This content was originally published on the Uptown Exchange, and is made possible through TCR’s partnership with Harry S. Truman College A young woman came down the escalator, a posse of classmates behind her, and went right up to the Harold Washington College security guards with a question: Was her teacher coming to class, or […]

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Chicago $1 homes aren’t what they sound like. The city sells vacant lots to developers for $1, and the new homes sell at market rate. This story was produced by The VP Chicago, an independent, community-centered newsroom covering Chicago’s South Side and South suburbs. Vacant lots are a familiar sight on blocks in Morgan Park, West […]

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On September 17, Illinois’ Constitution Day, a coalition of legal justice reform advocates, allies and community members impacted by extreme sentencing held a rally outside the Office of Governor JB Pritzker.  The group assembled to push for an Earned Reentry Bill, which would create a new pathway for people serving very long prison sentences — […]

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This story was produced by The VP Chicago, an independent, community-centered newsroom covering Chicago’s South Side and South suburbs. What does the school board actually do? The Chicago Board of Education oversees a school district serving more than 300,000 students. Board members vote on the CPS budget and capital improvement plan, district policies, major contracts and […]

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This story was produced by The VP Chicago, an independent, community-centered newsroom covering Chicago’s South Side and South suburbs. Subdistricts 9A and 10A, covering neighborhoods from Auburn Gresham and Englewood to Woodlawn and South Shore, are uncontested this fall, but the board still controls what happens to South Side schools Subdistricts 9A and 10A, covering […]

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