Political videos at City Colleges sparks suit

08/03/2009

ChiTownDailyNews.org's Peter Sachs reports on a new lawsuit that alleges Wayne Watson, the former chancellor of the City Colleges of Chicago, demanded WYCC staff produced videos of powerful politicians. Read More...

New River North water taxi stop

07/30/2009

There's a new place to hop on Chicago's water born taxi. Read More...

Olympic meeting in Lake View last night

07/21/2009

Last night in Lake View, supporters and detractors of Chicago hosting the 2016 Olympics went head to head. Tonight at 6 p.m., 2nd Ward residents will hear about the games at the UIC Forum on Roosevelt Road. Read More...

Chicago: the country's second best news town?

07/07/2009

Check out this hilarious post Gawker.com offered up about which major American city is the best news town. Read More...

Violence at the Taste of Chicago

07/06/2009

Mike Doyle examines the accounts of violence at the Taste of Chicago in the Tribune and Sun-Times and compares them with what officers commenting on the Second City Cop blog and Twitter users at downtown found. Read More...

SouthtownStar writer P. Kadner on Springfield

07/02/2009

Title of this opinion column: "Does anyone in Springfield know what they're doing?" Read More...

A little windfall...

07/01/2009

Last March, when the Wednesday Journal chain of community weeklies stopped publishing two of its Chicago titles -- the Booster and the News-Star -- the chain mailed those papers' 4,000 subscribers a letter offering them a choice: they could request a refund for the undelivered issues, or they could show their support for community journalism by letting the company donate the money to the Community Media Workshop. Read More...

South Loop-based Spertus has a new CEO

06/29/2009

The new Spertus Institute CEO is coming in during a difficult time for cultural institutions. Read More...

Tighter security this year at the Taste

06/25/2009

The Chicago Police Department is beefing up security at the Taste this year. Read More...

Ten Latinos making a difference in Chicago

06/25/2009

Esther Cepeda's list profiles 10 local Latinos who are changing Chicago ... Read More...