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October, 2007
In 1960, activists, neighborhood residents and local ministers formed what would become The Woodlawn Organization to battle racial discrimination and a city government that seemed unresponsive to the South Side neighborhood's needs. "The neighborhood was going down," said Edward Grady, a longtime employee of The Woodlawn Organization.
"Absentee landlords and slumlords were coming into...
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September, 2007
It's just minutes before the televised noon lottery drawing, and hurried, last-minute players are lining up inside 115th St. Food...
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September, 2007
Principal Joan Dameron Crisler would like her Arthur Dixon Elementary School to see more returns on the area's lottery spending. The school, at 8306 S. St. Lawrence Ave. on the South Side, is in the 60619 ZIP code area, which in the year 2002 led the state in lottery sales. (Photo by Louis Byrd III)
In 1972, Illinois legislators proposed a lottery with the promise of bringing in more revenue...
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September, 2007
Although the federal government recommends that cities plan their responses to terrorism with inclusiveness and openness, Chicago's emergency preparedness plan is known only to a few in city government, The Chicago Reporter has found.
Among those who haven't been shown the plan are the city's aldermen, firefighters and police officers.
"We do not discuss the particulars of our plan so...
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September, 2007
Leslie Brown stands outside her West Side home, which she transformed into a recovery center for women recently released from prison. (Photo by Mary Hanlon)
In 1982, Leslie Brown went to prison for conspiring to murder her husband.
"It was my second husband, and I was in a domestic violence situation for many years, and I just couldn't take any more of his abuse," said Brown, who served...
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