Chicago
Chicago students add budget cuts, school closings to gun control agenda
March 15, 2018Chicago Public Schools students also took the opportunity to speak out about other issues they are facing, such as the threat of budget cuts and public school closings in their city.
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Uptown men’s hotel tenants continue fight for affordable housing
February 21, 2018The Wilson Men’s Hotel, located at 1124 W. Wilson Ave., is being sold. Over a hundred of its tenants were served with a 60-day eviction notice.
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Chicago mayor quietly pushes for $95m police academy
October 26, 2017The tentative construction site for the facility is located in Garfield Park, a predominantly black neighborhood on the west side of the city.
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Homeless continue their battle for right to live in “Tent City”
September 27, 2017The encampment is a well-known homeless community under the viaducts at Lawrence and Wilson Avenue. Several volunteers have showed up with cars and moving trucks in hopes of finding another long-term public space for the inhabitants,...
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Victory for Chicagoland auto mechanics after seven-week strike
September 18, 2017The employers have thrown up the white flag as Chicago's unionized auto mechanics score a major victory.
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