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Category: Politics is Local

Politics is Local

Recapping NATO Summit in Chicago: One Year Ago

Chicago Talks, May 18, 2013

Last year, Chicago hosted the NATO summit. Our reporters were there, live and on the…

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Multimedia

May Day march in Chicago focuses on immigration reform

Chicago Talks, May 14, 2013

Carl Rosen, a worker for the United Electrical Workers was one of hundreds of people…

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Labor

Workers, Immigrant Rights Advocates Prepare For May Day Rally In Chicago (VIDEO) | Progress Illinois

Chicago Talks, May 1, 2013

Every day 1,100 people in the country are deported and families are ripped apart. Progress…

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Community

ASAM professionals say no such thing as ‘medical marijuana’

Chicago Talks, April 26, 2013

Doctors would have no way to prescribe accurate doses of legalized marijuana if an Illinois…

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Community

Protesters urge Illinois senators to fight proposed Social Security cuts

Chicago Talks, April 25, 2013

With chants of, “It’s our money, not theirs,” several dozen people gathered Thursday at Federal…

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Community

City starts construction on second housing project for veterans

Chicago Talks, April 25, 2013

Gov. Pat Quinn joined local leaders and volunteers on Thursday in breaking ground on a…

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Opinion

Opinion: Who do they think they are?

Chicago Talks, April 25, 2013

Do our Representatives in Congress represent “the people” or the NRA? Ever since the 1999…

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Arts & Culture

Art=Ammo joins families in protest against gun violence in Chicago

Chicago Talks, April 19, 2013

Mothers of young victims affected by gun violence, along with Art=Ammo (Artists Against Gun Violence) came together…

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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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