Also, Schaumburg wants to compete with the Chicago theater scene.
Tag: Jobs
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By helping young black fathers, Sheldon Smith has become a ‘hero’
The founder of the Bronzeville-based Dovetail Project is honored by CNN Heroes.
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We can’t make America great again
Economist Robert Gordon says the glory days of growth are behind us.
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James Beard Awards recognize the city’s chefs, and other Chicago news
Also, Trump Tower brought over foreign students under J-1 visa program that Trump has promised to ban.
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The missing link in the War on Poverty
To better help the urban poor, government must address not just their deprivation but also their segregation.
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Poverty and addiction created a heroin entrepreneur
Parris Fultz was a self-described independent operator in a business—drug dealing—dominated by larger-scale players.
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The Chicago connection
How heroin—and dealers—moved from Chicago to eastern Iowa
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A look at how Chicago’s heroin trade has adapted and thrived for more than a century
Drug dealing hasn’t always been done in the open—but it has been going on for generations.
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This week’s Chicagoan: Frank Suerth, Santa Claus
Frank Suerth has done every type of Santa job possible.
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Artist on Artist: Fingerstyle guitarist William Tyler talks to Douglas McCombs of Brokeback and Tortoise
Artist on Artist: Fingerstyle guitarist William Tyler talks to Douglas McCombs of Brokeback and Tortoise.
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How to irritate Mayor Emanuel and do some legislating in one easy step
How to irritate Mayor Emanuel and do some legislating in one easy step
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City job policies are helping create two different and unequal Chicagos
A new report finds that thousands of jobs have disappeared from black and Latino areas as the city subsidizes the exodus.
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Marina Shifrin dances her way out of a job
She danced her way out of a job, but Marina Shifrin’s still in good standing with the troupe of oddball media makers.
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Come to the South Loop and see how Mayor Rahm’s wasting your money
Come to the South Loop and see how Mayor Rahm’s wasting your money.
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A new generation of activists fights injustice, from school cuts to Trayvon Martin
March on Washington anniversary: A new generation of activists fights for change, from school cuts to Trayvon Martin.