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Why many full-time workers in Illinois need SNAP benefits to help buy food
Every time Amy Mendez walks the aisles of her local grocery store, she mulls the same dilemma – how will she afford to feed herself and her 13-year-o…
2 months, 1 week ago
Ratboys turned a Driftless cabin into a songwriting haven
One of the most anticipated albums of the year is the new one from Chicago’s own Ratboys. The band formed at Notre Dame about 15 years ago and the…
2 months, 1 week ago
Chicago area Asians were also targeted by Midway Blitz. But for a while, they kept quiet For a while, Chicago-area Asians didn’t want to talk about ICE
Of the thousands of immigrants swept up in the Trump administration’s deportation campaign, there’s one group you may not have heard much about: Asia…
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Chicago Composer Florence Price roars back to life with new opera
Chicago proudly claims Florence Price as one of its own. After all, it was here that she became the first Black female composer to have a symphony…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Illinois’ Early voting begins Thursday for Primary Election
Illinois Voters will start receiving their vote-by-mail ballots today (Thurs). In order to vote, you must be a U-S citizen – and you need to regis…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Here are the Winter Olympians with Illinois ties to watch
The Winter Olympics are officially underway. And a number of the members of Team U-S-A come from right here in Illinois. HOST: DEGMAN
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Dozens of Chicago-area suburbs have become more diverse over the past two decades.
The Chicago suburbs used to be mostly white, middle-class enclaves. But over the last few decades, some have become incredibly diverse places. HOST:…
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West Chicago teens on ICE watch in Minneapolis: ‘This is so much worse.’
Two teen brothers from West Chicago have been in Minneapolis since early January, documenting immigration raids. The boys are homeschooled, so t…
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Chicago elementary school students delight in new chicken coop and get a Black history lesson
Chicago public schools plan to celebrate Black History Month with everything from a business fair to an assembly highlighting the Harlem Renaissance.…
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Surviving a Border Patrol shooting, taking a stand
It’s been four months since Marimar [MARE-i-mar] Martinez, was shot by a Border Patrol agent on Chicago’s Southwest Side. She survived. But two ot…
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