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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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The Global Financial Crisis: An Economic Meeting Place Between the U.S. and China

Chicago Talks, December 5, 2008

Dec. 5, 2008 – Karen Yang works at an import jewelry shop in Chicago's Chinatown neighborhood….

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Roseland Ceasefire Waits Four Months for Funds, May Have to Shut Down

Chicago Talks, November 25, 2008

Nov. 25, 2008 – Bob Jackson has kept CeaseFire's Roseland office open since August of 2007,…

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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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Sudden School Shift Raises Questions About CPS Priorities

Chicago Talks, October 9, 2008

Oct. 9, 2008 – The last-minute relocation of a Southside elementary school has raised questions…

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Cook County Sheriff’s Department to Beef Up Security in Ford Heights

Chicago Talks, September 23, 2008

Sept. 23, 2008 – Starting Oct. 1, four south Chicagoland towns will see police officers…

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Is University of Chicago “Landbanking?”

Chicago Talks, September 16, 2008

From the Chicago Tribune comes this story about the possible downside to "Olympic Fever" in…

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Forgotten History Being Remembered in Pullman for Labor Day

Chicago Talks, August 20, 2008

Though once the site of corporate oppression and violence against workers and their families, Chicago's…

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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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