Don’t be a dope when it comes to issues that affect you every day. Politicians influence your health insurance costs, whether you get unemployment insurance, how much you can get in student loans, and what taxes you pay for a coffee or soft drink. How much lower might your rates be if the Cook...
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Justice & Crime
Election Special for Feb. 2, 2010 Primary Election
Local Artist Stands Up for Rights, Might Go to Jail
Chris Drew is a master of the silkscreen. He runs a youth art program at Uptown Multi-Cultural Art Center and has for years. Drew’s program at UM-CAC works “to promote the multicultural diversity of Uptown and Chicago by bringing together artists of many ethnic backgrounds to establish art exhibitions and workshops.” Read more...
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Doubts Cast on Whether ‘04 Chicago Police Shooting of Girl, Suspect Was Justified
Editor’s Note: The following article, which was co-authored by two Columbia College journalism students, ran in the Jan. 26 issue of the Chicago Tribune.
By Lauren Rozyla, Morgan McDevitt and Sam Roe, Chicago Tribune
On a summer night in 2004, two Chicago police officers chased an alleged gunman up to the front door of a...
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A Sudanese Survivor: Refugee’s Journey From “Lost Boy” to Self-Sufficiency Inspires Others
At first glance, seeing him sip a Stella Artois at a bar in the Loop, one would have no clue about the harrowing journey of the well-dressed man sporting a gray textured button-down, black dress pants, a shiny watch on his left hand and an earring in his left ear. Based on his appearance,...
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Preckwinkle Focused While Tresser Takes on Corruption at Cook County Board President Debate on Violence Against Women
It was a full house, with over 200 women and a handful of men in an audience that was anxious to hear what the next Cook County Board president would do to protect and better serve women and men who are victims of violence.
The forum, Violence Against Women, held at Loyola University, is one...
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Program to Help Ex-Offenders Nearly Overwhelmed by Growing Demand for Services
Officials at a Far West Side organization fear if client demand continues to rise, more and more recently released prisoners will be left fending for themselves.
Roger Ehmen, director of Westside Health Authority’s Prisoner Re-Entry Center, said a recent jump in numbers shows the dire need for the program in Austin.
Ehmen said the center saw...
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West Side Program Helps Ex-Offenders Get a Second Chance
Charles Ezzard speaks with ease and confidence, pausing from time-to-time as if visually sifting through the past chapters of his life. He recounts times of hardship, yet immediately changes pace when speaking about his future. His face lights up as he states his goals, such as finishing school and giving back to the community.
In...
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County Board President Candidates to Focus on Violence Against Females
This is a press release from the Chicago Foundation for Women. The event is free and open to everyone.
COOK COUNTY BOARD PRESIDENT CANDIDATE FORUM:
FOCUSING ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS
Thurs. Jan. 21st
6 p.m. (Doors open at 5:30)
Loyola University of Chicago, Water Tower Campus
111 E. Pearson St.
Beane Hall, 13th floor of Lewis Towers
Chicago
RSVP: No...
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Hurry Up and Wait: 50th Ward Vote Fraud Trial Delayed… Again
From Lake Effect News
Almost two years after being indicted on charges that they allegedly tampered with absentee ballots favoring Ald. Berny Stone in the 2007 50th Ward aldermanic race, defendants Anish Eapen and Armando Ramos will have to wait it out a little longer.
Eapen is the former ward superintendent for the Chicago Streets and Sanitation Department; Ramos...
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Somali Finds Refuge in Albany Park English Class
Yasmin Mohamed, a Somali refugee living in Chicago, endured one of the globe’s greatest humanitarian crises, but understanding her future means journeying to ZIP code 60625.
Four mornings a week Yasmin winds her way down Whipple Ave. to the Albany Park Community Center. The second floor classroom is a global village of 26 students from...
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