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Home » West Garfield Park

Tag: West Garfield Park

Posted inArts & Culture

Black fatherhood

by W.D. Floyd June 13, 2019August 18, 2021

Black men are rarely afforded the luxury of being seen as nurturers and caregivers.

Posted inNews & Politics

Community gardens beautify urban space, but some seek to transform urban society

by Maya Dukmasova March 13, 2019August 18, 2021

Community organizers connect politics with plant care.

Posted inNews & Politics

Can #AnybodyButMitts win in the 37th Ward?

by Maya Dukmasova February 1, 2019August 18, 2021

Incumbent alderman faces two challengers and a new hashtag.

Posted inArts & Culture

Austin travel agent helps west siders see the world—and lists her favorite midwestern trips

by Tatiana Walk-Morris May 30, 2018August 18, 2021

Stops on the Underground Railroad, an urban cheese factory, and an eye-popping Hindu temple are among Crystal Dyer’s road-trip recommendations.

Posted inBlogs

More about hats, from Ray Panice, proprietor of New World Hatters

by Aimee Levitt May 15, 2018August 18, 2021

“A hat makes you look like something.”

Posted inBlogs

The life and death of Laverne Williams

by Aimee Levitt April 26, 2018August 18, 2021

Steve Bogira reminds us that a statistic is also a human being.

Posted inArts & Culture

Redlined tells story of one of the last white families in West Garfield Park

by Annie Howard April 10, 2018August 18, 2021

Linda Gartz’s memoir also offers some insight into the blindness of neighborhood residents to racial discrimination and disinvestment.

Posted inFilm

State basketball powerhouse Orr Academy’s incredible rise to glory bared in gripping new film

by Patrick Z. McGavin March 12, 2018August 18, 2021

Shot in the Dark, executive produced by Chance the Rapper, spends two and a half eventful years at Orr Academy.

Posted inBlogs

The activists and the aldermen: The #NoCopAcademy campaign’s crash course in Chicago civics

by Maya Dukmasova December 20, 2017August 18, 2021

After a City Council setback, the #NoCopAcademy campaign reflects on strategy—and aldermen on both sides of the issue respond.

Posted inBlogs

Rahm’s police academy plan met with youth-led backlash from #NoCopAcademy campaign

by Maya Dukmasova October 13, 2017August 18, 2021

Activists call on city to redirect $95 million toward education of kids, not cops.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Competing lawsuits have been filed in the Frank Cruz bike fatality case

by John Greenfield November 16, 2016August 18, 2021

Cruz’s mother and a man who says he’s Cruz’s son have both filed suits; the driver is still at large.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Who killed Chicago cyclist Frank Cruz?

by John Greenfield September 13, 2016August 18, 2021

Weeks after a hit-and-run crash involving a local company’s van, the case is still open.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

West Garfield Park and Austin got Divvy bikes last week. Will anyone use them?

by John Greenfield June 17, 2016August 18, 2021

Some residents are skeptical, but $5 annual memberships could win people over.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Why didn’t more locals show up for the city’s west-side bikeway hearings?

by John Greenfield March 28, 2016August 18, 2021

Residents of struggling communities may not see biking as a priority, but black advocates say it can be part of the solution.

Posted inBlogs

Bernie Sanders opens a campaign office in Chicago, the best and worst of the Wrigleyville McDonald’s, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd February 15, 2016August 18, 2021

Also, David Axelrod recounts an interesting encounter with the late Antonin Scalia, and shots are fired at snowplow driver on the west side.

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