Parker Lee Williams grew up in the 1970s on New York City’s Lower East Side, while the city’s grassroots hip-hop movement sprang to life. When he moved to Chicago as a 15-year-old in 1983, he brought along firsthand knowledge of the culture’s foundational elements. His skills with spray cans and pens helped spread his tagger’s […]
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McDonald’s new West Loop HQ is ‘perfect’ location for protesters to get their messages out
On Thursday, animal rights groups and the Fight for $15 made a colorful stand timed to coincide with the corporate behemoth’s annual shareholders’ meeting.
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The White Sox will play at ‘Guaranteed Rate Field’ in 2017, and other Chicago news
Also, the University of Chicago advises incoming students about its “commitment to freedom of inquiry and expression” on campus, as opposed to “intellectual safe spaces.”
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Rahm gets ‘thrown under the bus’ in Obama DNC video, and other Chicago news
Also, CPD cuts back on stop and frisk.
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Aldermen demand hearings, answers on lead found in water at CPS schools, and other Chicago news
Also, property taxes for Chicago home owners are going up very soon.
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Chicago Public Schools desperately needs state funding to open in the fall, and other news
Also, the budget battle continues as Rahm slams Rauner by comparing him to Donald Trump.
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The Shadow Budget: Who Wins in Daley’s TIF Game
The economic development funds are supposed to go to neighborhoods that need it. Guess where they’re really going. For the first time ever: how the city spends TIF funds, ward by ward