It is easy to generalize about the economic elite running the show, now find out who the local business leaders that do all those public/private partnerships really are and where they hangout together.
You know that the Chicago Housing Authority’s current streak of demolitions has been a disaster on many levels, find out about a different model for how public housing could be overhauled.
For years Chicago activists have argued for more neighborhood over downtown development. This text argues that that debate needs to be updated with new analysis.
In this interview with Vinay Ravi, a lead organizer for UNITE-HERE Local 1, we learn about unionization and its connection to other forms of politics in Chicago.
In this interview with local labor researcher and activist Virginia Park we learn about the differences between LA’s successful campaigns for a living wage compared with our failures here in Chicago.
As Charter Schools evolve there are internal contradictions that need to be examined. This text introduces some of the basic debates around the emergence of Charter schools and what kinds of struggles we can watch out for in the future.
In an attempt to quantify everything that occurs within its structure, Chicago Public Schools has gradually adopted new data driven evaluation systems for nearly everyone involved.
Presenting 10 replies to our question “How long have you lived in Chicago and what has changed the most and the least here in Chicago over that time period?”
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jayne hileman commented, on August 12, 2008 at 11:27 a.m.:
Timely.
Follow up with pictures of board-ups in foreclosed neighborhoods.
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