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Home » mental health clinics

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Posted inNews & Politics

Can #AnybodyButMitts win in the 37th Ward?

by Maya Dukmasova February 1, 2019August 18, 2021

Incumbent alderman faces two challengers and a new hashtag.

Posted inBlogs

I guess we won’t have Rahm to kick around anymore

by Ben Joravsky September 4, 2018August 18, 2021

In a surprise decision, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has announced he won’t seek a third term in office.

Posted inBlogs

Mental health advocates are battling self-proclaimed ‘gangster’ alderman Willie Cochran over an empty lot

by Maya Dukmasova August 3, 2018August 18, 2021

Organizers of a pop-up mental health services project in Woodlawn vow to fight imminent eviction.

Posted inBlogs

Father Pfleger, top cop Johnson, and a tinge of hope for the city’s future

by Ben Joravsky July 13, 2018August 18, 2021

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.

Posted inBlogs

Rahm makes a joke out of Quinn’s term-limit push, but voters could have last laugh

by Ben Joravsky July 3, 2018August 18, 2021

Once again, the mayor is packing the ballot trying to kill a referendum—this one would knock him out of office.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Trump cuts food stamps while looking for a handout for his hotel in Mississippi

by Ben Joravsky March 1, 2018August 18, 2021

And other recent acts in the season of hypocrisy

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Where were the Illinois gubernatorial candidates when we really needed them?

by Ben Joravsky June 27, 2017August 18, 2021

It’s good to see Democrats moving to the left as the gubernatorial primary ramps up—but what have they done for you lately?

Posted inBlogs

If only Chicago had been as cavalier about NATO gatherings as Trump is

by Ben Joravsky March 23, 2017August 18, 2021

As the secretary of state snubs NATO, we remember the raw deal that was the 2012 NATO summit in Chicago.

Posted inBlogs

Angered by homicides, activists leave coffins at Rahm Emanuel’s home

by Derrick Clifton December 22, 2016August 18, 2021

“Behind each of these deaths is a failure,” activists said.

Posted inBlogs

Mayor Rahm unveils plan for ‘equity and balance’ in development

by Ben Joravsky May 12, 2016August 18, 2021

The mayor and his planning commissioner try to convince the public that developing rich neighborhoods is good for everyone.

Posted inBlogs

Hey, Mayor Rahm, reopen the mental health clinics!

by Ben Joravsky December 31, 2015August 18, 2021

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.

Posted inNews & Politics

In Chicago, mental health workers are armed and dangerous

by Darryl Holliday December 29, 2015August 18, 2021

For blacks with mental illness, the odds of coming away unscathed from an encounter with police are stacked overwhelmingly against them.

Posted inBlogs

‘Mayor Garcia’ sounds pretty good to me

by Ben Joravsky April 4, 2015August 18, 2021

You’ve got a big chance to take this city in a different direction, Chicago—don’t mess it up.

Posted inBlogs

Alderman Joe Moore explains his choice of beer and support for Rahm

by Mick Dumke December 31, 2014August 18, 2021

The 49th Ward alderman says he backs Mayor Emanuel for his “progressive” record.

Posted inBlogs

Sheriff Dart: It’s time to stop packing the jail

by Mick Dumke December 22, 2014August 18, 2021

In an interview at the Hideout, the Cook County sheriff discusses the intersection between mental illness and the jail.

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