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- News & Politics, Feature Mar 13, 2019
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Community gardens beautify urban space, but some seek to transform urban society
Community organizers connect politics with plant care.
- 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.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 27, 2018
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Lake Shore Drive marchers: Here's the real lowdown on the city's budget
According to Cook County clerk David Orr, in the last year alone $660 million in property taxes went into tax increment financing (TIF) districts.
- News & Politics, Transportation Jul 17, 2018
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Cops slammed for ticketing black cyclists: ‘It’s about the police harassing people’
Cycle of injustice continues as blacks still ticketed at far higher rates for biking violations.
- News & Politics, Transportation Sep 21, 2017
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Vision Zero makes inroads on the west side
In response to criticism of Chicago's traffic fatality prevention plan, CDOT is now gathering community input.
- News & Politics, Transportation Jul 19, 2017
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Does Chicago’s Vision Zero Action Plan have zero vision?
Some transportation advocates wonder if the city’s strategy to eliminate traffic crashes has enough teeth to achieve its ambitious goals.
- News & Politics, Transportation Nov 16, 2016
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Competing lawsuits have been filed in the Frank Cruz bike fatality case
Cruz’s mother and a man who says he’s Cruz’s son have both filed suits; the driver is still at large.
- News & Politics, Transportation Sep 13, 2016
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Who killed Chicago cyclist Frank Cruz?
Weeks after a hit-and-run crash involving a local company’s van, the case is still open.
- Music, Music Feature Aug 29, 2016
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What does North Lawndale really think about Riot Fest?
We’ve heard from activists and aldermen on the festival’s use of Douglas Park. How about everyday people living in the neighborhood?
- News & Politics, Transportation Aug 3, 2016
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North Lawndale residents say restoring Ogden bus service would improve job access
What would it take to convince the CTA to extend the line to its pre-2008 route?
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 21, 2016
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One activist arrested Wednesday during police divestment protest and party
The action honored victims of recent police-involved deaths and opposed the proposed "Blue Lives Matter" ordinance.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 23, 2015
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Chicago is a city (still) on a hot seat
Chicago's deadly '95 heat wave turned 20, but complex questions raised in a 2002 Reader piece on the subject remain unanswered.
- News & Politics, On Politics Apr 29, 2015
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Charter school teachers fight to unionize, and to win over Rahm
The latest battle over privatizing education in Chicago
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 12, 2015
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A presidential library pop quiz—only in the Reader!
A real quick multiple-choice test: Why did the Obamas delay their presidential library announcement until after the April 7 mayoral runoff?
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 15, 2015
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The U. of C. makes its play for the Obama library
The University of Chicago out-Rahms the mayor in shamelessness with a cunning land grab involving the Obama presidential library.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 13, 2015
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Can North Lawndale win the Obama Presidential Library when the other team won't play by the rules?
Team UIC goes up against Mayor Rahm's team U. of C. in a series of public hearings.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 7, 2015
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Hey, Mayor Rahm—North Lawndale is good enough for a presidential library
Apparently the city thinks North Lawndale is OK for an illegal garbage dump, but not a presidential library.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 12, 2014
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Kedzie Avenue gets the Illustrated Press treatment
Darryl Holliday and company are Kickstarting their effort to collect stories for a second book, Kedzie Avenue.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 23, 2014
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An early look at the finally-about-to-open Lagunitas tap room
A photographic tour of a long-awaited addition to Chicago's craft-beer landscape
- News & Politics, Feature Jun 12, 2014
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The fight to preserve a model public housing project
Lathrop Homes, on the western edge of Lincoln Park, has long been one of the Chicago Housing Authority's most diverse and successful properties. But today it's a shell of its former self.
- Blogs, Bleader May 28, 2014
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It's time, finally, to discuss reparations for African-Americans
"We may find that the country can never fully repay African Americans," Ta-Nehisi Coates writes. "But we stand to discover much about ourselves in such a discussion."
- Blogs, Bleader May 19, 2014
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Illinois pot policies are inconsistent and unjust, report concludes
Researchers at Roosevelt University find that marijuana enforcement depends on geography and race more than justice.
- News & Politics, Feature Apr 7, 2014
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Chicago decriminalized marijuana possession—but not for everyone
African-Americans account for almost eight of every ten low-level pot busts.
- News & Politics, Feature Nov 7, 2013
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The Chicago cocaine kingpin who was a federal informant
Pedro Flores is the U.S. government's star witness in the largest drug trafficking case in Chicago history. But should the DEA have looked the other way as he and his twin brother brought truckloads of coke into the city?
- Music, Music Feature Oct 1, 2013
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Bopping makes its move
Chicago hip-hop's latest hot dance is more fun than footworking, and it's already got a star in Lil Kemo—all it needs now is a crossover hit.