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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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Chicagoland

Joliet’s Daybreak Angels’ mission to end hunger

Chicago Talks, December 18, 2021December 18, 2021

Eliza Olson, the manager of the Daybreak shelter kitchen in Joliet, has made it her…

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A Conversation With

A conversation with: El Rescate Director Zenaida Lopez 

Chicago Talks, April 9, 2020October 22, 2020

Zenaida Lopez grew up in a house with no electricity, but full of heart. Lopez…

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Community

New senior housing faces pushback from Rogers Park residents

Chicago Talks, December 20, 2019December 20, 2019

The developer of a new LGBTQ-friendly senior housing and artist living workspace on Chicago’s North…

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Community

Pilsen residents unsure if city ordinances will stop gentrification

Chicago Talks, December 1, 2019December 19, 2019

On her way home from work, Maricela Garcia passes vibrant, historical murals, lively food trucks…

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Community

Freshman Alderman Maria Hadden says school funding, affordable housing are priorities for Rogers Park

Chicago Talks, October 22, 2019November 1, 2019

In the second-floor hall crowded with Chicago residents impatiently waiting to enter the chambers for…

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Housing

Northside co-op aims to lessen effect of gentrification

Chicago Talks, May 23, 2019

Daisy Moore, a 32-year resident of the Uptown neighborhood in Chicago, walked down North Broadway…

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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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