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Tag: Chicago neighborhoods

Posted inFeature

Woodlawn Lifer Pushes For Improvements

by Kelli Duncan October 18, 2022October 25, 2022

As housing prices in Woodlawn soar, longtime resident and activist Jeane Clark said she will never sell the two homes she owns on South Rhodes Avenue to anyone outside of her family. “They’re mine,” Clark said firmly, tapping her heart twice. “They’re my legacy.” One of the homes is the one she grew up in […]

Posted inGovernment and Politics

High turnover of aldermen stymies development in Chicago’s 7th Ward

by La Risa Lynch February 22, 2019February 24, 2019
Posted inGovernment and Politics

In Chicago’s 37th Ward, longtime incumbent faces new blood and new ideas

by Josh McGhee February 22, 2019February 22, 2019
Posted inEconomic Development

Target opens stores in younger, wealthier, white neighborhoods as it pulls out of South Side

by Josh McGhee and Jonah Newman November 20, 2018November 20, 2018
Posted inGovernment and Politics, Perspectives

Thirty-five years ago, Harold Washington changed what Chicago’s mayor could be

by Alton Miller May 2, 2018May 1, 2018
Posted inPerspectives, Perspectives: The Powers That Be

Longtime Southwest Side activist leaves legacy of building people power

by Curtis Black May 25, 2017May 25, 2017
Posted inCriminal Justice, Perspectives, Perspectives: The Powers That Be

Demand for community control of police oversight isn’t going away

by Curtis Black October 6, 2016May 15, 2017
Posted inEducation

Interactive map: Closed schools still burden distressed Chicago neighborhoods

by Kalyn Belsha and Matt Kiefer September 14, 2016March 2, 2017
Posted inRace and Culture

In Kenwood, black picket fences

by Deborah L. Shelton May 8, 2016November 8, 2017
Posted inEconomic Development

In Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood, untapped economic opportunity

by Adeshina Emmanuel July 1, 2015February 22, 2019

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