Duct Tape City: Selective Fixes, Silent Streets, and Open‑Air Drug Markets
Who’s Running this City Anyway: Mass Murder, Bike Lanes and Potholes
Johnson’s political caucus just won another three year term at the Chicago Teachers Union. That means at least 25,000 foot soldiers and a $30 million off the books war chest. Not to mention people in every school building across the…
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The Great Depression, spanning the late 1920s to the late 1930s, compounded by the Dust Bowl, was a decade of economic collapse, environmental disaster, and mass social upheaval. A stock market crash triggered soaring unemployment and bank failures, while droughts…
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CHICAGO, May 16, 2025 — Chicago’s unrelenting wave of violence showed no signs of slowing on Friday, May 16, as the city grappled with a fatal traffic crash and a series of shootings that left one dead and thirteen others…
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CHICAGO – A carload of children was shot up in a drive-by shooting at a busy South Side intersection on May 14, 2025, leaving a 4-year-old boy critically injured, as part of a violent 24-hour period in Chicago that left…
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when people that work hard with rusty cars get booted while there are school shootings, drug zombies and crime running loose in downtown except for certain gated communities and privileged areas of the city … HiHo Boots and Broken Dreams: A…
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Pilsen, Chicago 18th Street West of Ashland to Damen Is A Wasteland gentrifiers wiped out all the businesses that used to be here at 7pm May 13th 2025 18th Street once hummed with life, a vibrant artery of Pilsen pulsing…
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Step back to 1895 — this Lake Front from Illinois Central Station Chicago photo reveals a lakefront of rail yards, early Grant Park, and Lake Michigan hiding a dirty secret. But what about Streeterville, Grant Park, and downtown? They’re built…
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Introducing the Digital Reference Standard DRS Citation Style Guidelines by SubXNews At SubXNews we’re excited to unveil a new citation style designed for the digital age – the Digital Reference Standard DRS. Unlike traditional styles like APA or Chicago DRS…
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Key Points Research suggests CPD’s policy changes may reduce police misconduct but could limit crime control, with mixed impacts on violence. It seems likely that these policies, like foot pursuit limits, aim to build trust but may sustain high crime…
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