Monday, March 17, 2025

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money
  • by david hall
Visit Chicago Southland names Mary Patchin as head of tourism bureau

Patchin will succeed Jim Garrett, who will retire after serving as president and CEO of the bureau since 1996.

obituaries
  • by david hall
The Rev. James Lawson Jr., civil rights leader who preached nonviolent protest, dies at 95

James Lawson iintroduced Gandhian principles to American civil rights workers, showing how direct action could expose the immorality and fragility of racist white power structures.

abortion
  • by david hall
Illinois Planned Parenthood clinics see uptick in Southerners seeking abortions since overturning of Roe

Illinois has become a haven for abortion care, with nearly a quarter of Planned Parenthood patients coming from 41 states over the last two years, up from 3% to 5% of patients prior to the 2022 Dobbs decision.

city-hall
  • by david hall
$50 million settlement for 'Marquette Park 4' headed to City Council for final approval

The four men spent a combined 73 years in prison after confessing as teenagers to a 1995 double murder they did not commit. Three of them later said police coerced their confessions; the fourth man said police fabricated his.