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First-time voters face chaotic election
After a dizzying election season that’s included last-minute candidate changes and an assassination attempt, young voters will cast ballots for the first time.
‘They grabbed me like I was a doll’: Day laborers say they are being beaten, harassed and targeted outside Home Depot by off-duty Chicago police working security
Criminal trespassing arrests have skyrocketed at a southwest-side Home Depot as recently arrived migrants seek work, and day laborers say they’re being mistreated as a result.
Iilaatawiaanki (We speak a language)
The Miami-Illinois speakers of Chicago wake a sleeping tongue.
Extremists with badges
Community members push the CPD to fire cops tied to far-right Oath Keepers.
Forging solidarity through food
How Chicagoans build community over shared meals
The spoiler effect
What Theodore Roosevelt’s 1912 third-party campaign can teach us about 2024
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