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• Spring awakens with a new lineup of OGs for Monday Night Foodball

  26-02-2024 20:02 via chicagoreader.com
  Did you see who won first runner-up in the Reader’s Best of Chicago poll for best new pop-up? It was Johnny’s Table, who happened to rip open a pathway to another dimension with a trio of tortas at the last Monday Night Foodball, the Reader’s weekly chef pop-up at Ludlow Liquors. Did you see who […]
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• Help Wanted: Schools Struggling to Keep Black Teachers

  26-02-2024 18:34
  
  Innovative recruiting strategies like Teacher Villages aren’t keeping pace with the number of Black teachers leaving the classroom. 
  by Joseph Williams 
  Study after study confirms it: Black children perform better in schools with Black teachers. They score better on achievement scores and have lower dropout rates and higher rates of college completion. 
  Yet Black teachers make up just 6% of the public school workforce. 
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• Top Ladies of Distinction, Nicole Cares Foundation Host Successful Blood Drive in Sauk Village

  26-02-2024 16:00
  
  All photos by Marshelle Sanders
  On Saturday, Feb. 24, a group of ladies and Sauk Village Trustee Debbie Williams came together to help individuals in need of blood at the McConathy Public Library. They also gathered to support a member who shared her story of being a blood transfusion patient and created a foundation.
  For those curious about blood donation, it has a beneficial impact on the world and healthcare. A blood drive is coordinated to collect donations from volunteer donors for use in t
  
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• Flint Mourns the Loss of ‘The People’s Councilman,’ Eric Mays, at 65

  26-02-2024 14:45
  
  By Ebony JJ Curry, Senior Reporter
  Flint stands united in sorrow following the passing of Councilman Eric Mays, a vibrant and dedicated servant to the community, who departed this world on Saturday.
  The city collectively felt the weight of this loss when the news of Councilman Mays’ demise, at the age of 65 due to natural causes following an illness, was shared on Saturday evening. Mayor Sheldon Neeley captured the collective heartache in his words, “This is a tremendous loss for our
  
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• Biden’s Walk Can Beat Trump’s Talk with the Working Class, But He Needs to Speak Up

  26-02-2024 14:30
  
  By Ben Jealous
  Spoiler alert! Donald Trump will be allowed to remain on the ballot this fall. 
  One way or another, the Supreme Court is going to decide that a state cannot remove Trump based on the 14th amendment’s ban on insurrectionists holding elected office. Trump is an insurrectionist. But that is not the question currently before the Court. The decision will likely be joined by some of the Court’s moderates. It could even be unanimous.  
  Regardless of the reasoni
  
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• Descendants Of Black Entrepreneur Discover Santa Monica Took Family’s Land

  26-02-2024 14:00
  
  Photo: Getty Images
  The descendants of a Black entrepreneur are seeking justice after discovering the city of Santa Monica took their family’s land decades ago.
  The land where the Viceroy Hotel currently stands on Ocean Avenue and Pico Boulevard in Santa Monica was once owned by entrepreneur Silas White, who purchased the property in 1957, NBC Los Angeles reports.
  White acquired the land and the former building that sat on it with hopes of establishing the Ebony Beach Club, a place where B
  
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• Andrés Lemus-Spont centers relationships in his work

  26-02-2024 14:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Since 2016, Andrés Lemus-Spont has directed Building Brown Workshop, a design and fabrication studio on the southwest side that serves artists, architects, and communities. “I don’t put much stock in inspiration. I like problem-solving more than I like conceiving of things,” Lemus-Spont said. “Pairing myself with someone who has a completely different approach and is […]
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