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Rickshaw-style bicycle cabs come to Logan Square

Chicago Talks, May 20, 2013

Here’s a unique new job opportunity: get paid for getting in shape. A new business…

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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

Temp Agencies and ‘Raiteros’ in Immigrant Chicago

Chicago Talks, April 29, 2013

[I]n Chicago’s Little Village, the largest Mexican community in the Midwest, the raiteros have melded…

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Events

Chicago Anarchist Film Festival: Lucky 2013

Chicago Talks, April 22, 2013

For the 13th year, CAFF invites anarchists, anti-authoritarians, the anarcho-friendly and the anarcho-curious to experience…

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Community

Hiring our Heroes helps veteran job seekers in Chicago

Chicago Talks, April 2, 2013

Job-seeking veterans and spouses gathered at the Palmer House Hilton in downtown Chicago late last…

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Editor's Choice

O’Hare Workers Protest Contract Deal at City Hall

Chicago Talks, December 3, 2012

Workers for O’Hare Airport have voiced their frustration over Mayor Rahm Emanuel administration’s decision to…

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Editor's Choice

Game of Food Trucks Takes Mobile Vendor Issue Online

Chicago Talks, November 18, 2012

Wow this one has more than 50.000 views in four days. Where do you weigh…

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Community

Nokia To Move Division From Suburbs To West Loop

Chicago Talks, October 23, 2012

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced this morning that Nokia will move its mobile phones Xpress…

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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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