June 19th, 2008
Summer weather is finally here and with it, comes Chicago’s city markets with Illinois-grown fruits and vegetables. Organic produce abounds along with fresh baked breads and free-range meat. The colorful, locally harvested food offers urban dwellers a healthy and organic alternative to the conventional food we may buy at grocery stores.
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June 19th, 2008
How should a community respond when rival gangs, gun violence or drug dealing control its streets? Young people energize a community, and with the warm weather finally here, more and more will be out of doors - and potentially in harm’s way. While street violence and kids killing kids sounds all too familiar to some of Chicago’s neighborhoods, the Little Village community is taking back its streets in a more creative way.
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June 4th, 2008
Most downtown hotels negotiate contracts with union workers. Thanks to a 2002 citywide contract, service workers at these hotels earn nearly 14 dollars an hour, and receive benefits. But workers at the Congress Hotel make significantly less – only 8 dollars and 80 cents an hour. Read the rest of this entry »
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