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- Blogs, Bleader Nov 19, 2018
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Archive dive: A report from Morton, Illinois, the self-declared pumpkin capital of the world
In 2006, Linda Lutton and Catrin Einhorn explored the town's busy season and spoke with the workers who pack the pumpkin, most of whom come from the tiny Mexican town of La Soledad.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 18, 2015
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Southtown Star's Phil Kadner hangs it up
The columnist revisits some greatest hits on the eve of his buyout.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 12, 2015
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When you're eating pumpkin pie this Thanksgiving, give thanks to the unsung laborers of Morton, Illinois
A 2006 Reader feature tells the story of seasonal Mexican laborers in downstate Illinois responsible for most of the world's canned pumpkin.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 21, 2015
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Pop-Up Magazine, a multimedia storytelling show, makes its Chicago debut
Calling all writers, artists, broadcasters, filmmakers, and anyone else who loves a good conversation.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 3, 2015
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Three of Chicago's best education reporters talk about CPS at the Hideout summit Tuesday
This week three great local education reporters—Sarah Karp, Lauren FitzPatrick, and Becky Vevea—join the Reader's Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky for First Tuesdays at the Hideout to discuss schools in Chicago.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 5, 2015
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Karen Lewis and Troy LaRaviere on Rahm, Rauner, and CPS
See it for yourself—Karen Lewis on Rauner the sociopath, Troy LaRaviere on the parasites at CPS, and other highlights from this week's First Tuesdays show at the Hideout.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 28, 2014
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Can Chuy beat Rahm in the race for mayor?
If African-Americans and Latinos come together the way they did for Harold Washington, Jesus Garcia could give Emanuel a run for his money.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 8, 2014
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Reporters talk schools and journalism in the Age of Rahm
Live at the Hideout: Three of Chicago's best education reporters discuss schools and how Mayor Rahm handles the press.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 5, 2014
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Reader's Agenda Tue 8/5: 'Lost and Found,' Tori Amos, and First Tuesdays with Mick and Ben
What's on the Reader's Agenda for Tuesday, August 5
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 25, 2014
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FitzPatrick, Karp, and Lutton talking schools at the Hideout!
Just in time for the start of the school year, Mick and Ben will be at the Hideout on August 5 with three great education reporters: Lauren FitzPatrick, Sarah Karp, and Linda Lutton.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 13, 2014
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The impact of charter school expansion
Many Chicago high schools are withering away.
- News & Politics, Feature Dec 12, 2013
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Our third annual People Issue
What makes Chicago work? We selected 19 people—with passions like brewing beer or fixing bikes or curating performance art—to shed light on the city's many moving parts.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 27, 2013
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All year long we moan and groan, so it's time for a little thanks
There are things to be thankful for in Chicago.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 21, 2013
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It took two: WBEZ's education reporters receive national honors
Linda Lutton, Becky Vevea win national awards for education coverage at WBEZ.
- Columns & Opinion, On Media Aug 14, 2013
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The highs and lows of longtime WBEZ visionary Torey Malatia
Twenty years is a long time for anyone to run anything.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 27, 2013
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At risk: The education beat at WBEZ
Is the station's pledge drive missing a bet?
- Best of Chicago, City Life Jun 20, 2013
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Best Heartbreaking Reporting of Staggering Genius
This American Life two-part series on Harper High School
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Jun 13, 2013
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The madness behind Mayor Emanuel's methods
In pressing for school closings and a new meter deal, Rahm doesn't let facts get in the way.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 28, 2013
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With a party, the Southtown Star newsroom disappears
A night at Midlothian pizza joint Bartolini's, site of the newspaper's farewell party
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 22, 2012
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Racial integration is possible in Chicago
In a city with a sordid history of segregation, there are beacons of light and reasons to be thankful
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 20, 2012
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Mea culpa—I confess!
When I make a mistake, it's a beauty.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 20, 2012
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Mayor Rahm learns about LSCs
In his ongoing effort to learn new things about the city he runs, Mayor Emanuel learns about local school councils.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 27, 2012
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Wake up, everybody: Linda Lutton tells it like it is about CPS
Linda Lutton and other reporters blow the whistle on the CPS rent-a-protester movement.
- News & Politics, Chicago Reader at Forty Jul 21, 2011
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1998
The year in Chicago history via the pages of the Reader
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 20, 2009
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Ground Zero for the Pumpkin Shortage
The rainy weather that has caused a shortage of canned Libby's pumpkin has an even more dire effect on the largely Mexican laborers of downstate Morton, Illinois, the "pumpkin capital of the world."
