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- News & Politics, Feature Apr 4, 2019
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A new battleground
Veterans of the armed forces' segregated past fight to keep their legacy alive.
- News & Politics, Feature Feb 4, 2019
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‘Don't push us out’
The First and 26th Wards will vote on a nonbinding referendum that asks whether Illinois should li ft the ban on rent control—prohibited in the state since 1997.
- News & Politics, Feature Jan 17, 2019
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A grandfather's life in images
Portraits and archival photographs evoke a long journey.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 6, 2018
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Lollapalooza 2018 in photos
- News & Politics, Feature Sep 19, 2017
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The Plan for Transformation has transformed Chicago’s built environment
Over the last decade, photographer David Schalliol has been diligently documenting the demolition and reconstruction of the city’s public housing. Selections from the series are now on display as part of the Chicago Architecture Biennial.
- News & Politics, Feature Aug 24, 2017
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Development threatens one of the south side’s only dog-friendly areas
Jackson Bark is a community-built canine agility park on abandoned tennis courts. And now a multimillion-dollar golf course development plan is imperiling its future.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 17, 2017
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Twenty-three stunning portraits of black women at Pitchfork 2017
Photographer Zakkiyyah Najeebah highlights black women's presence at this year's Pitchfork festival.
- Arts & Culture, Art Feature Jun 28, 2017
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Pilsen celebrates the Fourth of July with a bang
Photographer Rick Majewski captures the neighborhood's spectacular Independence Day parties, as American flags are hoisted, Mexican food is served up, and amateur fireworks displays erupt on block after block.
- Arts & Culture, Art Feature Apr 26, 2017
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Photo book Too Fly Not to Fly celebrates #blackgirlmagic and #blackboyjoy
Educators Briana McLean and Desmond Owusu created a learning tool that also captures the joy of black childhood in Chicago.
- Arts & Culture, Art Feature Mar 15, 2017
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A street photographer finds the beauty in Chicago’s brutal winters
In Satoki Nagata’s “Lights in Chicago” series, inclement weather isn’t annoying—it’s breathtaking.
- Arts & Culture, Art Feature Jan 25, 2017
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A candid portrait of a rapidly changing Chinatown
The photographic series "Face Value" depicts the growth and resilience of Armour Square and its surrounding areas.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 23, 2017
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‘Does this ass make my sign look big?’ and more women’s march slogans that probably drove Trump crazy
Many signs were designed to get under the new president's famously thin skin.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 23, 2017
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‘Make America Great Again’ hats are very flammable, and other visual lessons from inauguration day
Here's what happened when Trump supporters, protesters, and police descended on Washington, D.C.
- Arts & Culture, Art Feature Nov 30, 2016
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‘Hoop Dreams’ amid the game of life
Snapshots of basketball courts in Chicago’s overlooked communities offer a plea for investment in the city’s youth.