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93 votes in favor, 12 against: workers at The University of Chicago Press (UCP) voted by a landslide to unionize with the Chicago News Guild, Local 34071 of The NewsGuild-CWA. he election—with votes counted on July 8 and the results officially certified by the National Labor Relations Board on July 16—marks another win for labor […]
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Editor’s note: Last month, we published Sixteen Minutes in a Burning Cell, which investigated the immediate causes of Martinez Duncan’s November 2025 death in Cook County Jail. Martinez was kept in a burning cell for sixteen minutes while officers issued commands and pepper sprayed him three times. This story from The Marshall Project, WBEZ, and […]
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efore going to jail, Kenan carefully looked after his beard, which he grew out to be thick and bushy. “My daughter said I look like Santa Claus,” Kenan said. Kenan is a clean person, generally. He hates mess and won’t even go into someone’s home if it’s dirty, preferring to stand and talk from the […]
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small thicket of blue, cream, brown, and salmon flags now flutters around the massive bronze statue of George Washington on King Drive near 51st Street, drawing attention to the 122-year-old monument even as it partially obscures it. The flags are part of “Other Washingtons,” a new installation by Chicago artist Amanda Williams that asks passersby […]
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t exactly 11:11, making every wish in the room come true, Maria Zardoya emerged from the fog in a white flowy dress, singing in a sotto voice. Known as the vocalist of alternative pop band The María’s, Zardoya performed at Lollapalooza’s official aftershow on Thursday, July 30, as Not For Radio, her solo project. Hosted […]
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