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Back to SearchOjaExpress Delivers Slice of Home
While other kids were bringing turkey or bologna sandwiches to school, Boyede Sobitan was packing jollof rice with goat meat. Sobitan grew up in Uptown and suburban Dolton, and he remembers how diffi…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Cute Couples, Roller Skating, and Other Chi Love Stories
On this Valentine’s Day, we’re celebrating love in Chicago. When we hiked with the couple behind the popular TikTok “Black People Outside,” we couldn’t get over how cute they are. Kam Stanton and Che…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Masks Off, No West Side Groceries, and Roller Skating Love!
Governor JB Pritzker has announced that Illinois is on track to remove the statewide mask mandate by February 28. The Chicago Department of Public Health echoed the Gov’s message and said if COVID ca…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Time to Go Back to the Theater?
Live theater is a huge cultural and economic pillar in Chicago. But it’s no surprise that theaters have struggled since the start of the pandemic. With Chicago Theatre Week starting next Thursday, we…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
50 Films for 50 Years at Gene Siskel Film Center
In 1972, Camille Cook started the Film Center at the School of the Art Institute Chicago to screen auteur, independent, and international films. What started in a room at Tribune Tower, then a baseme…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Operation Silver Shovel and a Six-Story Dump
The city announced last week a $38 million redevelopment of a vacant 21-acre industrial lot in North Lawndale. As a part of the INVEST South/West initiative, the project would feature freight operati…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Meet Harvey's One-Person Newsroom
Over the last several decades, the south suburban Harvey has gone from a model town, home to thousands of manufacturing jobs and Dixie Square Mall, to a community with a dwindling population and incr…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Sexism in Family Court, Van Dyke's Early Release, & Kenwood's Hoop Dreams
For six months, Chicago Reader and Injustice Watch have been investigating allegations of sexism, inappropriate behavior, and bias by Judge Raul Vega, the formerly highest ranking judge in the domest…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Pritzker's Spending Plans and Why Budgets Matter
Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday outlined his 2022 state budget proposal. The Democrat painted a picture of a healthier and more fiscally sound Illinois. Host Jacoby Cochran breaks down what you need to…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago
Are We Doomed?
You’ve been feeling it, right? That existential dread about everything that’s wrong in the world. The feeling that the world is going to end — and soon. Every year, scientists in Chicago try to pinpo…
Published on 3 years, 10 months ago