“They’re sending us to die,” lamented a 40-year-old Rohingya refugee in Bangladesh facing a planned repatriation program to the country from where he had just fled. Another man nearby broke down into tears, “The military came, killed our people, set fire to ou... More »
When examining official Chinese state policy regulations, one would not expect to see text in English, yet the Latin letters “E,” “S,” and “G,” stand out in pages full of Mandarin text in the “Plan to Improve the Quality of State-Owned Listed Companies.” The p... More »
Chicago leads the country in one dubious statistic: the number of people who receive their drinking water through lead pipes. Some 400,000 Chicago homes have lead service lines, though the service line material inventory is incomplete, and there could be thous... More »
Did you know that, currently, Chicago’s most underprivileged, historically targeted, and over-policed communities have begun to show improved sentiments towards the Chicago Police Department (CPD)? Did you know that Chicago’s most wealthy, favored, and protect... More »
While the Bears continue to garner headlines within Chicago, it is most certainly not due to their stellar play. If you’re not a football fan in Chicago, then perhaps the only news you hear about the Bears is on Monday mornings following another one of their l... More »
In the November 2022 general election, Fritz Kaegi won his second term as the Cook County Assessor with a striking 81.9% — the highest percentage of any Illinois county-level race. The people have spoken: Kaegi must be doing something right.Kaegi’s high public... More »
All eyes are set on Chicago’s upcoming casino opening. Chicago Mayor Lightfoot has put her support behind the Bally’s casino development, with the promise of $200 million worth of annual tax revenue for the city and the creation of thousands of jobs, many targ... More »
It’s election day morning, you perform your due diligence on candidates, get up before work to reach the polls, and minutes later, proudly don the “I voted” sticker as a mark of commitment to your civic duty. But wait…what if someone told you that your vote ha... More »
Imagine one day being awoken to a sound like a bomb-blast, and all you can see or feel is a cloud of dust and smoke. For many residents of Chicago’s Little Village in 2020, when a discontinued industrial smokestack was imploded, this was a reality. For decades... More »
I grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, where football overshadowed all else. I spent every fall Friday evening at high school football games, every Saturday afternoon at college games, and every Sunday watching my father and brothers anguish over their long-suffering ... More »
In December 2022, the European Union (EU) approved an 18 billion euro aid package to Ukraine to bolster its economy amidst Russia’s invasion. This follows approximately 2.5 billion euros in EU military aid to Ukraine between February and July 2022. The EU has ... More »
Negin Moayer is an Iranian immigrant, architect, Chicago resident, and business owner. She is also an adjunct lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, School of Architecture and Urban Planning.Over the past three months under the watchful eye of the ... More »