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Obama unveils vision for presidential library in Chicago
An artist’s rendering for the Design of former President Barack Obama Presidential Center to be built in the 500-acre Jackson Park on Chicago’s South Side. Image was released on May 3, 2017. Photo...
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Column: Why big data analysis of police activity is inherently biased
New research argues predictive policing tools reinforce, rather than reimagine, existing police practices, which could lead to further targeting of communities or people of color. Photo by Mike...
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Artistic skills and independence bloom for these adults with disabilities
Sophie works at a loom to create designs for purses. Photo courtesy of Garden Center Services Chris’ love of cookies yielded a Cookie Monster painting. Tracey has a penchant for fairies. Spring...
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How one poet is helping Chicago students find their voice through verse
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Finally tonight, a distinct way of giving students their own voice. Earlier, we reported on another violent holiday weekend in Chicago. More than 50...
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Rebuilding a Chicago neighborhood by forging connections to the Muslim community
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioHARI SREENIVASAN: But first: The South Side of Chicago has long been plagued with some of the highest crime rates in the nation, but one man is trying to transform this...
View ArticleThree Chicago police officers indicted for cover-up in shooting death of...
A Chicago grand jury has indicted three police officers on conspiracy charges, alleging they interfered with an independent investigation into the 2014 shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald....
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Illinois facing dire consequences as budget feud continues
The entrance to Francis Parkman School is boarded up in Chicago, Illinois, May 8, 2015. Forty-nine elementary schools were targeted by the country’s largest mass closing in 2013, as part of a drive to...
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Illinois governor’s veto could jeopardize school funding
Illinois Gov.-elect Bruce Rauner speaks to the media after a meeting with then-President Barack Obama from seven U.S. states at the White House in Washington, D.C. in 2014. Photo by Larry...
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News Wrap: Chicago sues Trump administration over ‘sanctuary city’ plan
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: In the day’s other news: The city of Chicago has sued the Trump administration over its plan to withhold federal funds from so-called sanctuary cities....
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Comedian, civil rights activist Dick Gregory dies
FILE PHOTO – Activist Dick Gregory delivers a speech during a public viewing and funeral for legendary singer James Brown in Augusta, Georgia, on December 30, 2006. Photo by Lucas Jackson/Reuters LOS...
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Chicago’s gun violence crisis is also a mental health crisis
Ricky Brown and Ryann Brown, the children of Kimberly Greer, together in 1989. Both Ricky and Ryann were victims of gun violence and Greer says she is traumatized by the losses she has endured. Photo...
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Trump administration pushes back against Chicago lawsuit over sanctuary city...
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says the Trump administration should drop its conditions on so-called sanctuary cities. Photo by REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo. CHICAGO — The Trump administration’s policy...
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Illinois governor signs law limiting police cooperation with federal...
Illinois will limit how local and state police can cooperate with federal immigration authorities under a plan signed into law Monday by Gov. Bruce Rauner, a move that puts the first-term Republican at...
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5 important stories that deserve a second look
Members of the Haitian community shout slogans in favor of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS). Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters President Donald Trump isn’t happy with a lot of what’s happening in the...
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Urban noise pollution is worst in poor and minority neighborhoods and...
Photo by Flickr user Joe D Most Americans think of cities as noisy places – but some parts of U.S. cities are much louder than others. Nationwide, neighborhoods with higher poverty rates and...
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