Many are without lawyers and more frightened and confused than ever.
Author Archives: Kari Lydersen
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Why Chicago’s not buying Rahm’s new liberal hero persona
Critics say Mayor 1 Percent’s rhetoric doesn’t line up with the policies he’s enacting.
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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.
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Residents of a Bridgeport SRO are told they have until the end of the day to get out
The self-described “black sheep of Bridgeport” are struggling to hold on to housing.
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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.
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Illinois coal’s last stand
Even as people bemoan its environmental and health effects, the prospect of its demise sparks fear and nostalgia.
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The last days of the Lugo Hotel?
The for-sale Pilsen SRO sees time running out under a city ordinance meant to preserve affordable housing.
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It Isn’t Easy Voting Green
Pro-environment talk is cheap. Which mayoral candidates will back it up?
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Toxic Tour of Northwest Indiana
Photography by Lloyd DeGrane. Text by Kari Lydersen.
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The Silver Lining Party
Despite costly losses at the polls, the Illinois Greens insist they aren’t blue.
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Chicago Without Coal
What would it take for the Fisk, Crawford, and State Line coal-fired power plants to close up shop? And what would happen if they did?
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What the Cells Tell
The scientist who developed the new eDNA test says there are already Asian carp in Lake Michigan.
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Closer Than Matewan
Jeff Biggers explores the devastation coal has wrought on southern Illinois—and his own family.
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Is It Too Easy to Clobber a Cabbie?
Walid Ziada’s fellow cabbies say his attackers are getting off lightly—despite a new state law intended to protect taxi drivers