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Arts and Culture

RICARDO PÉREZ: ‘I don’t think I’ve ever heard a singular person refer to themselves as Latinx’

Chicago Talks, October 31, 2022October 31, 2022

BORN AND RAISED in Chicago, Ricardo Pérez is a part time student living in Gage…

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Arts and Culture

MERCEDES RUIZ: Latinx ‘encompasses everybody better than just saying Latina or Latino’

Chicago Talks, October 25, 2022October 27, 2022

MERCEDES RUIZ, 24, is a full-time student majoring in Public Relations at Columbia College Chicago….

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A Conversation With

A conversation with: A Toda Voz Radio Host, Samantha Ante

Chicago Talks, November 29, 2021November 29, 2021

At the age of 16, Samantha Ante convinced her mother that they should move from…

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Community

Former Pilsen gang member works to improve community

Chicago Talks, March 4, 2013

In the 1960s and ’70s, he was a member of a notorious, Chicago gang, but…

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Despite Population Growth, Presidential Candidates Overlook Hispanic Iowans

Chicago Talks, January 2, 2012

DES MOINES – After months of bus tours rolling across Iowa and millions of dollars…

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Chicagoans Protest Immigration Laws on May Day

Chicago Talks, May 4, 2010

Thousands of protesters marched Saturday from Union Park to Daley Plaza to protest Arizona’s new…

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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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