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Home » Brighton Park

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Posted inColumns & Opinion

A challenging and memorable bike ride around Chicago’s exact city limits

by John Greenfield September 10, 2020August 18, 2021

Cycling, sightseeing, and snacking from Rogers Park to Edison Park, Mount Greenwood to Hegewisch

Posted inNews & Politics

Wanna buy a plant?

by Ryan Edmund March 14, 2019August 18, 2021

Brighton Park prodigy Damiane Nickles has the goods. And the microgreens …

Posted inMusic

Mariachi Herencia de Mexico turns Chicago schoolkids into chart-busting stars

by Peter Margasak May 23, 2018August 18, 2021

The Mariachi Heritage Foundation has partnered with CPS to create a student band that’s already played Kennedy Center, toured internationally, and opened for the likes of Lila Downs and Los Lobos.

Posted inBlogs

Tallying Chicago’s Trump votes ward by ward

by Ben Joravsky November 10, 2016August 18, 2021

The Donald did well among white voters and poorly among black voters, as he did nationally.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

For Latino activists, transportation justice means factoring in immigration and gentrification

by John Greenfield November 10, 2016August 18, 2021

Undocumented residents have special concerns, and infrastructure-related housing price spikes are a major issue.

Posted inBlogs

The gulf between Emanuel’s and Garcia’s most supportive neighborhoods

by Steve Bogira March 3, 2015August 18, 2021

In last Tuesday’s first round, the mayor cruised in the easy-street wards.

Posted inBlogs

Clinton-era memos offer a trip through Mayor Rahm’s brain

by Ben Joravsky June 20, 2014August 18, 2021

Memos from his days as a President Clinton staffer show that Mayor Rahm has always been a calculating political operator.

Wells is making progress. Attendance and the on-track rate for graduation are better than they've been in years, and course failures have fallen.
Posted inNews & Politics

The trials of a neighborhood high school

by Steve Bogira May 6, 2014August 18, 2021

Wells Community Academy in West Town has many problems—and some rare successes. Can it survive?

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