Max Blaisdell

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Dozens of organizations and nearly 100 individuals, including legal scholars, civil rights groups and elected police district councilors, have signed an open letter calling on Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke to end a controversial pilot program that allows police to file felony gun possession charges without prosecutorial oversight.

1 week ago | hpherald.com | Max Blaisdell

Latrell Garnett, the owner of Conscious Plates, wasn't planning to become a restaurateur when he began cooking alkaline vegan meals out of his cousin's kitchen in 2018. "There wasn't a vision," he said. "I was homeless. It was just to bring in some money, and people happened to like the food that I was making." Seven years later, his Woodlawn restaurant Conscious Plates, 820 E.

1 week ago | hpherald.com | Max Blaisdell

Marking the February release of Eve L. Ewing's latest book , "Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism," fans gathered on Zoom last Thursday for a conversation between the University of Chicago professor and another writer, Ta-Nehisi Coates. Hosted by the Family Action Network, the event reunited the longtime friends and explored how schools have historically functioned as instruments of racial control.

2 weeks ago | hpherald.com | Max Blaisdell

“Tonight’s conversation opens up a lot of wounds for me,” said Ald. Jeanette Taylor (20th) at a packed Tuesday evening community meeting in Woodlawn. “Imagine learning to jump rope, your first best friend, your first bully. Imagine a teacher teaching you something you didn’t learn at home. Now imagine not being able to go back.”Speaking at Harris Park Fieldhouse, 6200 S.

2 weeks ago | hpherald.com | Max Blaisdell

Beneath portraits of former President Barack Obama and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Che “Rhymefest” Smith and Jessica Biggs, two of Chicago’s newly elected school board members, kicked off a town hall aimed at rebuilding trust in the city’s public school system. The event, held last Saturday at Bronzeville’s Sixth Grace Presbyterian Church, 600 E.