No media about the fact that there’s a All Male, African American High school on the southside of chicago who year after year has a 100% graduating senior class who ALL get accepted to 4 year universities/colleges.
they just want to talk about how whether a person’s death on the southside is gang related or not.
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trying to describe the carl sandburg poem to friends who don’t remember it, while drunk
“you know, ‘chicago is a hot shirtless dude’? that super homoerotic poem about chicago?”
“no seriously, you have heard of this, okay. the one, it’s like, ‘chicago is a butcher and a dock worker, broad-shouldered and muscled and no doubt all oiled up, and if chicago was wearing a shirt at the start of this poem, by now the fabric definitely shredded under the strain of those biceps’”
“i swear to god, look it up, if you’re from the midwest you read this in high school. ‘chicago will ruin your karaoke night, but will buy tequila shots for everyone in the bar and is absolutely dtf. chicago has a lot of wheat and maybe mob connections but is also pretty busy with all the sexually charged wrestling. (chicago does a lot of sexually charged wrestling. more than maybe anybody.) chicago has a loud laugh and very white teeth and scraped up knuckles and is probably good at oral.’ no i am not making this up why would i do that.”
(pulls out phone, googles) “THIS POEM. THIS ONE RIGHT HERE.”
(everyone in the room begins to make noises of understanding) “yeah ok in retrospect the shirtlessness is not explicitly addressed but can we agree it is for sure implied”
This is news to me and I’m from the Midwest.
Chicago House opens nation’s first transgender housing
On Monday, Chicago House cut the ribbon on the TransLife Center (TLC), a first in the nation facility for members of the transgender community, located in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood.
The non-profit organization said it hopes to offer full wrap-around services to members of Chicago’s transgender community, which includes housing, health and employment servicecs, in a discrimination-free space.
"This will set a new model and a new standard for other cities," said Chicago House CEO, Rev. Stan J. Sloan during the morning ceremony.
The ribbon was cut by Stormie Williams, the first resident of the house, which includes nine bedrooms.
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If we could get Muppets Chicago
And if we could get Muppets Chicago and have Roxie Hart be the token human
And if we could get Muppets Chicago and have Roxie Hart be the token human and Kermit the Frog as Billy Flynn
That would mean that in Muppets Chicago we would have a muppet using a human as a puppet during We Both Reached For The Gun and that would be the peak of cinema
but what about.. the merry murderesses are all humans EXCEPT for the not guilty one
because listen... sometimes u need a couple other not-main humans just casually scattered around
Miss Piggy is Mama. no i will not be taking questions
…Camilla the Chicken as the not guilty woman.
please listen to this guy from Chicago ague with this snake
a) This dude has definitely either broken up a fight at 2am outside a bar in Little Warsaw or legit used the phrase “But he’s okay, he’s South Side Irish” to vouch for someone, probably both
b) The whole thing is very Chicago but the MOST Chicago part of this entire video is where he has finally seen the snake off into the brush and calls, “Take it easy, buddy, sorry to ruin your afternoon!” before the film cuts out.
9 year old Asean Johnson is back and he’s voicing his displeasure to the Chicago Board of Education [which shut down 53 schools]“One thing I don’t get about this board is that you only give us two minutes to speak and you give these corporate businesses, what, an hour to speak?”“You are slashing our education. You are pulling me down. You are taking our education and our potential away. Let the community talk. Let the students talk. Let the parents talk. Let the teachers talk. Let them control this board. Don’t let the bank control this board … You are saying this is all about the kids. I’m a student myself and I’m pleading and begging that you help these parents and their low income. Help them out. Give them what the need. Give them these schools.”
Rumble young man Rumble!
I get so unreasonably angry when I check the cities for bands touring in the US and they skip Chicago every fucking time. Like, NYC and LA are bigger. But CHICAGO. Why would you go to Dallas and not Chicago??? I’m looking at you, B.A.P.
Why is Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis being removed from Chicago Public Schools?
Here’s an e-mail from Chris Dignam, principal of Lane Tech College Prep High School in Chicago, instructing removal of all copies of Persepolis from Chicago Public School libraries, classrooms, and curricula. As it states, no reason was given for this action.
Marjane Satrapi’s memoir about living in Iran during the 1970s revolution and eventually emigrating to France, and its animated film adaptation (which received an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature), have faced challenges in Middle Eastern countries for obvious reasons. Challenges in the United States have been rare, but sadly not unheard of. In 2009, parents in the Northshore School District in Washington state complained about its language and a scene in which a man is urinated on after being tortured; in that case, the school board voted unanimously to keep the book and film in schools. Could Chicago have received similar complaints? Or, as some reports indicate, has there merely been some mix-up about whether the books have been paid for and by whom?
According to retired Chicago teacher Fred Klonsky, students in a journalism course in the district were the first to report the book’s removal from their class. There are also claims that students have planned a protest for today.
My opposition to all forms of censorship is assuaged by the knowledge that now every student in Chicago Public Schools is going to try to get their hands on a copy. If this is indeed a case of censorship rather than confusion over payment, I would be very surprised if it would be upheld on the school board level, but let’s just get the CBLDF on the line, just to be sure.
Vacant Lots On Chicago Blocks, Just $1 Each
Chicago is practically giving away land: vacant lots for just $1 each. The catch? To buy one, you must already own a home on the same block.
Like many U.S. cities, Chicago has struggled with what to do with a growing number of empty lots in the wake of the foreclosure crisis. Efforts to develop affordable housing or urban farms have had some mixed results.
So Chicago officials and community development advocates hope the vacant lot program can help spark a renewal in some of the city’s most blighted areas.