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Facing a Mental Health Care System Gutted by Mayor Emanuel, Chicago Residents Plagued by Gun Violence Are Opting To Fund Their Own Clinics

By Jonathan Foiles Photo by Sebastián Hidalgo for The Chicago Reporter When I met Anthony more than two years ago, [...]

Jonathan Foiles2018-10-09T15:15:14-04:00January 9, 2018|
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Midwest Architectural Journeys: Call For Contributors

Belt Publishing will be publishing an anthology of essays about Midwestern architecture in 2019. Alexandra Lange, architecture critic for Curbed [...]

William Rickman2018-01-11T11:57:19-05:00January 5, 2018|
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For More Than 100 Years, South Milwaukee Identified As The Manufacturer Of The World’s Most Impressive Mining Equipment. Now What?

By Lisa Holewa It is Small Business Saturday, and South Milwaukee’s downtown looks ready: holiday lights are strung from light [...]

William Rickman2018-01-23T10:30:40-05:00January 2, 2018|
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Resisters of the Rust Belt: A Photo Essay by Garrett MacLean

VIEW SLIDESHOW   When Donald Trump was sworn in as President of the United States, [...]

William Rickman2018-01-22T07:54:53-05:00December 28, 2017|
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In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, thousands of Puerto Ricans have sought refuge in Chicago. Here’s what one woman had to navigate to get her family settled.

By Martha Bayne Photography by Michelle Kanaar Support for this article was provided by Rise Local, a project of New [...]

Anne Trubek2018-03-08T07:18:21-05:00December 26, 2017|
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In The Grass Lots Outside New Era Field, Buffalo Is Burning

It’s two hours before kickoff in a tailgate parking lot adjacent to New Era Field, home of the Buffalo Bills, and a man jumps from the roof of an RV.

William Rickman2018-01-09T04:59:01-05:00December 21, 2017|
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Can You Have Redevelopment Without Gentrification? Some In The Walnut Hills Neighborhood Of Cincinnati Say Yes.

By Hillary Copsey Walnut Hills, a neighborhood inside Cincinnati’s urban core, is having a big year. After the community suffered [...]

William Rickman2018-02-28T13:08:15-05:00December 19, 2017|
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Richard Florida Can’t Let Go Of His Creative Class Theory. His Reputation Depends On It.

By Frank Bures Photo by Garrett MacLean When Richard Florida’s new book came out earlier this year, I saw some [...]

William Rickman2018-01-30T11:04:29-05:00December 13, 2017|
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Documenting the ‘Opioid Migrants’ of Chicago: A photo essay by Lloyd DeGrane

VIEW SLIDESHOW Last year, there were 581 opioid overdose deaths in the City of Chicago, representing [...]

Meredith Pangrace2018-02-13T06:45:14-05:00December 11, 2017|
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Thoughts of a Lonely Man: A poem by a resident of Lower Wacker Drive

By Gregory D. Smith Photograph by Lloyd DeGrane Walking these crowded streets Feeling like I’m always in court Being judged [...]

Anne Trubek2017-12-26T08:34:27-05:00December 7, 2017|
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In Today’s Ohio, ‘Home Rule’ Is Not About Cities Being Self-Governed; It’s Cover For State Officials Moving Economic Growth To The Exurbs

By Tom Bier Photo by Maddie McGarvey In my new book, Housing Dynamics in Northeast Ohio: Setting the Stage for [...]

William Rickman2018-01-06T14:55:36-05:00December 5, 2017|
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On Being ‘In Real Estate’ in Cleveland, OH

I usually tell people “I’m in real estate.” That’s not as charged as “I’m a landlord.” Everybody hates landlords. Everybody got free rent as kids and thinks rent should be free.

William Rickman2017-12-13T07:03:44-05:00November 30, 2017|
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