It was a connect-the-dots moment in Chicago as the following news stories recently broke in rapid succession. Chicago Public School enrollment fell again. It’s now down more than 115,000 students over the last 20 years. There are homeless camps in many parks and under viaducts, including Touhy Park on the far north side. That’s where […]
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Desire, sneakers, disc brakes, soccer
While everyone’s distracted by that big downtown music festival, sneak in a leisurely stroll at the Art Institute of Chicago (111. S Michigan). Today is one of the final days to catch Igshaan Adams’s exhibition “Desire Lines.” In this show, Adams takes over a room with fiber art installations ranging from sculptures to wall hangings […]
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A promise worth keeping
Youth soccer coach Ernie Alvarez recounts his days in Douglass Park.
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AyoChillMannn and Valee spotlight each other’s strengths on The Trappiest Elevator Music Ever!
A few weeks after COVID-19 shut down the country, Chicago engineer and producer Ayo “AyoChillMannn” Makinde lost his full-time job as a youth national teams administrator for U.S. Soccer. In an effort to stave off depression, he dedicated all his energy to making music, and within a year it became his career. He got a […]
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Combating racism and sexism in Major League Soccer
Supporter groups the Plastics and the Black Fires are demanding change.
Posted inCity Life
The Reader’s stay-at-home chronicles: day 39
What we’re reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.
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World Cup brings out Chicago superfans of every country [PHOTOS]
The 2018 FIFA World Cup brings fans together from all over.
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Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool’s very bad day, and other news
Also, Jason Van Dyke’s lawyer makes tone-deaf comparison to torture of three black sharecroppers.
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Chicago has a real shot at hosting World Cup games in 2026, and other news
Also, the Illinois house failed to pass a ban on semiautomatic rifle bump stocks.
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Emanuel: Rauner is ‘governing through anger’ by vetoing CPS funding, and other Chicago news
Also, a Northwestern professor and an Oxford University employee are wanted for murder in connection with a stabbing death in River North.
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Barack and Michelle Obama reveal the design of the Obama Presidential Center, and other Chicago news
Also, FC Barcelona is opening a soccer training academy in Chicago next year.
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Caterpillar moving global headquarters to Chicago from Peoria, and other news
Also, wealth inequality between whites and minorities in Chicago is reportedly higher than the national average.
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Ben Burden blends hip-hop, R&B, and pushback against toxic masculinity
After an injury ended Ben Burden’s soccer career, he came to Chicago and found his true self in a distinctive, open-hearted fusion of hip-hop and R&B.
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Soccer, baseball, hockey—what sport is most like life itself?
Thoughts on teamwork, games, and the human condition.
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OK, Brazil’s a shattered nation. What about Germany?
How did Germany react to its World Cup victory over Brazil?