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To fight deadly opioid addiction, let’s stop investing in failed war on drugs

The definition of insanity is trying the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Illinois must chart a new course.

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Museum will preserve stories of public housing residents: ‘You don’t know where you’re going unless you know where you came from’

The Near West Side site will occupy the site of the former Jane Addams Homes and will use the last remaining building from that public housing complex.

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Civilian police oversight off to slow start, McKinley Park gets new bakery and more in your Chicago news roundup

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Civilian police oversight off to slow start

Adam Gross, executive director of the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability, told City Council members that out of 14 positions in the 2022 budget, only one other person besides Gross is “hired and on staff.”

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Bears offensive coordinator sees Justin Fields progressing

Luke Getsy doesn’t like to make grand statements. Still, the Bears’ offensive coordinator was willing to concede Tuesday that his quarterback improved in his Week 5 showing against the Vikings.

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Armed robber stealing master keys from postal carriers on the North and West sides

Mack Julion, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers Chicago, said some carriers are considering not going out on their assignments after the string of five attacks since August.

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Bakery plans move to Southwest Side building getting new lease on life

Construction has begun to rehab a McKinley Park building, with 10 apartments and street-level space for businesses.

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Abraham Lincoln statue in Lincoln Park vandalized

Anonymous group seeking to draw attention to Indigenous Peoples’ Day claims credit for pouring paint on the ‘Standing Lincoln,’ calling the 16th president ‘a colonizer.’

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Tiny homes coming to Chicago?

Chicago has been a bit slow in warming up to this housing trend. But after a few false starts, the city finally seems to be serious about building tiny homes.

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Douglas Diamond of University of Chicago wins Nobel in economics

Diamond, who studied the effects of bank runs and financial meltdowns, shares this year’s prize with co-author Philip Dybvig and former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.

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Washington Park community mobilizes after assault of 11-year-old girl

Police release sketch of suspect, $4,000 reward offered to find girl’s attacker, but her mom reportedly is moving family from area because they no longer feel safe.

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Bears activate WR N’Keal Harry

The move clears the way for the 2019 first-round pick to return for Thursday night’s game against the Commanders.

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Open House Chicago shifts focus to neighborhoods and ‘amazing community work’

Open House Chicago runs Oct. 15-16. The free, yearly event opens up more than 150 architecturally interesting buildings in over 20 Chicago neighborhoods and suburban Evanston and Oak Park.

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This November, unite to defend the right to vote for Black Americans

The far right is waging a war on Black voters, and disinformation is among its favorite weapons.

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Columbus Day arrives, and still no Columbus statues

In August, the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans demanded that Columbus statues be returned to Grant and Arrigo parks by Columbus Day and protected at city expense. It didn’t happen, but the two sides are talking.

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Replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day — completely, Illinois coalition urges

Les Begay, co-founder of the Indigenous Peoples Day Coalition of Illinois, said he doesn’t want to share the holiday with Columbus anymore.

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Artist collective raises $350K to invest in West Side

alt_ (you can call them “Alt Space”) plans to put the money to work on education and beautification projects, among other things.

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Marathon runners celebrate identity — and going the distance: ‘If you finish, you’re doing something special’

With a new nonbinary division and a strong draw of international and local participants, the Chicago Marathon united a diverse group through athletic accomplishment.

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I’m an educator. Our schools must teach students the whole truth about Columbus.

When my high school students discussed what they learned in elementary school, their depiction — of a heroic Columbus discovering America — mirrored what I learned some 30 years ago.

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Happy 75th anniversary to us!

The Chicago Sunday Sun and Times was first published on Oct. 5, 1947.

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‘Until we win’: Abortion rights activists fill downtown streets a month before midterms

More than 500 Chicagoans took to the streets downtown “in solidarity” with the national Women’s March organization’s Women’s Wave, a day of action dedicated to putting pressure on politicians ahead of midterm elections.

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Polling Place: What letter grades did you give White Sox, Cubs for 2022 performances?

Seemingly, “F” must stand for “five-hundred record.”

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Flag football pursuing varsity status in Illinois

To take a sport from emerging to varsity-level, leagues need to have 10% of IHSA member high schools participating, which equates to about 80 schools. The IHSA Board also considers other factors like officiating, facilities and support from participating schools’ athletic directors.

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America has a path to a true racial reckoning, if only we’ll take it

Smaller circles, where people are familiar with one another, might be the most conducive environment to engage on a subject as volatile as race.

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New Gresham Healthy Lifestyle Hub is good for the neighborhood and 79th Street’s future

A reborn 79th Street is good for Auburn Gresham and provides hope that similar transformations can happen in disinvested neighborhoods across the city.

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