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ShotSpotter’s deafening impact

by Grace Del Vecchio and Matt Chapman May 12, 2022May 17, 2022

Chicago has quietly expanded the surveillance technology’s footprint—but it’s still disproportionately listening to Black and Brown communities.

Posted inNews

Marching for choice

by Kathleen Hinkel May 9, 2022May 9, 2022

Hundreds of Chicagoans demonstrated downtown after a leaked draft of a SCOTUS draft decision threatened abortion rights.

Posted inNews & Politics

CPD requested thousands of vaccine exemptions

by Taylor Moore May 5, 2022May 9, 2022

Nearly half of Chicago police employees applied for exemptions to the COVID-19 vaccine.

Posted inNews & Politics

Abortion is healthcare

by Katie Prout and Jim Daley May 3, 2022May 3, 2022

Tips on obtaining an abortion and supporting abortion access in a post-Roe vs Wade world

Posted inNews

Sun and solidarity

by Reader staff April 29, 2022April 29, 2022

Photos from the Reader editorial union’s rally on April 21, 2022.

Posted inNews & Politics

Here’s what Black voters should pay attention to in the midterms

by Tonia Hill and The TRiiBE April 28, 2022May 13, 2022

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.

Posted inNews & Politics

“Free the Reader!”

by Elly Boes, Grace Del Vecchio and 14 East Magazine April 28, 2022April 29, 2022

Staffers picketed Reader co-owner Leonard C. Goodman’s Lakeview home in support of the city’s oldest free alt-weekly.

Issue cover, October 28, 2021 (Vol. 51, No. 2) | Reader 50: ‘House of Screams’ revisited by Michael Miner, ‘Hello, Woman of Color’ by Karen Hawkins, Long Live Section Three by Leor Galil
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The Chicago Reader is free—again—and still freaky

by Reader staff April 26, 2022April 29, 2022

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

by Kelly Garcia April 18, 2022April 27, 2022

Notes from a recent public safety meeting in Pilsen that turned contentious.

Posted inNews

Political rift opens on southwest side

by Kelly Garcia April 13, 2022April 14, 2022

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

by Kelly Garcia April 13, 2022April 21, 2022

La senadora estatal Celina Villanueva se enfrenta a un desafío en las elecciones primarias por parte del jefe de personal de Byron Sigcho-López.

Posted inNews

Motherfuckin’ back and forth

by Katie Prout April 13, 2022April 13, 2022

Four Chicagoans describe what it’s like to seek shelter on the CTA.

Posted inNews

Brewing solidarity

by Amy Qin April 13, 2022April 13, 2022

Baristas in Chicago are joining a union drive that’s sweeping Starbucks nationwide.

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Criminalizing queerness

by Adam M. Rhodes April 4, 2022April 6, 2022

Bernina Mata’s attorneys say prosecutors used homophobic rhetoric to secure a death sentence in 1999. Now they’re asking the governor to set her free.

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Deaths of Black trans women rock Chicago’s LGBTQ+ community

by Adam M. Rhodes March 31, 2022March 31, 2022

The deaths once again bring an epidemic of violence against the community close to home.

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