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Illinois may become a safe haven for climate migrants, while also suffering from climate change 

Chicago Talks, April 7, 2023August 29, 2023

Millions of migrants are expected to be displaced across the country to escape rising sea…

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Arts and Culture

ESTEFAN LINARES: Latinx: ‘Somebody outside of the community is telling people how to speak and how to address things in their language’

Chicago Talks, March 8, 2023January 27, 2023

BORN IN HIGHLAND PARK, Ill., Estefan Linares is a 23-year-old alumnus of the University of…

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Arts and Culture

GUADALUPE PALACIOS: ‘I’m Chicana, does that make sense?’

Chicago Talks, February 20, 2023January 27, 2023

BEING A TEACHER IS one of the toughest jobs. Guadalupe Palacios, 26, is an elementary…

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Arts & Culture

Black-owned collective puts on their first fashion show in Pilsen

Chicago Talks, February 14, 2023February 19, 2023

During the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, 20-year-old Kennedy Freeman decided to create HourNine in…

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Feature

How can journalists improve their coverage of poverty and disability?

Chicago Talks, December 13, 2022December 13, 2022

The AP Stylebook is an authoritative reference book for journalists, but over the years, journalists…

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Feature

How well are journalists covering poverty and disability? 

Chicago Talks, December 12, 2022January 4, 2023

EDITOR”S NOTE: This story is the first of a two part series regarding the coverage…

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Business

Women-owned business Vetted embraces preventive pet health care 

Chicago Talks, December 2, 2022December 2, 2022

The experience of taking home a new pet can be anxiety inducing for new pet…

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Feature

One year later: Lessons learned from living through a pandemic

Chicago Talks, May 12, 2021May 12, 2021

It was as if the world was put on hold in March 2020. Now, after…

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Opinion

  • Chicago’s influential music scene doesn’t get the respect it deserves 
    by Zoey Hill-Hernandez
  • Lost in translation: ‘I would see everyone else writing while I just stared blankly at my paper’
    by Cynthia Alaniz
  • ‘It felt like something was gnawing at my heart’; Columbia student copes with illness of a lifetime
    by Morgan Bruner
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Arts and Culture

  • 23 years later, Mazzy Star’s masterpiece album still casts a spell
    by Triniti Waxman
  • Queer Chicago designer finds niche dressing drag performers
    by Seng Xiong
  • From dorm room to mainstage, Phat Dragon built a comedy cult following 
    by Ava Simone Forster
  • Great Ideas of Humanity exhibit showcases famous quotes made visual 
    by Sh'Mara Chism
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Feature

  • Hairstylist helps clients embrace their own beauty, rather than copy someone else’s 
  • Care for Real food pantry serves North Siders as need grows 
  • Cuddle Bunny: Where visitors can chill out with a furry friend 
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