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After a decades-long fight for justice, plans for a public memorial honoring the Jon Burge torture survivors move forward with new design.
On the day she was inaugurated as Chicago’s 56th mayor, Lori Lightfoot was focused like a laser beam on putting aldermen on notice that she would not flinch from her campaign promise to strip them of the final say on ward-level issues.
On Tuesday, the Joyce Foundation announced that it is awarding $50,000 to the Hyde Park Art Center, which will commission Faheem Majeed to create a large-scale piece commemorating the legacy of the South Side Community Art Center.
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