Alderman Solis Raises Over $30,000 for Pilsen Students DACA Renewal

Jake KrezSeptember 20, 2017

Breaking From Policy, City Aims to Renovate South & West Side Homes with $2 Million

Jake KrezSeptember 14, 2017

Cranes In The Sky • Looking at Chicago’s Building Boom

Jake KrezSeptember 13, 2017

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Alderman Solis Raises Over $30,000 for Pilsen Students DACA Renewal

Jake KrezSeptember 20, 2017

Last week, president Donald Trump caused panic across the country for thousands living within our borders when he announced his intentions to end the Obama-era ... More...

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Breaking From Policy, City Aims to Renovate South & West Side Homes with $2 Million

Jake KrezSeptember 14, 2017

It's easy to feel like these days, the government whether it be federal, state or local has everything except for our best intentions in mind. Rampant gentrific... More...

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Cranes In The Sky • Looking at Chicago’s Building Boom

Jake KrezSeptember 13, 2017

It's impossible to ignore the current spike in building developments that have kicked into gear over the last couple of years around the city of Chicago. If the... More...

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New CPS School Year Begins With Longstanding Problems

Jake KrezSeptember 6, 2017

The advent of Fall often brings about two inevitabilities in Chicago: the beginning of the school year and the drop-off in shootings from the summertime. Thi... More...

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Emanuel’s Anti-Gentrification Play Could Hold Empty Promises (Again)

Jake KrezSeptember 4, 2017

This past week, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced his support for a bill that would require developers operating in buzzing neighborhoods to offer more affor... More...

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Police Supt. Eddie Johnson Continues Dangerous Rhetoric

Jake KrezAugust 31, 2017

In October of last year, in the wake of Garry McCarthy's resignation as Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department his successor Eddie Johnson chose to beg... More...

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Should Chicago Rename It’s Statues & Monuments?

Jake KrezAugust 23, 2017

In the wake of the horrifying actions of those who attended the 'Unite The Right' gathering in Charlottesville just over a week ago that left a 32-year-old woma... More...

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Homeless Uptown Residents Facing Dwindling Housing Options

Jake KrezAugust 23, 2017

Anyone who's been to Uptown in the last decade is aware it has a problem. Seemingly everywhere one looks in the neighborhood just north of Wrigley, timeworn bea... More...

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Like It Or Not, Jason Van Dyke is the Face of Police Violence in Chicago

Jake KrezAugust 15, 2017

Jason Van Dyke probably didn't expect to be the face of police violence in one of the city's most violent and divided cities. But, since the 39-year-old former ... More...

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Chance The Rapper, Vic Mensa at Lollapalooza (Jake Osmun)

What Vic Mensa & Chance The Rapper’s Reunion Means for Chicago

Jake KrezAugust 8, 2017

Over the course of the last five years, a contingent of young Chicagoans have put their city on the map through a sustained push forward of careful wordplay and... More...

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