Skip to content
ChicagoTalks ChicagoTalks

Journalism and creative work from Chicago's next generation of storytellers

  • About us
  • Opinion
  • Feature
  • Arts and Culture
  • Submit Your Story
  • Wanderer
ChicagoTalks
ChicagoTalks

Journalism and creative work from Chicago's next generation of storytellers

Tag: homeless

Community

Weekly Meals Feed And Provide Support To Homeless

Chicago Talks, December 17, 2014

Homeless Chicagoans get weekly meals and access to job help, health screening and housing through…

Continue Reading
Community

Change to Spare? Change a Life: Being Homeless in Chicago

Chicago Talks, February 10, 2012

via YouTube Craig Key, 50, is homeless. He grew up on Chicago’s south side in…

Continue Reading

Wicker Park Residents Voice Concerns Over Homeless And Graffiti

Chicago Talks, June 14, 2011

Wicker Park residents told police last month that they are tired of being harassed by…

Continue Reading

The Night Ministry to Open Emergency Shelter for Homeless Youth

Chicago Talks, December 23, 2010

A shortage of shelter beds makes winter a difficult time for Lakeview’s homeless lesbian, gay,…

Continue Reading

StreetWise, A Job Opportunity for Homeless, Unemployed

Chicago Talks, June 4, 2010

Back in the early 1990’s, Greg Pritchett was incarcerated on a drug charge. After being…

Continue Reading

Lakeview Hotel Disrupts Local Businesses

Chicago Talks, May 24, 2010

When Mary Anne Barfield opens her business, B&K Office and Art, in Lakeview, strangers usually…

Continue Reading

Controversial Hate Crime Bill Would Protect Homeless, Veterans

Chicago Talks, March 22, 2010

Facing dire economic times and dwindling resources, more people are not only becoming homeless –…

Continue Reading

Homeless Youth Could Benefit from Bill

Chicago Talks, February 26, 2010

When the final bell rings, high school students rush to the nearest door, excited to…

Continue Reading
  • 1
  • 2
  • Next

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
Read More

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
Read More

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 
Read More

Submit Your Story
  • Home
  • About us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Submit Your Story
Log in
©2026 ChicagoTalks | WordPress Theme by SuperbThemes