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Haircuts, Tattoos and Punch: Newly Arrived Migrants are Using Creativity and Cultures to Overcome Work Barriers
Like others before them, recent arrivals are turning to entrepreneurship — often in street vending or trades like barbering — ...
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Public Newsroom 157: How to Hold Elected Leaders Accountable
Organizers who work in education, homelessness and housing justice shared several tips on how Chicagoans can get more ...
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What Makes Day Labor so Difficult for Chicago Migrants
On a cold, snowy morning in mid-March, Marielis Yepez, 30, and Adriana Valencia, 32, search for one particular contractor in ...
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Q&A: The Consequences of Ignoring Long Covid
Northwestern University researcher Jess Maciuch says Long Covid, chronic illness and disability have been overlooked during ...
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Q&A: Inside an Effort to Give Incarcerated Illinoisans the Right to Vote
State Rep. LaShawn Ford, an advocate for criminal justice reform, has spent his life serving Chicago in multifaceted ways.
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Q&A: ‘Once They Realize, There’s No Stopping Them’: Showing Youth Their Voices Matter in Elections
My Block, My Hood, My City mentors teens from the South and West Sides, part of its mission to support Chicago’s youth in underserved communities. Young people go on educational field trips to foster ...
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Newswire: You get what you pay for: Chicago budget squeaks through
Forty-seven days after Mayor Brandon Johnson introduced his budget proposal, Chicago City Council approved the city’s 2025 spending plan Monday evening. It was a tight vote, 27 to 23, just one vote ...