“Walking up and down the galleries, I’d hear some really deep conversations,” Renaldo Hudson said, recalling the origins of Stateville Speaks, the newspaper he founded in prison almost 20 years ago. “I would hear people talk about Socrates, the stuff that people don’t think happens in prison.” Despite living under the oppressive conditions of prison, […]
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The news in Gary
Capital B is a fresh Black local-national nonprofit news organization on the scene. It turned one year old this year, and it recently brought its mission of partnering with communities to create a high-quality news and information experience for Black folks to Gary, Indiana. Gary is a rust-belt news desert that notoriously has lost 61 […]
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Archive Dive
A daily dip into the stacks, leading up to our 50th anniversary in October
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One murder, four years, no answers
A mother takes to podcasting wondering if CPD did “a cover-up or are they just this damn incompetent?”
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Your favorite alt-weekly is up for two national awards
The Reader received two Association of Alternative Newsmedia nominations for best feature story and one for the Block Beat.
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Introducing the new ChicagoReader.com
Introducing the ChicagoReader.com, the Reader‘s shiny new digital home
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“About the Most Airtight Case of Innocence”
How a legal storm capsized a petition to free a man who’s been imprisoned for three decades.
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Baseball Prophet Phil Rogers Wins Golden BAT
The Tribune’s studious Phil Rogers wins the BAT.
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Illinois Death Penalty Mitigators Claim Victory, Look for Work
When prosecutors say defendants should die, mitigators look for reasons why they shouldn’t.
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The Third Sex in Kabul
The Tribune’s Kim Barker was no mere reporter; she was a Western woman!
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The Tribune Strikes Out in Wisconsin Union Coverage
We all suffer from the Tribune’s lack of coverage of the union fight in Wisconsin.
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Was Helen Thomas Too Old to Speak Her Mind?
Helen Thomas said what she thought, and
now the Society of Professional Journalists is at war with itself.
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No Face Time and No Endorsement
An aldermanic candidate turns thumbs-down on the thumbs-up process.
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Hyperlocals get hyper
A dubious quote triggers a media dustup in the 47th Ward