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An Oak Park fourth grader is going for go-kart gold
Oak Park is home to a state go-kart racing champion… And he’s ten years old. Fourth grader Pierce Joy rose to the top of the Illinois junior leagu…
2 years, 1 month ago
Watchdog chief questions whether Chicago cops lied about why they stopped Dexter Reed before killing him in exchange of gunfire
Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability released a video earlier this week of the fatal police shooting of Dexter Reed Junior. The bod…
2 years, 1 month ago
‘Good Times’ — the pioneering TV show set in Cabrini-Green — turns 50
50 years ago a groundbreaking sitcom debuted on television. “Good Times” featured a Black family keeping their heads above water in Chicago. Th…
2 years, 2 months ago
Inside the Midwest’s largest art event of the year: EXPO Chicago
The Midwest’s largest art event of the year opens today at Navy Pier. Hundreds of gallerists from around the world will be at EXPO Chicago. So wi…
2 years, 2 months ago
Klaus Mäkelä, CSO’s new millennial maestro, on falling in love with Chicago and its sound.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has tapped Finnish conductor Klaus Makela to be its next music director. Makela, who is just 28, will officially t…
2 years, 2 months ago
Smooth and straight — and now sick? Thousands of Black women are suing the makers of hair relaxers in federal court in Chicago.
Chicago was at the center of the Black hair care industry for decades, with several key brands built here. Now, Black women are flocking to Chica…
2 years, 2 months ago
Smooth and straight — and now sick? Thousands of Black women are suing the makers of hair relaxers in federal court in Chicago.
Black women in America have turned to hair relaxers to chemically straighten their hair since the early 1900s. Those chemicals are under scrutiny …
2 years, 2 months ago
‘A sea of trucks’ disproportionately pollutes Black and brown neighborhoods in Chicago
The Little Village Environmental Justice Organization and the Center for Neighborhood Technology counted trucks for freight electrification. Reporter…
2 years, 2 months ago
A gun charge filed during George Floyd rioting in Chicago is dismissed amid controversy
Another federal judge in Chicago who also has dismissed gun cases based on the same Supreme Court ruling says the high court’s decision in what’s kno…
2 years, 2 months ago
In Logan Square Climate Resilience Means Affordable Housing
Housing advocates in Chicago’s Logan Square are fighting to keep the rapidly developing neighborhood affordable, familiar and resilient to climate ch…
2 years, 2 months ago