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UChicago Pro-Palestine Demonstrators Take Over Campus Building, Drawing Police Response
The group took over the Institute of Politics building on Woodlawn Avenue and set up a small encampment Friday. A days-long encampment on the university quad was cleared out earlier this month after administrators said it was disruptive.
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Maxwell covers Hyde Park, Woodlawn and South Shore.
You can catch Maxwell in any of the local parks, whether he’s resting under the moonlight at South Shore Nature Sanctuary, reading on a bench in Nichols Park, biking the Lakefront Trail or swatting shots like he’s Ben Wallace at Russell Square Park.
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Ward Politics
Mining On The Southeast Side? As Alderman Pushes To Overturn City Ban, Environmentalists Fight Back
Advocates worry an ordinance from Ald. Peter Chico could revive the defunct Invert project, a deep underground warehouse on former steel mill land.
Woodlawn’s Ingleside Plaza Renovation To Get Another Meeting After Neighbors Push For More Input
WOODLAWN — Plans to renovate a Woodlawn plaza will continue to be fleshed out as a small group of neighbors demanded more meetings around the…
South Side Alderman, Activists Call On Mayor To Help Pass South Shore Housing Protections
SOUTH SHORE — Backers of a plan to keep South Shore residents in their homes amid the Obama Presidential Center’s construction are hopeful Mayor Brandon…
Local Groups
South Siders Welcome Migrant Neighbors At Community Meal With Pledge To ‘Figure It Out Together’
Migrants brought to Chicago are settling in neighborhoods like Woodlawn, where new and old neighbors welcomed each other at a church banquet Saturday.
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The Chicago Mask Bloc Is Still Making Sure Vulnerable Chicagoans Are Covered
The mutual aid group founded by Chicagoans with disabilities is collecting and delivering masks with filtration, like KN95s and N95s, so neighbors can stay safe…
