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Politics is Local

Chicago Residents Support Cruz Victory in Iowa

Chicago Talks, February 11, 2016

Des Moines — On the Thursday before the Iowa caucuses, Carl Miller, 17, from Downers…

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Beyond the Game

St. Rita’s Shepski Bound for Notre Dame

Chicago Talks, May 7, 2014

Jake Shepski is a senior at St. Rita High School playing varsity baseball and will…

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Editor's Choice

Strip clubs help fund rape crisis centers

Chicago Talks, February 27, 2013

Sexual assault crisis centers can finally count on a new source of funding—strip clubs. The…

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Rebuild Chicago Plans To Turn Empty Homes Into Rental Properties

Chicago Talks, October 21, 2012

The initiative by the group Action Now aims to help relieve neighborhoods hit hard by foreclosure of crime often associated with the vacant buildings. West Siders can attend an Oct. 25 meeting to learn more about the program.

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Not Just Surviving In The U.S., Some Immigrants Live The American Dream

Chicago Talks, September 18, 2012

For most Americans, earning a college degree and obtaining a promising job sounds like the…

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Father Pfleger, Community and Hip Hop Group Launch Music Studio on South Side

Chicago Talks, June 23, 2012

The ARK of St. Sabina and Hip Hop Detoxx launched their new music studio to…

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Perry’s Second-Highest Fundraising Not Enough To Buy Iowa

Chicago Talks, January 4, 2012

DES MOINES – The day started early for Travis Lovelady, one of the 1,500 precinct…

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Community

Chicago Residents Worry About Peanut Butter Price Increase

Chicago Talks, December 3, 2011

The extreme summer heat in southern states hurt this year’s peanut crop–resulting in the price inflation of peanut butter up to 40 percent, particularly in the Midwest–Chicago residents say they have no choice but to pay the price.

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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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