In the last decade the Chicago Park District has removed 12 of 16 basketball courts from neighborhoods that have doubled and tripled in value, further marginalizing communities facing displacement.
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Former Chicago Bulls guard Craig Hodges was dropped in 1992 for suspicious reasons
Hodges was an outspoken champion for racial injustice. He believes that’s the reason.
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E-mails about the veterans’ home Legionnaires’ crisis reveal what the state knew, and other Chicago news
Also, Grace restaurant has closed its door for good.
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J.B. Pritzker, Pat Quinn win top spots on March 2018 primary ballot, and other Chicago news
Also, the state senate plans public hearings on Illinois Veterans Home deaths.
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Report: Chicago-based Trump adviser Papadopoulos was a lot closer to the campaign than Trump admits, and other news
Also, Rauner is facing a primary challenge from the right.
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Illinois senate Republican leader Christine Radogno to resign as budget deadline looms, and other Chicago news
Also, Chicago’s minimum wage goes up to $11 per hour July 1, though the press for $15 per hour continues.
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Rauner will give CPS $215 million if legislature passes pension reform bill, and other Chicago news
Also, small, regional state universities are struggling to stay open without state funding.
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Did the NBA blacklist former Chicago Bulls player Craig Hodges because of his political beliefs?
In his new book, Long Shot: The Struggles and Triumphs of an NBA Freedom Fighter, the legendary three-point shooter recounts how his on-court success was stopped short by his outspokenness.
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Man arrested at Hamilton performance after alleged pro-Trump rant, and other Chicago news
Also, Rahm Emanuel’s brother met with president-elect Donald Trump in New Jersey over the weekend.
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Rahm finally releases new plan for police accountability, and other Chicago news
Also, a 28-year-old Chicago resident is reportedly facing prison time for the infamous celebrity nude photo hack.
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Chicago Park District slams Friends of Parks’ ‘outrageous’ Lucas Museum demands, and other news
Also, iconic 90s show Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding returns to Chicago.
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One primary race could be key to Illinois’s budget crisis, and other Chicago news
Also, body of missing tourist from London found on top of retired Metra train, and Hugh Hefner fights CPS budget cuts to his high school with donation.
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There must be more to Derrick Rose than what we’re getting
On the media’s shallow coverage of Derrick Rose
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Poor Bruce Levenson—the New York Times piles on
A second Times sports columnist rips into Bruce Levenson
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LeBron James set a great example
A nice moment in the chronicles of the restless human species