Four Chicagoans describe what it’s like to seek shelter on the CTA.
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Searching for The Pigeon Lady
What I did care about—what I do care about—is people, especially the ones lit up inside by a singular passion. Weird people, people possessed, people other people might term freaks. The pigeon lady could be a freak, I thought, and feeding pigeons could be the mission of her life.
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Homeless in a pandemic-stricken Chicago
Thousands have survived one pandemic winter, only to now face another, still waiting for shelters to have spaces for them, to hear their names called for a public housing unit.
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The last men’s hotel
For those who live there, the Ewing Annex Hotel is a refuge, an artifact, and a last chance. The man who’s been holding it together for more than 20 years is about to retire.
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Guitarist Sunny War boils life down to its essence on Simple Syrup
The Nashville-born, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Sunny War is known for her clawhammer fingerstyle guitar playing, vivid autobiographical lyrics, and distinctive sound that starts at the crossroads of blues, country, folk, and punk, and only expands from there. She left home as a teenager to busk on Venice Beach and in San Francisco with friends she […]
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Hundreds test positive for COVID-19 at Chicago’s homeless shelters
The city’s response is improving, but still “not adequate.”
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Pets thrive in the lockdown
Animal shelters have been overwhelmed with adoption applications during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Homeless during a pandemic
Chicagoans without shelter face the tough choice between the streets and shared air.
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Five challengers take on 46th Ward alderman Cappleman from the left
Gentrifying Uptown may be ready for the return of Helen Shiller’s spirit.
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Instead of making a point, In the Blood wallows in misery
Suzan-Lori Parks’s modern-day Hester Prynne suffers horribly for no discernible purpose.
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Overlooked mayoral hopefuls share bold visions for Chicago
They may have little name recognition and no campaign funds, but the regular people running for mayor are committed to making the city thrive.
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Leave No Trace approaches homelessness on the most intimate terms
Ben Foster stars in this superb drama by Debra Granik (Winter’s Bone), as a traumatized war vet living off the grid with his 13-year-old daughter.
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Fight for right to camp on city streets will continue despite legal setback, homeless advocates say
The city could face further lawsuits after a judge ruled that a homeless tent city in Uptown was not a protected protest.
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Toni Preckwinkle endorses Democratic front-runner J.B. Pritzker for governor despite controversy, and other Chicago news
Also, a homeless couple is suing the city for removing their tents.
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Chicago deposits $20 million into the city’s last black-owned bank, and other news
Also, after the release of video, Kenneka Jenkins’s family and friends ask the FBI to investigate her death in hotel freezer.