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a man wearing a hoodie stands with arm outstretched with a pigeon sitting in the middle of his palm
Posted inNews & Politics

Searching for The Pigeon Lady

by Katie Prout February 16, 2022February 21, 2022

What I did care about—what I do care about—is people, especially the ones lit up inside by a singular passion. Weird people, people possessed, people other people might term freaks. The pigeon lady could be a freak, I thought, and feeding pigeons could be the mission of her life.

Posted inCity Life

Ode to the Green Line

by W.D. Floyd October 17, 2019August 18, 2021

A vital—and vexing—vehicle that connects Chicago’s Black communities on the south and west sides

Posted inBlogs

Chicago must apply for a DOJ grant that includes new sanctuary city restrictions, and other news

by Kate Shepherd August 16, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, a former Miss America has announced a run against incumbent attorney general Lisa Madigan.

Posted inBest of Chicago

Reevaluating why you stay in Chicago can be therapeutic

by Laura Pearson June 22, 2017August 18, 2021

As loved ones leave the city, consider the pros of sticking around.

As mayor, Richard M. Daley spent hundreds of millions of dollars on unnecessary pet projects—and now successor Rahm Emanuel seems to have the same bad habit.
Posted inColumns & Opinion

When Chicago spent its pension money on the mayor’s pet projects

by Ben Joravsky April 15, 2014August 18, 2021

As mayor, Richard M. Daley spent hundreds of millions of dollars on unnecessary pet projects—and Emanuel seems to have the same bad habit.

Posted inBlogs

I heard it on the train

by Sam Worley August 18, 2011August 19, 2021

Thirty minutes on the Red Line.

Posted inNews & Politics

Letters and Comments: Readers’ Plans to Fix the El

by Chicago Reader March 31, 2011August 19, 2021

Readers’ Plans to Fix the El

CTA riders crowd the Belmont el platform.
Posted inNews & Politics

How to Fix the El

by Ed Zotti March 24, 2011August 19, 2021

The CTA’s Red and Purple Modernization Project is a rare chance to rethink Chicago’s rail system. Here’s what we should do.

Posted inBlogs

Two More Reasons to Imitate New York

by Whet Moser April 1, 2010August 19, 2021

Face it: the subway cars and the food trucks are a lot better.

Posted inBlogs

Priorities (t-shirt edition)

by Whet Moser April 25, 2007August 19, 2021

What all the cool CTA-loving kids will be wearing.

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