Less than 10 percent of the city’s waste is diverted from landfills, while the nationwide average is 35 percent.
Tag: Harold Washington
Posted inNews & Politics
The lost Harold Washington files
Thirty years after Harold Washington’s death, a newly unearthed trove of documents reveals the early stages of his transformation into the insurgent who’d become the first (and still only) black man elected mayor of Chicago.
Posted inNews & Politics
The Chicago Housing Authority’s sleeping giant
The CHA provides Section 8 vouchers to tens of thousands of low-income households. Is the agency trying to keep them from realizing their collective power?
Posted inColumns & Opinion
The turbulent history of the bike bridge that will finally complete the North Shore Channel Trail
Late alderman Berny Stone once blocked plans for the Lincoln Village Pedestrian Bicycle Bridge. Some say he was motivated by real estate concerns, others say racism.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Obama’s early writing on Chicago was eerily prophetic about America’s future
He foresaw a “sharp wind” blowing away the change the city’s first black mayor had worked for.
Posted inBlogs
Report: President Barack Obama is planning to say farewell at McCormick Place, and other Chicago news
Also, who knew that being the city’s “harbor boss” was such a challenging gig?
Posted inCity Life
The best made-in-Chicago gift ideas for the holidays
Shop hyperlocal this season for everything from unorthodox games and Chicago-centric books to craft booze and high-design home goods.
Posted inArts & Culture
In Chicago, political corruption also happens on the water
In his new book, Dirty Waters: Confessions of Chicago’s Last Harbor Boss, local author R.J. Nelson describes his unusual time as the city’s harbor boss.
Posted inFilm
Barack and Michelle Obama’s love affair—with each other, and the city—hits the big screen
Chicago plays itself in this dramatization of the First Couple’s first date.
Posted inBlogs
The legacy of Mayor Harold Washington
In many ways, Chicago’s political climate has changed little since the death of the political visionary.
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A visual history of the black vote
In this election year, we look back at the history of black voter mobilization in Chicago and in the south.
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A glimpse of Chicago childhood inspired by Gwendolyn Brooks
A multimedia story inspired by the former Illinois poet laureate’s 1968 poem In the Mecca.
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White Sox and Cubs are both 2-0 for first time since 1951
Martin Kennelly was mayor the last time both clubs won their first pair in the same season, 65 years ago.
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Remembering Dr. King’s impact on Chicago on the anniversary of his assassination
The Reader and Blvck Vrchives founder/curator Renata Cherlise collaborated on this reflection on Martin Luther King Jr.’s impact on Chicago.