Black men are rarely afforded the luxury of being seen as nurturers and caregivers.
Tag: West Garfield Park
Posted inNews & Politics
Community gardens beautify urban space, but some seek to transform urban society
Community organizers connect politics with plant care.
Posted inNews & Politics
Can #AnybodyButMitts win in the 37th Ward?
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
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
“A hat makes you look like something.”
Posted inBlogs
The life and death of Laverne Williams
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
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
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
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.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Competing lawsuits have been filed in the Frank Cruz bike fatality case
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?
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?
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?
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
Also, David Axelrod recounts an interesting encounter with the late Antonin Scalia, and shots are fired at snowplow driver on the west side.