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Home » Chicago Fire

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Posted inNews & Politics

Combating racism and sexism in Major League Soccer

by S. Nicole Lane July 9, 2020August 18, 2021

Supporter groups the Plastics and the Black Fires are demanding change.

Posted inFilm

Ashley Cooper’s “American Ego” series at Filmfront looks at movie history with fresh eyes

by Dmitry Samarov December 4, 2018August 18, 2021

Old films show how people lived, and how they lived more or less like us.

Posted inNews & Politics

The perfect storm, or the two weeks in October when sports are king

by Kevin Warwick September 19, 2018August 18, 2021

Chicago’s fall frenzy makes fairweather fandom fun.

Posted inBlogs

Bruce Rauner: Congressional GOP tax plan ‘punishing’ for Illinois, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd January 5, 2018August 18, 2021

Also, more than 600 complaints have come in about landlords breaking the city’s heat ordinance.

Posted inBlogs

Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool’s very bad day, and other news

by Kate Shepherd December 7, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Jason Van Dyke’s lawyer makes tone-deaf comparison to torture of three black sharecroppers.

Posted inBlogs

Chicagoan, former Trump aide pleads guilty to making false statements to the FBI, and other news

by Kate Shepherd October 31, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, a Lakeview poke shop closes just five days after its grand opening.

Posted inBlogs

Emanuel: Rauner is ‘governing through anger’ by vetoing CPS funding, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd August 3, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, a Northwestern professor and an Oxford University employee are wanted for murder in connection with a stabbing death in River North.

Posted inBlogs

Cullerton in open letter to Rauner: ‘It’s time for action’ on the budget, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd May 15, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Schaumburg wants to compete with the Chicago theater scene.

Posted inBlogs

‘Gary from Chicago’ was the ‘biggest star inside the 2017 Oscars,’ and other news

by Kate Shepherd February 27, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, CPD top cop Eddie Johnson is frustrated with Springfield for failing to stiffen punishments for repeat gun offenders.

Posted inBlogs

More than 73 percent of the CPD’s 16,500 new applicants are nonwhite, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd February 6, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, a 29-year-old political novice from Skokie is running for governor in 2018.

Posted inBlogs

Rahm to Trump: ‘You didn’t get elected to debate the crowd size at your inaugural,’ and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd January 25, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, a southwest side resident is sentenced to nine months in prison for his role in ‘Celebgate’ nude photo hacking.

Posted inBlogs

Former CPD chief Garry McCarthy gets a surprise subpoena in the Sandi Jackson-Jesse Jackson Jr. divorce case, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd January 19, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, a lot of Illinois elected officials are skipping the Trump inauguration.

Posted inMusic

Eat chili to help the Arts of Life Band release their first album

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil November 1, 2016August 18, 2021

The Arts of Life Band raise funds for their first album, postpunks Ganser continue a busy 2016 with a new EP, and more.

Posted inBlogs

Joe Swanberg’s Easy is easily the most north-side-centric Chicago show of all time—but that’s not so terrible

by Jake Malooley September 27, 2016August 18, 2021

The writer-director’s personal portrait of the city fulfills the contract of auteur television.

Posted inBlogs

Rauner says no to deploying the National Guard in Chicago after 90 homicides in August, and other news

by Kate Shepherd September 2, 2016August 18, 2021

Also, gang members speak out on life in gangs.

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