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A Breakdown of Key Ward Races in the 2023 Elections

by Reema Saleh, Ella Beiser, Hana Urban, Adam Przybyl, Ismael Cuevas Jr., Max Blaisdell, Savannah Hugueley and Jacqueline Serrato February 9, 2023February 10, 2023

Learn about candidates in wards 4, 5, 11, 14, 18, 20, 22, and 25, and see how the wards were redrawn

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A Road Trip to ‘Fresniraq’

by Ismael Cuevas Jr. February 11, 2022February 11, 2022
Rise Fall Tenochtitlan. Art Credit: Dario Parra
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Chicagotlan: Tenochtitlan en Chicago

by Carlos Ramirez-Rosa and Ismael Cuevas Jr. August 11, 2021July 14, 2022
Rise Fall Tenochtitlan. Art Credit: Dario Parra
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Op-Ed: Finding Tenochtitlan in Chicago

by Carlos Ramirez-Rosa and Ismael Cuevas Jr. August 4, 2021August 9, 2021
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A History of School Desegregation on the Far Southwest Side

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