3+ hour, 14+ min ago  (626+ words) Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Andr's Gim'nez stepped to the plate in the top of the eighth inning at Rate Field in Armour Square last Friday, his team trailing the host Chicago White Sox by a 3-1 score. Bright springtime hope…...

3+ hour, 17+ min ago  (746+ words) It started off with just our schools, and everybody just started requesting it," Dukes said. With Pillars using Instagram as a promotional tool, requests for the shorts soon came in for schools like Hirsch Metropolitan High School in Grand Crossing…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (1370+ words) W hen Border Patrol agents who took part in Operation Midway Blitz left Chicagoland last November, then-Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia Mc Laughlin asserted "we aren't leaving Chicago." The same day, reporters with the Sun-Times warned a government source told…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago  (695+ words) South Side Weekly This is post 87 of 87 in the series "Public Meetings Report" A recap of select open meetings at the local, county, and state level. Produced in partnership with City Bureau's Documenters. At its meeting, the 9th Police District Council…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago  (651+ words) I have had a lot of people asking me questions about my real job," said Ladsariya. And sometimes that can be the most frustrating part about being an artist, where in itself, it's not considered a real job." Her family…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago  (868+ words) Grants provide the essential funding nonprofit organizations need to serve their communities. According to nonprofit information service specialist Candid, 26% of Illinois nonprofits rely on federal grant funding alone to make ends meet. With over 1. 9 million IRS-registered nonprofits in the United…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (673+ words) But as an exhibit at the National Museum of Mexican Art demonstrates, the presence and contributions of Mexican descendants in the United States extend well beyond the U. S. Southwest, and in Chicago and the Midwest this community goes back not a…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago  (1583+ words) In Chicago, a city with a long history of labor organizing, where entire industries depend on immigrant labor, violations aren't the exception, they're routine: missing paychecks, shifting schedules, injuries that never get reported. Jorge M'jica, a labor rights organizer, has…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (491+ words) South Side Occupational Academy serves students with disabilities aged 16-22, though most join after graduating high school. Courses range from culinary classes to business, carpentry, and health sciences. The school also has a student-run pet store and cafe for acquiring various…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (1294+ words) Every week, Cook County Jail (CCJ) employs hundreds of insiders to prepare meals, clean cells, wash clothes, run barbershops, and otherwise maintain the buildings in which close to 6, 000 people are incarcerated at any given time." Before being incarcerated, Saint helped…...