles in alleged Laquan McDonald cover-up, and other Chicago news
Also, Rauner is spending millions to fund Republicans running for the Illinois General Assembly.
- News & Politics, Feature Jun 29, 2016
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The residents of Rezkoville’s tent city battle the elements—and personal demons
The vacant, 62-acre site in the shadow of downtown Chicago is the closest thing some have to home.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 18, 2016
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A Chicago Teachers Union strike is one step closer and other news
Also, state legislators are going to have to wait for their paychecks.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 11, 2015
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Ryley Walker performs tonight to raise awareness for Chicago's homeless
The jazz-folk prodigy plays a show for a good cause.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 9, 2014
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Kasonja Holley is feeding the Loop's homeless on her lunch break
One of Glamour's 50 Women of the Year, Chicagoan Kasonja Holley spends her lunch break hand-delivering sandwiches to people who need a meal.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 17, 2014
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Project Fierce sets out to open a shelter for LGBTQ youth
A local nonprofit hopes to open a shelter on either the south or west side of Chicago.
- Film, Movie Review Sep 10, 2014
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Homeless teens search for a way out in Kartemquin's The Homestretch
The new documentary looks at effective social programs strapped for cash.
- News & Politics, Chicagoans May 4, 2014
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This week's Chicagoan: Cat, formerly homeless youth
"It's hard to be a female on the streets, but to be a gay female was harder."
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 13, 2013
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Why you should read "Invisible Child"
The New York Times series on a homeless child is a damning indictment of our nation's shameful inequality.
- Columns & Opinion, On Media Mar 20, 2013
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The dwindling ranks of Team Mr. Wolfson
The Trib got more than it bargained for with the story of a homeless substitute teacher.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Mar 12, 2013
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Charities drowning in city water fees
Mayor Emanuel sticks it to the poor to collect a few million bucks a year.
