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Chicago public schools face financial crisis

by Amy Scott
Oct 11, 2016
The school is reeling from funding cutbacks and mounting debts.
Chicago teachers picketing during a one-day strike in April. 
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Whole Foods experiment in Chicago aims to foster local businesses

by Marketplace Contributor
Sep 29, 2016
A local development group hosted workshops for business owners so they could learn how to make labels and meet quality standards.
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Whole Foods opens a store in Chicago 'food desert'

by Marketplace Contributor
Sep 28, 2016
But how will residents in a place with 21 percent unemployment afford to shop here?
Fresh fruit is displayed at a Whole Foods store in Chicago, Illinois. The city is opening another Whole Foods store today in the neighborhood of Englewood.
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Can Chicago’s recent plague of violence be cured?

by Adriana Cargill
Sep 16, 2016
A look at the cities’ rise in violence as a symptom of economic inequality.
A young victim of Chicago's gun violence is laid to rest. 
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Hot new attraction: Chicago's corruption walking tour

by Marketplace Contributor
Jul 19, 2016
A packed, but not exhaustive, tour of Chicago's notorious political chicanery.
American gangster Al Capone signs a $50,000 bail bond in Chicago's Federal Building. 
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NFL draft has become a spectacle in itself

by Nova Safo
Apr 28, 2016
Once confined to back-room negotiations, the draft is now a public media event.
The NFL draft has evolved over the years
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Shelf Life

Why segregation lingers in Chicago and the rest of America

by Kai Ryssdal
Apr 14, 2016
Natalie Moore on her new book “The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation”
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Chicago teachers stage one-day walkout

by Nova Safo
Apr 1, 2016
"Effectively, the district is bankrupt," said one former Chicago schools chief.
Lincoln Park High School in Chicago, Ill.
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Final Note

Chicago's credit rating nears junk grade

by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 29, 2016
$10m in municipal debt downgraded
Danny Huizinga/Flickr
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The high price of being a Chicago Cubs fan

by Dan Szematowicz
Oct 2, 2015
The financial — and emotional — cost adds up.
Marketplace Weekend Senior Producer — and avid Cubs fan — Dan Szematowicz.
Courtesy of Dan Szematowicz
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