Kung Fu Tea, Chinatown
Around the South Side in Three Drinks
Spotlighting three notable beverages from Chinatown, South Chicago, and Hyde Park
Author: Emeline Posner
Breaking Ground
Carol Moseley Braun on working the Senate and the soil
Courtney Kendrick
Carol Moseley Braun was the first African-American woman appointed to the Senate, representing Illinois as a Democrat from 1993 to 1999. After a thirty-year career in politics and public service, serving, among other positions, as the Ambassador to New Zealand, Moseley Braun turned to the private sector. She founded her own USDA-certified organic and biodynamic company called Good Food Organics in 2002 and under its umbrella sells Ambassador Organics, a line of food products which currently includes teas, coffee, cocoa, and olive oil. Biodynamics is a holistic agricultural approach that involves crop diversification, the maintenance of on-farm biodiversity preserves such as marshes and forests, and the avoidance of chemicals and off-farm products. For Moseley Braun, biodynamics is a way “to heal our bodies and our farmland.” She grew up between Bronzeville, Park Manor, and Chatham, and currently resides in Hyde Park.
Best of Hyde Park & Kenwood 2016
A Dog Meet Dog World
The story behind the “pup paradise” in Jackson Park
Emeline Posner
“You never know what you can make with this stuff, and I’m always trying to get creative with the park.” – Todd Agosto
Making Good Food Better
Policy and produce at the Good Food Festival
Courtesy of Barry Brecheisen
Representatives of several South Side-based agricultural organizations agreed that one of the most important, and least often discussed, facets of sustainability is workers’ right to a fair wage.
Rethinking Agamemnon
The tale of the House of Atreus continues at Court Theatre with Agamemnon
Michael Brosilow
Clytemnestra stands in the small foyer, laughing maniacally as she scrawls on walls that were once a pure white : Iphigenia. IPHIGENIA. IPHIGENIA.
This Side of Kingston
Bronzeville Jerk Shack, the first Bronzeville Cookin’ venue, opens.
Sylvia Wei
“If we can inject food, quality food, into the area, then we’ll be able to feed people quality food, encourage people to come back [to Bronzeville], and bring jobs into the area as well.”
Coming Through
Push for pushcarts succeeds in City Council
Baci Weiler
Pushcarts have been community staples for decades
The Way Forward
A retrospective on Urban Renewal at Black Cinema House
Marco Ferrari
“The basic question is, how did our cities get this way?”
It Takes a City
Why Chicago’s small business initiatives matter
Ellie Mejia
The business-to-business loan market has been likened to that of payday loans; with misleading rates, APRs nearing 100 percent, and hidden fees, these unregulated lenders pose a serious threat to small business owners in Chicago and across the country.