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The People Nov 07 2019

Opinion | Chicago Police Department gang databases hurts Black and Brown lives

From Nov. 8-19, the #EraseTheDatabase campaign is hosting workshops across Chicago to help people submit a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to find out if they are on the CPD gang databases.

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The Culture Oct 30 2019

Presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren visits Chicago’s West Side to support teachers strike

The Culture Oct 22 2019

Top 10 most influential artists in Chicago rap this decade

Tink, Valee and King Louie, among others, top our list of the most influential artists in Chicago rap from 2010 to 2019.

The Culture Oct 22 2019

CPS Strike: The disparity on the South and West Sides is ‘very overt’

“I don’t feel like students on the North Side deal with the class size issue and the curriculum issue or even the resource issue," said teacher Andrea Parker.

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"Undocumented Lesbian"

In this work of creative nonfiction, South side native Sydni Chiles writes about the difficulties of having her identity pigeonholed by societal definitions, and the beauty of finally breaking away from those definitions.