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Tag: Mind & Body

$9.8 Million Medical Malpractice Settlement Puts County on Track to Spend 12% More in 2009

Chicago Talks, December 11, 2008

Dec. 11, 2008 – Three days into the new fiscal year, the Cook County Board of…

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Toxic Tours Use Sightseeing to Call Attention to Local Pollution Sites

Chicago Talks, December 5, 2008

Dec. 4, 2008 Story by Iliana Ramirez Community Assets Toxic Tours started as a way…

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Decades Later, Cambodian Refugees in Illinois Still Face Difficult Odds

Chicago Talks, December 1, 2008

Dec. 1, 2008 – She was 10 years old chopping wood with her father, and vividly…

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Pro-Life Rally

Chicago Talks, November 26, 2008

                  A circle of people surround the entrance and parking lot of the ACU Health Center…

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“Coalympics” Bring Attention to Pollution in Little Village

Chicago Talks, November 20, 2008

Nov. 20, 2008 – On a chilly autumn morning at the corner of 31st Street and…

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Chickens in Chicago

Chicago Talks, November 13, 2008

Nov. 13, 2008 – When the Chicago City Council considered an ordinance banning chickens from the…

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Winter’s Approach Leaves Chicagoans in “Food Desert” Few Options

Chicago Talks, October 23, 2008

Oct. 23, 2008 – Lena Taylor came to the Englewood farmer's market for the second…

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Uninsured Uptowners Brace for Healthcare Budget Cuts

Chicago Talks, October 22, 2008

Oct. 22, 2008 – Uninsured and low-income residents of the Uptown neighborhood relying on free…

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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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