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Harold Washington College celebrates life and legacy of namesake

More than 50 people gathered at Harold Washington College on Wednesday morning to remember the city’s first Black mayor, who would have turned 100 this month.

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New HIRE360 small-business development center receives $3 million investment

The state and federal funds for the $7 million site on the Near South Side will help women and people of color to scale up their businesses.

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Congregation celebrates Easter 2 days after devastating fire hit Englewood church: ‘We will continue on’

“It was just overwhelming to just see the outpouring of love and to see the positivity,” Gerald Dew, pastor of Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, said of Sunday’s service at its makeshift home at a nearby funeral home.

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One South Sider is using his second chance to help others with theirs

Since his release from federal prison three years ago, South Side native Aaron Smith has dedicated his time to sharing stories of convicts-turned-entrepreneurs in an effort to change the narrative around formerly incarcerated people.

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Behind the Bears’ quiet build

The NFL’s league year began exactly one month ago. Bears fans longing for their favorite team to finally make a splash are forgiven for thinking it’s been twice as long.

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SEIU members rally for ‘Babies before Bezos’

The downtown rally was held on the same day the Economic Policy Institute released a report that shows 69 percent of Illinois corporations paid no state corporate income taxes from 2015 to 2018.

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Union League Boys & Girls Clubs spend spring break preparing for Earth Day

More than 20 students gathered at Baretto Club to clean the garden, plant seedlings and paint pots in preparation for Earth Day.

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Immigration activists welcomed in Chicago in middle of 40-day bike ride to Washington, D.C.: ‘Give us some respect’

Omar Gomez and Homero Ocon are biking for immigration reform and calling for an end to deportations. They hope to pressure federal officials to make changes prior to November’s midterm elections.

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Chicago Joe’s auction: ‘Everything is being sold’

Photos, artifacts and signs that have adorned the inside — or the outside — of the North Center restaurant since 1988 will be auctioned at the end of the month.

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Ryan Poles has Bears in reconstruction zone

In the midst of an overhaul, the first-year GM has put the Bears in their clearest, unobstructed rebuild mode since the firing of Lovie Smith — with retooling on both sides of the ball and a young first-round quarterback to build around.

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Bears start voluntary offseason workout program

The Bears are back to work after beginning their voluntary offseason workout program Monday.

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Avalon Regal Theater: Property tax debts might usher in ownership change

Despite his preservation efforts, investor Jerald Gary is being pressured to step aside as unpaid taxes mount.

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A federal case: U.S. government shouldn’t wreck two Loop skyscrapers in the name of safety

The buildings’ demolition would create an economic and pedestrian dead zone on State Street. And it would be a shameful waste of some really good Chicago architecture.

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Water Tower rally for Ukraine: ‘We will not abandon them’

Dozens of blue and yellow Ukrainian flags flew above a crowd of hundreds standing at the base of the Water Tower, while community leaders and politicians made speeches from the top of the stairs.

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Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton among mourners honoring legendary DJ Pervis Spann, ‘The Blues Man’

Revs. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson and Father Michael Pfleger were just some of the notable speakers to honor the former WVON disc jockey at his funeral Wednesday.

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Terence Blanchard returns to opera with ‘Fire Shut Up in My Bones’

The opera becomes the second one by a Black composer to be staged at Lyric Opera, after a production of Anthony Davis’ “Amistad” in 1997.

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A look inside Garfield Park’s food business incubator, The Hatchery

Since opening in 2018, The Hatchery food and beverage incubator has offered classes on entrepreneurship, provided kitchen space and helped with licensing for budding restaurateurs.

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Student-led prayer vigil seeks peace in Ukraine, welcomes refugees to Chicago

St. Nicholas Cathedral School, 2200 W. Rice St., has welcomed 16 refugee students since the start of the war, with more arriving every day.

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South Side Irish Parade returns after two-year hiatus: ‘We are normal finally!’

“God’s smiling on the South Side for this great coming out party,” Sen. Dick Durbin told reporters near the start of the parade route.

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‘Cold day, but warm hearts’ — Lightfoot leads thousands diving into Lake Michigan for Polar Plunge

After going virtual last year, a shivering throng was back again to take the plunge Sunday at North Avenue Beach.

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Pritzker’s public health chief Dr. Ngozi Ezike stepping down: ‘She saved lives, many, many thousands of lives’

As she prepared to leave the public stage on March 14, the state’s top doctor spoke of serving as a key adviser, calm leader, comforting voice — and “a role model to young girls, girls of color, little Black girls, that they can be leaders in any field.”

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