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Prisoners of Hope
Fifteen years ago, when Mack Julion first came to Saint Sabina’s in Auburn Gresham, the church didn’t have a youth ministry. After working for a few years in the office of the church’s longtime pastor,...
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Motivational Training Program
Fred Evans is a swim coach at South Shore International College Prep, a selective enrollment school located on 75th and Jeffery. He has coached swimming in Chicago for over forty years, starting at...
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Best of Gage Park & Midway 2016
• Best Architecturally Unorthodox Church • Best Not-What-You’re-Thinking Pizza • Best Just-Outside-the-Airport Food • Best “Representatives” I’ve lived in Gage Park for twenty-three years. Someone...
View ArticleIn the Report
In December of 2015, after massive public outcry over the killing of Laquan McDonald, the U.S. Department of Justice initiated a probe into the Chicago Police Department. The thirteen-month...
View ArticleGallery Review: Hyde Park Art Center
Community-oriented galleries like those in the Hyde Park Art Center (HPAC) are founded on the idea that encounters with art can be educational. Now, with a new exhibition called “Public School,” the...
View ArticleAfter fire, South Side youth shelter Ujima Village fears for future of...
Nearly a month ago, the South Side’s only emergency shelter for homeless youth was badly damaged in a sudden and unexplained fire. The shelter, Ujima Village, was located on 73rd Street just off the...
View ArticleRedeveloping the State Street Corridor: An Update
In January, the Weekly published an investigation into the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA)’s failure to redevelop public housing in Bronzeville after demolishing much of it in the early 2000s. The...
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A Crisis of Coverage
Last week the New York Times came to Chicago to host a two-hour conversation about the city’s gun violence crisis. The event, “Chicago at a Crossroads,” was announced as an attempt to “work to turn the...
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Best of Tri-Taylor & Little Italy 2018
Best Dueling Domes Best Spam Best Alternative View of Downtown Best Stuffed Shells Best Hangover Cure ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ Best Alternative View of Downtown Harrison Street Parking Structure It’s been said that a...
View ArticleWhat Is the CHA Doing?
This year, nearly a quarter-century after the federal government first took over the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA), the agency charged with housing the poorest Chicagoans will finally complete the...
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