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Chicago Puerto Rico 

Chicagoans demand resignation of Puerto Rico’s governor — citing text scandal and colonialism

July 17, 2019October 31, 2019 marthabayne Puerto Rico

By Carly Graf Protesters demanded the resignation of Puerto Rico’s Governor Ricardo Roselló in a rally at downtown Chicago’s Federal

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Chicago 

A tribute to one of Chicago journalism’s ‘bad boys’

May 3, 2019October 22, 2019 marthabayne

Journalist Chris Chandler, who died March 26, covered the unrest following Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, a segregated school system, the FBI’s assassination of Black Panther leader Fred Hampton, corruption in local police departments and other hot topics of the time.

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Chicago 

This gym fights fascists — and creates community

April 4, 2019October 22, 2019 marthabayne

By Becky Zosia Dernbach A martial arts gym on the West Side of Chicago helps people learn self-defense skills. But

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April 2 board elections come amidst accreditation concerns at Morton College

April 1, 2019October 22, 2019 marthabayne

By Ankur Singh Morton College is the second-oldest community college in Illinois and an important resource for the 6,300 students

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Chicago Puerto Rico 

From Puerto Rico to Chicago: “Wherever you are, you have to fight”

April 1, 2019October 22, 2019 marthabayne

Community organizer Rossana Rodriguez Sánchez heads into Chicago’s April 2 aldermanic runoff elections to face incumbent Ald. Deb Mell By

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Chicago 

A moment bigger than a campaign: 33rd Ward aldermanic candidate Rossana Rodríguez-Sánchez heads into runoff

March 4, 2019October 22, 2019 marthabayne 33rd Ward, Chicago city council, DSA, Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez

By Justin Agrelo At a watch party on election night in the back room of Chief O’Neill’s pub in Avondale,

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Audio: Special report on 12th & 22nd Ward aldermanic elections

February 26, 2019October 22, 2019 marthabayne 12th ward, 22nd ward, Chicago elections, Environmental justice

A conversation originally broadcast on Lumpen Radio,  WLPN 105.5 FM — with Yolocalli reporters Gerardo Salgado, Melissa Regalado, Oscar Perez,

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  • In South Africa, COVID-19 compounds domestic violence crisis…and leaders fight back
  • Rewriting 70,000 Individualized Education Plans puts Chicago Special Educators in a Bind
  • Mapping Vulnerability in Puerto Rico
  • To and from the common brick: Slow-motion disaster on Chicago’s South Side
  • Medill Explores Puerto Rico, 2019

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