As Chicago Public Schools reopened this month to in-person teaching, neighborhood leaders and educators criticized the move as unsafe.
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As Chicago Public Schools reopened this month to in-person teaching, neighborhood leaders and educators criticized the move as unsafe.
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Residents have advocated for the legislation because they believe it has the best chance of quickly reducing the effects of climate change and driving growth in clean energy production.
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First Ward Alderman Daniel La Spata hosted a reading of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” alongside local progressive leaders.
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In this letter to the editor, new Logan Square resident Emily Hall writes on behalf of the Illinois Single-Payer Coalition, a group pressuring Illinois senators to support “Medicare for All.”
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Logan Square residents, you still have time to register to vote before Election Day, Nov. 3. You can register or update your address online through Oct. 18.
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Multiple community groups converged to boost local census numbers as the Sept. 30 deadline approaches.
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Fourteen aldermen, including Carlos Ramirez-Rosa and Daniel La Spata, introduced an ordinance to terminate the Chicago Police Department’s contract with Chicago Public Schools that was dismissed the same day it was filed.
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Check out this reading guide featuring work by Black authors to educate yourself and be a better ally, as told to us by a few Black-owned bookstores.
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Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa hosts a weekly Facebook Live discussion to talk to his constituents about resources for dealing with the ongoing pandemic.
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In this letter to the editor, recent Logan Square arrival Kathleen Mazzei calls on local leaders to take action on breast and cervical cancer.
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Weeks after the election, First Ward Alderman Daniel La Spata finally announced that he had won the election to be the ward’s Democratic Party committeeman.
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Some polling sites in the neighborhood appear to have closed, but you can find your new polling site via several resources — and use of early voting sites has been extended.
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