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Posted inFeatures, Housing
A Hole in the World
Homelessness, says Angelica, a twenty-two-year-old regular at the Teen Living Programs homeless youth drop-in center, is almost universally misunderstood.
Posted inEnglewood
The Confidence Project
“I came in second,ā says Sherri Allen-Reeves, stepping out from behind the lectern, āand most people who come in second and not first would feel defeated.ā Her voice is powerful, but not too loud.
Posted inPilsen
Monarchs, Seeds, and Milkweeds
Every March, cloud-like swarms of monarch butterflies leave MichoacƔn, Mexico, to travel north.
Posted inPolitics
Something in the Water
n primary day, sixteen candidates will take part in a down-ballot scrum for the chance to contest positions in an administrative body few people have even heard of.
Posted inMusic
Genre Trouble
rofessors Richard So and Adrienne Brown could barely contain their joy.
Posted inActivism
Green Training
The early hour on a Saturday morning did nothing to dampen the spirits of the fifteen high school students attending the Environmental Justice Training Program in Pilsen.
Posted inSports
For the Kids
Snow falls fast over the ice rink on the Midway Plaisance as parents and children stand inside the rental area, pulling on extra pairs of socks and pants. In one corner, a few men and women in Blackhawks gear tower conspicuously, chatting and wrapping tape around hockey sticks.