Eyeing the field
For the first few minutes of last Saturday’s political debate, candidates for Jesse Jackson Jr.’s empty Second Congressional District seat outnumbered audience members. Seven candidates showed up for...
View ArticleOpen House
“Housing is a human right,” said activist Sabrina Morey last Thursday evening.Read more →
View ArticleIn the Shadow of Mount Olympus
It may be some time before the Michael Reese Hospital site is developed, though as long as the city continues to own the property, the clock is ticking.Read more →
View ArticleRed Line Rehab
On May 19, the southern portion of the Red Line will be shut down for a $425 million rehabilitation project. Over twenty thousand South Siders will have to find an alternative route to work. Read more →
View ArticleSmall Talk and Sandwiches
About ten minutes before State Representative Christian Mitchell’s first open house last Saturday, a tall man walks in with a large tray of sandwiches.Read more →
View ArticleHow Far Will They Go - CPS's smallest school closing has big implications
Kate S. Buckingham Special Education Center serves thirty-nine students with severe emotional disorders. If the school closes, its students will face a fourteen mile move to their new school, a trek...
View ArticleBanking Small - The University of Chicago invests in local banks
Last spring, the University of Chicago distributed $1 million to banks and community development financial institutions on the South Side in an ongoing effort to extend the university's mission beyond...
View ArticleTrack Changes - The Red Line looks ahead to shorter travel times—and a...
A five-month, $425 million project, the Dan Ryan Red Line closure has shut down nine stations, from 95th Street to Chinatown, with the promise of improving commute times by up to twenty minutes...
View ArticleIn Transit - The CTA plans for bus rapid transit on Ashland Avenue
A proposal to build a bus rapid transit line on Ashland Avenue might prove to be the kind of transit project the city needs, functioning as an effective conduit between the North and South Sides.Read...
View ArticleHouse Keeping - As the lingering foreclosure crisis pushes residents out of...
The Anti-Eviction Campaign scouts out abandoned homes and arranges for people to live in them, matching “homeless people with peopleless homes.” "It's not necessarily about what’s right or what ought...
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