With internships, apprenticeships, mentoring, and workshops, Blue Island’s Black-owned Insomniac Studios bypasses white industry gatekeepers.
Tag: West Pullman
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A challenging and memorable bike ride around Chicago’s exact city limits
Cycling, sightseeing, and snacking from Rogers Park to Edison Park, Mount Greenwood to Hegewisch
Posted inArts & Culture
South-side champion
Writer-photographer Lee Bey’s new book Southern Exposure showcases architectural masterworks on the typically neglected south and west sides.
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Megabus explodes en route to Minneapolis and other Chicago news
Also, family searches for British tourist missing in West Pullman, and Bernie Sanders’s 1963 arrest immortalized in photo.
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Exelon lobbies for green jobs money
Exelon Corporation isn’t just hoping to get the federal government’s money and help for projects like the innovative solar power facility it wants to build on Chicago’s south side. It’s also been spending lots of money to lobby for them.
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Green for Green
The city and Exelon are moving ahead with plans to create the largest urban solar power plant in the country. How much will it cost us?
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Black Ops in the Green Economy
The city is set to move forward with an exciting solar power project on the south side. So why won’t it share information about it?