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Chicago Expands Pilot Program to Help Gun Violence Survivors Cover Their Costs
The Trace· 5 days agoThe City of Chicago plans to announce today that it will expand a program that helps Chicagoans and...
On Juneteenth, one man’s unwavering quest for reparations
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 5 days agoCHICAGO — Below the blazing sun on Juneteenth, Howard Ray flagged down cars stopped at a red light...
Vintage Chicago Tribune: The Great Seiche — or was it? — of 1954. What was behind Lake Michigan’s...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 4 days agoWhile Chicagoans sweat through a stretch of brutally hot days, those who lived here 70 years ago were shivering. The start of the city’s meteorological summer in 1954 was ...
Cook County Commissioner Dennis Deer dies at 51, family says
NBC Chicago· 8 hours agoDeer, who was appointed to his seat after the death of Robert Steele, is being remembered as a...
Chicago’s streak of very warm nighttime temperatures ends, though 5-day averages are historic
Chicago Sun-Times· 3 days agoThe streak of very warm nights ended Thursday as temperatures in the city dipped below 70 degrees...
Chicago, a haven for the LGBTQ+ community, still can do more for inclusivity, Chicago's Next Voices...
Chicago Sun-Times· 3 days agoIllinois is one of the safest states in the nation for members of the LGBTQ+ community. Chicago is...
Daywatch: Johnson launches task force on reparations for Black Chicagoans
Chicago Tribune· 6 days agoMayor Brandon Johnson launched a task force yesterday to examine implementing a reparations program...
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson launches reparations taskforce as Juneteenth nears
NBC Chicago· 7 days agoChicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has announced the formation of a new taskforce aimed at considering...
Today’s white working-class young men who turn to racist violence are part of a long, sad American...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAs waves of Black people moved into the city, white Chicagoans on the city’s South Side began...
Chicago aldermen exploring new city taxes and fees to boost revenue
Chicago Tribune· 3 days agoMonths after Chicago voters rejected the Bring Chicago Home property tax plan backed by Mayor...