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- Aaron Swartz funeral, partner Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman http://www.wbez.org/news/culture/after-aaron-104940 2 comments
- Trump’s candidacy is challenged by a group of Illinois residents https://www.wbez.org/stories/trumps-candidacy-is-challenged-by-a-group-of-illinois-residents/6fd7f8c7-36cb-47bd-b278-f42333d3c0e5 34 comments politics
- Illinois Democratic lawmakers want to crack down on ‘crisis pregnancy centers’ https://www.wbez.org/stories/crisis-pregnancy-centers-scrutinized-in-illinois/0b043dcc-5a69-4bdb-b250-c25d4e3dfdd9 16 comments politics
- Chicago’s biggest police union is spending money to win power on new oversight councils https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-police-union-spending-in-new-council-elections/7830fe18-a6f0-4e1b-bf1d-240b18fbd500 8 comments politics
- Judge suspends vaccine requirement for Chicago cops https://www.wbez.org/stories/covid-19-vaccine-requirement-for-chicago-police-suspended-by-judge/dab4dfc5-8985-4a26-84f4-4024e4b745e2 31 comments politics
- Miami University Now Says There Were 2 Sexual Assault Allegations Involving Former Blackhawks Coach https://www.wbez.org/stories/miami-university-now-says-there-were-two-sexual-assault-allegations-involving-former-blackhawks-coach/6ba6fb53-64d7-4a4c-9619-6eec3540fb59 129 comments hockey
- A Website That’s Become A Hub For Far-Right Extremists Is Run By A Suburban Chicago Man https://www.wbez.org/stories/a-website-thats-become-a-hub-for-far-right-extremists-is-run-by-a-suburban-chicago-man/80463771-dfe1-4408-9667-6179b28af32f 19 comments politics
- A Chicago Blackhawks Player From The 2010 Championship Team Is Accusing A Coach Of Sexual Assault https://www.wbez.org/stories/a-chicago-blackhawks-player-from-the-2010-championship-team-is-accusing-a-coach-of-sexual-assault/8dd7e951-c039-4572-9fb1-f3f099f86371?utm_campaign=web-share&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=twitter 195 comments hockey
- Chicago-Area Billionaire Gave Millions To ‘Patriots’ Group That Backed Pro-Trump Rally https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-area-billionaire-gave-millions-to-patriots-group-that-backed-pro-trump-rally/a5ea9afa-e58f-4987-a698-7d847c244189 37 comments politics
- Illinois Congressional Democrats — and 1 Republican — Call For Trump’s Forcible Removal https://www.wbez.org/stories/illinois-congressional-democrats-are-calling-for-trumps-forcible-removal/2ef56680-e271-4a0c-b46b-91490bff90f3 5 comments politics
- Lightfoot Staffer Described ‘Pretty Bad Wrongful Raid’ Of Anjanette Young’s Home In 2019 Email https://www.wbez.org/stories/lightfoot-staffer-described-pretty-bad-wrongful-raid-of-anjanette-youngs-home-in-2019-email/89083466-9b79-46f1-9562-05def7b2f936 9 comments politics
- To Help Their Families During The Pandemic, Chicago Teens Are Skipping Class To Work https://www.wbez.org/stories/to-help-their-families-during-the-pandemic-chicago-teens-are-skipping-class-to-work/ba108579-4fc9-4dcb-b9fc-9ffc82e08c2e 15 comments nottheonion
- Trump Blankets Pennsylvania, While Obama Joins Biden On Michigan Trail https://www.wbez.org/stories/trump-blankets-pennsylvania-while-obama-joins-biden-on-michigan-trail/4702c7ac-f1f1-4e26-b254-bbef17a97ce4 9 comments politics
- 3 Shot, 2 Killed In 3rd Night Of Unrest Over Police Shooting Of Jacob Blake https://www.wbez.org/stories/3-shot-2-killed-in-3rd-night-of-unrest-over-police-shooting-of-jacob-blake/fe8964b4-150f-44fb-9eca-e37506a21851 14 comments politics
- Illinois’ Top Legal Officer Wants To License Cops, Just Like Doctors, Hairdressers https://www.wbez.org/stories/illinois-top-legal-officer-wants-to-license-cops-just-like-doctors-hairdressers/9a8b6505-4283-4975-ad2f-8b653e96da73 80 comments nottheonion
- ‘Winning Has Come Through Revolts’: A Black Lives Matter Activist On Why She Supports Looting https://www.wbez.org/stories/winning-has-come-through-revolts-a-black-lives-matter-activist-on-why-she-supports-looting/398d0f3f-73d0-4f2e-ae32-04cceba0d322 67 comments moderatepolitics
- Illinois Gov. Pritzker Rails Against Trump Administration’s ‘Sick ‘Hunger Games’ ’ During COVID-19 Pandemic https://www.wbez.org/stories/illinois-gov-pritzker-rails-against-trump-administrations-sick-hunger-games-during-covid-19-pandemic/2847c104-828d-4a92-9b91-23d102150f7b 19 comments politics
- Illinois’ Top Legal Officer Wants To License Cops, Just Like Doctors, Hairdressers https://www.wbez.org/stories/illinois-top-legal-officer-wants-to-license-cops-just-like-doctors-hairdressers/9a8b6505-4283-4975-ad2f-8b653e96da73 1501 comments politics
- Amid Civil Unrest, FedEx Halts Delivery To Some Black Areas In Chicago https://www.wbez.org/stories/amid-civil-unrest-fedex-halts-delivery-to-some-black-areas-in-chicago/b1158a44-9df1-42ec-a00a-ebff2e158d79 7 comments nottheonion
- Asian Americans In Chicago Feel The Bite Of Prejudice During The Spread Of The Coronavirus https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/asian-americans-in-chicago-feel-the-bite-of-prejudice-during-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus/687b0f4e-fed8-4fca-90c4-b7c3c495b4cf?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_newsletter_daily-rundown_20200331 71 comments moderatepolitics
- Feds At O’Hare Holding Children Of Undocumented Parents | WBEZ https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/ohare-standoff-border-patrol-detaining-three-children-of-undocumented-parents/285e32de-2516-4be2-b660-fd7b0419e913 11 comments politics
- The Middle Class Is Shrinking Everywhere — In Chicago It’s Almost Gone https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/the-middle-class-is-shrinking-everywhere-in-chicago-its-almost-gone/e63cb407-5d1e-41b1-9124-a717d4fb1b0b 141 comments politics
- Illinois Lawmakers Vote To Raise State Minimum Wage To $15 An Hour https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/illinois-lawmakers-vote-to-raise-state-minimum-wage-to-15-an-hour/4ed6dac3-b836-450b-a6b6-acb599331a10 13 comments politics
- Russian Influence Campaign Sought To Exploit Americans' Trust In Local News https://www.wbez.org/shows/npr/russian-influence-campaign-sought-to-exploit-americans-trust-in-local-news/d6c0418e-94e1-415a-a086-e899a775b611 5 comments politics
- Why Trump Might Get Impeached https://www.wbez.org/shows/morning-shift/why-trump-might-get-impeached/164bc660-174f-4381-b7a4-0be82f270ee9 15 comments politics
- What Is Steve Bannon And Jeff Sessions' Shared Vision For Remaking America? https://www.wbez.org/shows/fresh-air/what-is-steve-bannon-and-jeff-sessions-shared-vision-for-remaking-america/d4c2cf5b-f299-4724-9ad3-04685e9c8abc 9 comments politics
- Great Lakes face increasing pressure for water from world, own backyard https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/great-lakes-face-increasing-pressure-for-water-from-world-own-backyard/7f583908-c5b2-401c-ac8c-c91b5a6e6f52 4 comments politics
- Military-Trained Police May Be Less Hasty To Shoot, But That Got This Vet Fired https://www.wbez.org/shows/morning-edition/militarytrained-police-may-be-less-hasty-to-shoot-but-that-got-this-vet-fired/08d3b6fc-148c-42cd-9d2c-1c443a22be06 4 comments politics
- 101-Year-Old Chicago Cubs Fan Hopes Beloved Team Grants Her Birthday Wish https://www.wbez.org/shows/all-things-considered/101yearold-chicago-cubs-fan-hopes-beloved-team-grants-her-birthday-wish/c42d42e2-ca02-4a64-b8dd-412b8fcc4472 11 comments baseball
- Chuck E. Cheese's In Oak Lawn A Hot Spot For Adult Fights https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/chuck-e-cheese-in-oak-lawn-a-hot-spot-for-adult-fights/8e61f1f0-0944-4d01-91ff-42a895f69c7a 3 comments nottheonion
- Whole Foods says it will stop selling foods made with prison labor http://www.wbez.org/news/whole-foods-says-it-will-stop-selling-foods-made-prison-labor-113135 9 comments nottheonion
- City fires investigator who found cops at fault in shootings http://www.wbez.org/news/city-fires-investigator-who-found-cops-fault-shootings-112423 92 comments politics
- How the Internet Tracks Us Every Day, All the Time http://www.wbez.org/blogs/leah-pickett/2013-05/age-social-networking-theres-no-such-thing-privacy-107021 6 comments technology
- What does it take to be a zamboni driver? http://www.wbez.org/series/curious-city/what-qualifications-do-you-need-be-professional-zamboni-driver-106807 3 comments hockey
- Illinois GOP chairman Pat Brady is rejecting calls to resign over support for same-sex marriage http://www.wbez.org/facing-rebellion-state-gop-chair-rejects-calls-resign-over-gay-marriage-support-104807 3 comments politics
- "My dad had been born in Mexico and his family had to leave during the Mexican revolution," Romney said, making it sound like his father was Mexican instead of a white American Mormon living in a polygamous colony of ex pats. http://www.wbez.org/blogs/achy-obejas/2012-09/romney-takes-swipe-latinos-secret-video-102481 22 comments politics
- 'Occupy Our Homes' targets vacant houses--Activists are moving homeless families into vacant, foreclosed homes in Chicago and elsewhere in the country. http://www.wbez.org/story/occupy-our-homes-targets-vacant-houses-94657 6 comments politics
- Jeffrey Winters is profesor of Political Economy at Northwestern University. In his new book Oligarchy, he makes the case that we do indeed have an oligarchy that defends its wealth as vigorously as princes in the middle ages. | Worldview on Chicago Public Media http://www.wbez.org/episode-segments/2011-10-28/oligarchy-history-how-super-rich-defend-their-wealth-93577 4 comments politics
- Occupy Chicago - 130 protestors arrested http://www.wbez.org/story/police-tell-occupy-chicago-group-leave-park-93388 3 comments politics
- "Beneath the new library's main floor is basement five stories deep that can hold 3.5 million books, periodicals or what have you. When any of these items is requested...a computer-linked mechanical retrieval system of massive shelves and speedy 50-ft tall automated cranes flies into action..." http://www.wbez.org/blog/lee-bey/2011-05-20/uofcs-futuristic-new-mansueto-library-definitely-one-books-86794# 4 comments books