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Photo gallery: Chicago’s political murals
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Public art tackles social and political topics in Humboldt Park, the Lower West Side, Kenwood, East Garfield Park and other neighborhoods in the city.
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A slice of life in an evolving Belmont Cragin
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Latino residents in the Northwest Side neighborhood are remaking the formerly majority-Polish community in their own image.
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Halsted Street, a cross section of Chicago
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A journey across Halsted, Chicago’s second longest street, showcases the city’s history, cultural diversity and economic stratification.
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They call it Little Palestine
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Bridgeview and neighboring suburbs have become a hub for Arab American life in the Chicago area and nationwide.
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From new cafes to community gardens, Englewood is on the move
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Englewood, on Chicago’s South Side, often is portrayed as crime-ridden, but there is more going on in the neighborhood than violence.
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Re-entry: one man’s road to recovery and redemption
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Re-entering society successfully after incarceration can involve overcoming addictions that paved the way to prison. John Williams has found ways to try to stay healthy–physically, mentally and spiritually–while navigating the challenges of recovery. Photo Fellow Grace Donnelly documented his journey.
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Leaving prison, reclaiming a life
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Leaving prison is like having a second chance at life, a chance that starts the moment an inmate walks through the prison gate.
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Life goes on as Washington Park awaits news about Obama library
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Washington Park is a neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side that could undergo major changes if the presidential library is located nearby.
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Seeking help for trauma
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When residents of some of the city’s most violent neighborhoods need mental health treatment, they often seek help from social service and community organizations in their neighborhoods — help that can be hard to find.
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Rally urges U.S. pressure over 43 missing Mexican students
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Three groups, known as “Caravana43,” are traveling to different cities in the United States — including Chicago this week — to demand transparency from Mexico’s government about 43 college students who were abducted last September from Mexico’s southern state of Guerrero.