An audiologist’s study of over-the-counter hearing aids, a guide to radiator noises, an investigation of ShotSpotter, and much more
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ShotSpotter’s deafening impact
Chicago has quietly expanded the surveillance technology’s footprint—but it’s still disproportionately listening to Black and Brown communities.
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Marching for choice
Hundreds of Chicagoans demonstrated downtown after a leaked draft of a SCOTUS draft decision threatened abortion rights.
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CPD requested thousands of vaccine exemptions
Nearly half of Chicago police employees applied for exemptions to the COVID-19 vaccine.
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The money-man
Billionaire Ken Griffin is Illinois’s biggest political benefactor. But what are his donations doing to democracy?
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Abortion is healthcare
Tips on obtaining an abortion and supporting abortion access in a post-Roe vs Wade world
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Here’s what Black voters should pay attention to in the midterms
In the past, politicians have co-opted progressive language from organizers in the Black liberation movement for their campaigns, hoping to win the Black vote.
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“Free the Reader!”
Staffers picketed Reader co-owner Leonard C. Goodman’s Lakeview home in support of the city’s oldest free alt-weekly.
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La verdad que nadie quiere enfrentar
Las notas de una reunión sobre la seguridad pública en Pilsen que resultó polémica
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The Chicago Reader is free—again—and still freaky
Reader co-owner Leonard C. Goodman has reportedly dropped his opposition to the newspaper’s transition to a full nonprofit.
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The elephant in the room
Notes from a recent public safety meeting in Pilsen that turned contentious.
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Kelley O’Hern: An Interview with Nature’s Grace’s Canna-Mom
How has becoming the owner of one of Illinois’s first cannabis cultivations contributed to your family’s agricultural legacy? My husband’s family has farmed in Fulton and McDonough County for six generations. This in itself is the legacy and something to be proud of. It has been generations of hard work and family effort that made […]
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Political rift opens on southwest side
State senator Celina Villanueva faces a primary challenge from Byron Sigcho-Lopez’s chief of staff.
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Se abre una grieta política en el lado suroeste
La senadora estatal Celina Villanueva se enfrenta a un desafío en las elecciones primarias por parte del jefe de personal de Byron Sigcho-López.