The documentary takes audiences to the front lines with millennial women leading the city’s Movement for Black Lives.
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Police abolitionists find fuel in the protests
As more people lose faith in the state, organizers offer alternatives.
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Community gardens beautify urban space, but some seek to transform urban society
Community organizers connect politics with plant care.
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Can #AnybodyButMitts win in the 37th Ward?
Incumbent alderman faces two challengers and a new hashtag.
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The activists and the aldermen: The #NoCopAcademy campaign’s crash course in Chicago civics
After a City Council setback, the #NoCopAcademy campaign reflects on strategy—and aldermen on both sides of the issue respond.
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Rahm’s police academy plan met with youth-led backlash from #NoCopAcademy campaign
Activists call on city to redirect $95 million toward education of kids, not cops.
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Abolish the police? Organizers say it’s less crazy than it sounds.
Grassroots groups around Chicago are already putting abolitionist ideas into practice.
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Chicago police are spying on citizens
Authorities have conducted surveillance on activists in recent years but won’t say why.