Members of Occupy Chicago are frequenting downtown shops and restaurants to use restrooms and to even sleep, according to local business employees.
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Millennium Park Prepares For Ice Skaters
Are your skates ready? Millennium Park ice rink opens soon. Reporter Lisa Schultz has the story.
Macy’s Opens New Holiday Season Window Displays
The Chicago branch of the Macy’s department store opened its new holiday season window displays…
Informal Street Survey: Crime Down in Boystown
According to Everyblock—a website that tracks crime— Boystown is one of the safer areas of the city. Within a four-day period, the neighborhood had 10 crimes ranging from theft, vandalism and robberies.
Prison Activist Talks Change With Columbia College Chicago
Gregory Koger, a prison paralegal, as well as a prison reform activist and former inmate who spent six years in an Illinois prison, spoke to Columbia College Chicago recently about unjust treatment of prisoners in California penitentiaries.
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Occupy the Hood Strikes Back at Worst Food Desert in Chicago
This story is from YRC Region 6 Community Council: Worst Food Desert In Chicago Strikes…
Artists Push Onward Despite Challenges
Artist David Jarmon is one of 30 artists in Project Onward, a gallery dedicated to displaying artwork by adults with mental and developmental disabilities. Founded in 2004 at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St. in the downtown Loop, the gallery provides a workplace for the artists.
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CHA, Mt. Sinai Explore Swap Agreement
A symbiotic relationship between the Chicago Housing Authority and Mt. Sinai Hospital Medical Center could mean more jobs and housing for CHA residents, as well as a new hospital building for Mt. Sinai.