In the midterm, communities voiced overwhelming support for public mental health centers and crisis responses that don’t involve police.
Tag: mental health clinics
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Can #AnybodyButMitts win in the 37th Ward?
Incumbent alderman faces two challengers and a new hashtag.
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I guess we won’t have Rahm to kick around anymore
In a surprise decision, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has announced he won’t seek a third term in office.
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Mental health advocates are battling self-proclaimed ‘gangster’ alderman Willie Cochran over an empty lot
Organizers of a pop-up mental health services project in Woodlawn vow to fight imminent eviction.
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Father Pfleger, top cop Johnson, and a tinge of hope for the city’s future
Police superintendent Eddie Johnson and Father Michael Pfleger teaming up, as they did walking arm in arm down the Dan Ryan last week, could help us fight the city’s inequities.
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Rahm makes a joke out of Quinn’s term-limit push, but voters could have last laugh
Once again, the mayor is packing the ballot trying to kill a referendum—this one would knock him out of office.
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Trump cuts food stamps while looking for a handout for his hotel in Mississippi
And other recent acts in the season of hypocrisy
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Where were the Illinois gubernatorial candidates when we really needed them?
It’s good to see Democrats moving to the left as the gubernatorial primary ramps up—but what have they done for you lately?
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If only Chicago had been as cavalier about NATO gatherings as Trump is
As the secretary of state snubs NATO, we remember the raw deal that was the 2012 NATO summit in Chicago.
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Angered by homicides, activists leave coffins at Rahm Emanuel’s home
“Behind each of these deaths is a failure,” activists said.
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Mayor Rahm unveils plan for ‘equity and balance’ in development
The mayor and his planning commissioner try to convince the public that developing rich neighborhoods is good for everyone.
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Hey, Mayor Rahm, reopen the mental health clinics!
Looking to blame someone or something for the failures of his reign, Mayor Rahm discovers “mental health crises” four years after he closed mental health clinics in low-income, high-crime neighborhoods.
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In Chicago, mental health workers are armed and dangerous
For blacks with mental illness, the odds of coming away unscathed from an encounter with police are stacked overwhelmingly against them.
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‘Mayor Garcia’ sounds pretty good to me
You’ve got a big chance to take this city in a different direction, Chicago—don’t mess it up.
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Alderman Joe Moore explains his choice of beer and support for Rahm
The 49th Ward alderman says he backs Mayor Emanuel for his “progressive” record.