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News & Politics, Feature May 27, 2020
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'Please stay at home'

From a studio inside his closet, one refugee is using YouTube to broadcast information about coronavirus.
- By Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven
- Tags: Feature, Immigration, refugee, coronavirus, COVID-19, YouTube, heartland alliance, cdc, uganda, Video

News & Politics, News Nov 27, 2019
Strength on the street

Masked activists take on social services titan Heartland Alliance over facilities for migrant children.
- By Maya Dukmasova
- Tags: News, Heartland Alliance, immigration, immigration detention, migrant detention, migrant children, Heartland Human Care Services, U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement, Immigrantion and Customs Enforcement, ICE, Little Village Solidarity Network, Rogers Park Solidarity Network, Rising Tide Chicago, Free Heartland Kids, Swissotel, Angela Glover Blackwell, PolicyLink, Eileen Mitchell, AT&T Illinois, Rozalinda Borcilă, Evelyn Diaz, Mary Meg McCarthy, National Immigrant Justice Center, deportation, immigration detention, abolition

News & Politics, News Jul 16, 2019
Immigrant children sent to Chicago shelters are traumatized and sick, in some instances with chicken pox or tuberculosis

Hundreds of children are being detained in shelters run by Heartland Human Care Services, which says it has made changes since allegations that children were neglected and mistreated.
- By Melissa Sanchez, Jodi S. Cohen, and Duaa Eldeib
- Tags: News, immigration, Donald Trump, U.S. Border Patrol, Heartland Human Care Services, Heartland Alliance, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Music, Music Feature Apr 18, 2018
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Jessica Risker sharpens her sweet songs on a hazy new album

I See You Among the Stars is the Deadbeat front woman’s first solo record under her own name—and her most confident and consistent effort yet.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music Feature, Jessica Risker, Deadbeat, Absinthe & the Dirty Floors, I See You Among the Stars, Western Vinyl, RPM Challenge, Empty Bottle, Big Forever, Joshua Wentz, My Imaginary Life, Sibylle Baier, Vashti Bunyan, Joanna Newsom, Missouri, Heartland Alliance, counseling, psychology, therapist, Matt Harting, Adam Wiebe, Earhole Studios, Lillstreet Art Center, Lil’ Kidstreet, Jarrett Hothan, One Foot Out the Door, open mike, DIY, Rob Sevier, Dave Vettraino, Soft Moons: Twenty Lullabies, Individual Artists Program, David Yontz, Zero Summer Mind, Shallow Seas, Video

Blogs, Bleader Nov 9, 2016
The election is over, and here’s what you can do about it [UPDATED]

Some suggestions for donating your time, money, and energy.
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Immigration, LGBT, News, Politics, Poverty, Race, Women's Issues, Election 2016, Hillary Clinton, Planned Parenthood, NARAL, CAASE, Rape Victim Advocates, BYP100, Heartland Alliance, Howard Brown Health, Equality Illinois, Iraqi Mutual Aid Society, Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights, Chicago Environmental Network, Latino Union of Chicago, Latino Policy Forum

News & Politics, Feature Nov 19, 2014
Three residents of Chicago's first LGBT senior center tell their stories

There are few places in the country like Boystown's new Town Hall Apartments, which serves one of the city's most overlooked and vulnerable populations.
- By Novid Parsi
- Tags: Feature, LGBT, Town Hall Apartments, Boystown, Pat Cummings, Modesto Tico Valle, Center on Halsted, Michael Goldberg, Heartland Alliance, Kandyse McCoy Cunningham, Chicago Housing Authority, Eva Skye, Christian Halvorsen

Best of Chicago, City Life Jun 25, 2014
Critics' Picks
Best New Home for the Recently Homeless

Harvest Commons
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: City Life, Best of Chicago 2014, Viceroy Hotel, near-west side, Landon Bone Baker, architects, Union Park, Union Park Hotel, Harvest Commons, Heartland Alliance, nonprofits, kitchens, studio apartments, Saint Leonard's Ministries, Gracie's Cafe, community gardens, Critics' Picks

Blogs, Bleader Feb 12, 2014
Chicago, the city that works—just ignore the poverty

President Obama and Mayor Emanuel offer Chicago as a model for America. Is it?
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Poverty, Segregation, Politics, News, Rahm Emanuel, Valerie Jarrett, Barack Obama, State of the Union, University of Chicago, Gleacher Center, World Business Chicago, congress, city council, inequality, poverty, extreme poverty, segregation, Social IMPACT Research Center, Heartland Alliance, Englewood, Lincoln Park, per capita income, teen pregnancy, Years of Potential Life Lost, public health statistics, Chicago Department of Public Health

News & Politics, Feature Aug 21, 2013
A dream unrealized for African-Americans in Chicago

When Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963, most blacks here were living in poor, segregated neighborhoods. They still are.
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Feature, "I Have a Dream" speech, ideals, history, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr., United States Constitution, Declaration of Independence, rights, race, segregation, inequality, jobs, Emancipation Proclamation, freedom, discrimination, equality, public schools, private schools, CPS, Chicago Public Schools, desegregation, Consortium on Chicago School Research, University of Chicago, civil rights, Social IMPACT, Heartland Alliance, crime, property values, Patrick Sharkey, Milwaukee, incarceration, books, manufacturing, public transportation, suburbs, William Julius Wilson, quality of life, racial differences, unemployment, employment gap, Rahm Emanuel, social sciences, jobs, education, poverty, schools, violence, justice, Beverly, Humboldt Park, dissimilarity index, Harold Washington, Barack Obama, neighborhoods, community areas, Urban League, Hyde Park, Near South Side, Near West Side, Near North Side, Lincoln Park, Rogers Park, Uptown, urban renewal, integration, unplanned integration, South Side, West Side

Blogs, Bleader Sep 21, 2012
Poverty still rising in Chicago

In a segregated city, growing poverty is easy to ignore
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Neighborhoods, Poverty, Media, News, child poverty, extreme poverty, poverty line, Rahm Emanuel, census, segregation, Heartland Alliance, Ehud Barak, Tang Liangzhi, Wuhan China, teachers' strike

News & Politics, Mudville May 5, 2011
Working Bikes Co-op welcomes all bikes, even the really screwed-up ones
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Mudville, Working Bikes Cooperative, Pilsen, bicycle repair, Lee Ravenscroft, Peace Corps, Raul Gonzalez, Heartland Alliance

News & Politics, Our Town Mar 18, 2010
Green Carts, Shared Kitchens, Backyard Chickens, and Whole Hogs

Reporting from the FamilyFarmed Expo
- By Martha Bayne
- Tags: Our Town, FamilyFarmed Expo, FamilyFarmed, CSAs, food policy, community-supported agriculture, Green Carts, Karen Karp, Sabrina Baronberg, Kathleen Merrigan, Sarah Eichberger, food security, Heartland Alliance, community gardens, shared-use kitchens, Kitchen Chicago, Alexis Leverenz, Logan Square Kitchen, Zina Murray, Jim Javenkoski, Chapter 4-4-020, food license, snout-to-tail, artisanal charcuterie, Rob Levitt, Mado, Paul Kahan, Blackbird, Avec, the Publican, Ehran Ostrreicher, E & P Meats, Greg Gunthorp, Gunthorp Farms, Mike Sula, whole-animal cooking, offal, backyard chickens, Angelic Organics Learning Center, Martha Boyd, drinking locally, Half Acre, Koval Distillery, Metropolitan Brewery, Goose Island, Greg Hall, Adam Seger, Nacional 27, North Shore Distillery, Joy Neighbors, White Owl Winery, Brian Ellison, Death's Door Spirits, Washington Island

Blogs, Bleader Mar 12, 2010
Reporting from FamilyFarmed: Community Food Security

At the Chicago Food Policy Summit's panel on community food security, a moving story about two community gardens run by Bhutanese refugees.
- By Martha Bayne
- Tags: Food Chain, Lit & Lectures, Food & Drink, Environment, Eco, Books, Community food security, Sarah Eichberger, Heartland Alliance, Bhutanese refugees, Damber Pokhrel, Kushma Pokhrel, Menuka Kafley, Uma Devi Mishra, Heartland Health Outreach, Chicago Food Policy Summit, FamilyFarmed Expo, community gardens, Schreiber Park, Chase Park

Blogs, Bleader Jan 15, 2010
Restaurants Unite for Haiti Relief

Chicago restaurants are lining up to raise funds for relief in Haiti from January 18-24.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Haiti relief, restaurants, Ellen Malloy, Heartland Alliance, blogshpera, Atwood Cafe, avec, Blackbird, BOKA, The Bristol, Chaise Lounge, Crust, Eve, Goose Island Clybourn, Hunt Club, Landmark, more, Old Town Social, one sixtyblue, Perennial, Piece, Prairie Grass Cafe, Province, SUSHIsamba Rio, The Publican, Takashi

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'Please stay at home'

From a studio inside his closet, one refugee is using YouTube to broadcast information about coronavirus.

Strength on the street

Masked activists take on social services titan Heartland Alliance over facilities for migrant children.

Immigrant children sent to Chicago shelters are traumatized and sick, in some instances with chicken pox or tuberculosis

Hundreds of children are being detained in shelters run by Heartland Human Care Services, which says it has made changes since allegations that children were neglected and mistreated.

Video
Jessica Risker sharpens her sweet songs on a hazy new album

I See You Among the Stars is the Deadbeat front woman’s first solo record under her own name—and her most confident and consistent effort yet.

The election is over, and here’s what you can do about it [UPDATED]

Some suggestions for donating your time, money, and energy.

Three residents of Chicago's first LGBT senior center tell their stories

There are few places in the country like Boystown's new Town Hall Apartments, which serves one of the city's most overlooked and vulnerable populations.

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Best New Home for the Recently Homeless

Harvest Commons

Chicago, the city that works—just ignore the poverty

President Obama and Mayor Emanuel offer Chicago as a model for America. Is it?

A dream unrealized for African-Americans in Chicago

When Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963, most blacks here were living in poor, segregated neighborhoods. They still are.

Poverty still rising in Chicago

In a segregated city, growing poverty is easy to ignore

Working Bikes Co-op welcomes all bikes, even the really screwed-up ones

Green Carts, Shared Kitchens, Backyard Chickens, and Whole Hogs

Reporting from the FamilyFarmed Expo

Reporting from FamilyFarmed: Community Food Security

At the Chicago Food Policy Summit's panel on community food security, a moving story about two community gardens run by Bhutanese refugees.

Restaurants Unite for Haiti Relief

Chicago restaurants are lining up to raise funds for relief in Haiti from January 18-24.

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From a studio inside his closet, one refugee is using YouTube to broadcast information about coronavirus.

Masked activists take on social services titan Heartland Alliance over facilities for migrant children.

Hundreds of children are being detained in shelters run by Heartland Human Care Services, which says it has made changes since allegations that children were neglected and mistreated.

I See You Among the Stars is the Deadbeat front woman’s first solo record under her own name—and her most confident and consistent effort yet.

Some suggestions for donating your time, money, and energy.

There are few places in the country like Boystown's new Town Hall Apartments, which serves one of the city's most overlooked and vulnerable populations.

Harvest Commons

President Obama and Mayor Emanuel offer Chicago as a model for America. Is it?

When Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963, most blacks here were living in poor, segregated neighborhoods. They still are.

In a segregated city, growing poverty is easy to ignore

Reporting from the FamilyFarmed Expo

At the Chicago Food Policy Summit's panel on community food security, a moving story about two community gardens run by Bhutanese refugees.

Chicago restaurants are lining up to raise funds for relief in Haiti from January 18-24.

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