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The Shrine Survives
How parishioners, community members, and preservationists saved a landmark Woodlawn church from demolition
Courtesy of Save the Shrine
“Of course, as good Chicagoans, we ignored this.”
Be Aggressive! B-E Aggressive!
West Englewood high-schoolers found South Side’s first girls’ rugby team
Margaret Glazier
“People don’t think girls will come out to contact sports but girls will come out in droves for contact sports if you give them the opportunities.”
A Healing Space
Activists embrace restorative justice as a tool to dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline in CPS
Courtesy of the Chicago Peace Corps
“The kids don’t believe in justice yet, so they call it restorative practice,” said Judge Murphy. “It’s opening a door for them where there really wasn’t one before.”
A Nontraditional Tenure
Student leader Paris Griffin on the state budget crisis and Chicago State University
Zelda Galewsky
We’re spending money that we don’t have.
Don’t Call It Activism
Troy LaRaviere on racial realities and the responsibilities of a school
I was going to make America be America, make Chicago as if it was America.
Forgotten Chicago’s bus tour commemorates Obama’s early life
“People in Chicago talk about World’s Fairs, while we have a sitting president and all the places he lived and worked right here.”
Back in the Game
CTU President Karen Lewis, known for outspoken criticism of the mayor’s education policy, seeks a third term
Ellen Hao
Karen Lewis, president of the Chicago Teacher’s Union (CTU), recently announced that she will seek a third term in May 2016. Lewis has been undergoing treatment for a brain tumor diagnosed last October, but she stated in her announcement that she is now healthy, and that she is “not done” fighting for Chicago’s students and teachers.