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Local Business

Fight for 15 protest in Chicago

Chicago Talks, April 21, 2015

  Protesters gathered Wednesday on the University of Illinois Chicago campus to call for raising…

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Election 2014

Maywood Voters Favor Referendum to Raise Minimum Wage

Chicago Talks, November 4, 2014

Voters at a polling place in Maywood said Tuesday that voting a straight Democratic ticket…

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Election 2014

Morton Grove residents go to the polls

Chicago Talks, November 4, 2014

Morton Grove voters said they were opposed to Republican candidate Bruce Rauner, who is trying…

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Election 2014

Minimum Wage, Cost and Access to Birth Control Referendums, Bring Out Voters

Chicago Talks, November 4, 2014

Voters in the South Loop said Tuesday they were eager to vote for the ballot…

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Community

Minimum Wage and Housing Protest

Chicago Talks, October 9, 2014

Housing and minimum wage activists protested in the Daley Plaza Tuesday, Oct. 7. They called…

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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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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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