On the ground at the August 2 protest that shut down Lake Shore Drive on its way to Wrigley Field.
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Lake Shore Drive marchers: Here’s the real lowdown on the city’s budget
According to Cook County clerk David Orr, in the last year alone $660 million in property taxes went into tax increment financing (TIF) districts.
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Attorney and former Playboy model Corri Fetman calls out ‘body-shaming’ attack ad in judicial campaign
A Facebook video mocks Fetman for bodybuilding, calls her a “poser.”
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Looking for the most progressive Democrat in the governor’s race who’s least likely to sell us out
Biss, Daiber, Hardiman, Kennedy, Pritzker—man, I can’t make up my mind.
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CPD moves to fire Jason Van Dyke and other cops involved in Laquan McDonald shooting, and other Chicago news
Also, a call to bring back CeaseFire with $3 million in state funding.
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Chicago rapper Wil Akogu fights against inner and outer enslavement on ‘Buried Alive’
On his recent EP, The Language of the Soul, 19-year-old Wil Akogu turns his journey to find himself into an invitation to other lost brethren.
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In some ways, the 2014 primaries brought out the best in Illinois politics
Highlights of the 2014 primary elections
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Democrat Tio Hardiman wants you to know that he and his campaign for governor still exist
The longtime antiviolence activist vows to “shock the world” in the March 18 Democratic gubernatorial primary.
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Ceasefire Illinois head charged with domestic battery
The Illinois director of CeaseFire is charged after his wife filed a report.
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Can the virus of violence be filmed?
A gang crimes cop points out what The Interrupters missed
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The Interrupters: Steve James and Alex Kotlowitz document CeaseFire
Filmmaker Steve James and writer Alex Kotlowitz have been buddies for years, so it’s not surprising that James was interested in the May 4, 2008, New York Times Magazine cover story Kotlowitz wrote about CeaseFire, a social experiment that treats chronic urban violence as a public health problem. But James says the story resonated so […]