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ROUNDUP: Chicago and Illinois brace for mounting COVID-19 deaths, adjust to new normal

By Asraa Mustufa | April 3, 2020

Here’s everything you might have missed in week three of the pandemic as conditions remain dire on numerous fronts while promised federal aid may offer some relief.

Perspectives: The Powers That Be

‘Green gentrification’ and lessons of the 606

By Curtis Black | January 30, 2020

A six-month development freeze around the new Northwest Side trail gives community groups a chance to explore strategies to preserve affordable housing — and park projects like El Paseo and the Obama Presidential Center could benefit from its lessons.

Perspectives

Universal coverage, single-payer, ‘Medicare for All’: What does it all mean for you?

By Simon F. Haeder | January 10, 2020

The US has been trying to reform its complicated health care system since 1993. In 2020, it continues to be one of the biggest and most complicated issues of the presidential campaign.

Perspectives: The Powers That Be

It’s time to reopen Chicago’s closed mental health clinics

By Curtis Black | May 9, 2019

As officials revisit one of Rahm Emanuel’s most controversial policies, providers have different ideas for how to restore care to the many patients who have fallen through the cracks.

Perspectives: The Powers That Be

Illinois Republicans try to lay low on repealing Obamacare

By Curtis Black | June 22, 2017

With the GOP threatening health care coverage, especially for Medicaid recipients, activists are demanding answers from local lawmakers who are quietly supporting the bills.

Perspectives: The Powers That Be

Emanuel is the last person to give Democrats advice on strategy

By Curtis Black | February 8, 2017

The mayor’s advice for his party to “take a chill pill” obscures his record and demonstrates his complete disconnect to the current political climate.

Perspectives: The Powers That Be

What’s at stake for Chicago and Illinois under President Trump

By Curtis Black | January 20, 2017

Here’s a roundup of how the Trump administration’s stated policy goals would interact with local laws on immigrant and religious protections, healthcare, housing, education and law enforcement.

Perspectives: The Powers That Be

Emanuel’s plan could leave city retirees without health insurance

By Curtis Black | December 21, 2016

A City of Chicago health care subsidy for retirees is being phased out at the same time as President-elect Donald Trump seeks to repeal Obamacare.

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Under Trump, Chicago organizers gear up to build coalitions

By Melissa Sanchez | November 15, 2016

Local grassroots activists say the presidential election heightens the need to align causes between groups fighting against oppressive economic and social systems.

Government and Politics

Too far from the pharmacy

By Dima M. Qato and Bruce L. Lambert | December 8, 2014

About 1million Chicagoans live in a ‘pharmacy desert,’ and underserved residents in many South and West Side neighborhoods could stay sick longer without better access.

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