From a studio inside his closet, one refugee is using YouTube to broadcast information about coronavirus.
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Strength on the street
Masked activists take on social services titan Heartland Alliance over facilities for migrant children.
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Immigrant children sent to Chicago shelters are traumatized and sick, in some instances with chicken pox or tuberculosis
Hundreds of children are being detained in shelters run by Heartland Human Care Services, which says it has made changes since allegations that children were neglected and mistreated.
Posted inMusic
Jessica Risker sharpens her sweet songs on a hazy new album
Deadbeat front woman Jessica Risker releases the sweet, hazy I See You Among the Stars, her most confident and consistent album yet.
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The election is over, and here’s what you can do about it [UPDATED]
Some suggestions for donating your time, money, and energy.
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Three residents of Chicago’s first LGBT senior center tell their stories
There are few places in the country like Boystown’s new Town Hall Apartments, which serves one of the city’s most overlooked and vulnerable populations.
Posted inBest of Chicago
Best New Home for the Recently Homeless
The Heartland Alliance turns a once notorious building from drab to fab.
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Chicago, the city that works—just ignore the poverty
President Obama and Mayor Emanuel offer Chicago as a model for America. Is it?
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A dream unrealized for African-Americans in Chicago
When Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963, most blacks here were living in poor, segregated neighborhoods. They still are.
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Poverty still rising in Chicago
In a segregated city, growing poverty is easy to ignore
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Working Bikes Co-op welcomes all bikes, even the really screwed-up ones
If you head a few blocks in any direction out your front door, there’s a good chance you’ll come upon at least one corroding and neglected bike—replete with bent rims, rusted chain, and slashed seat—not worth the trouble of rescuing. That weathered-to-shit 35-year-old Schwinn Varsity that’s probably been puked on during its lengthy stay outside […]
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Green Carts, Shared Kitchens, Backyard Chickens, and Whole Hogs
Reporting from the FamilyFarmed Expo
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Reporting from FamilyFarmed: Community Food Security
At the Chicago Food Policy Summit’s panel on community food security, a moving story about two community gardens run by Bhutanese refugees.
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Restaurants Unite for Haiti Relief
Chicago restaurants are lining up to raise funds for relief in Haiti from January 18-24.