Independent Chicago News & Marketplace- Chi-Town Review https://www.chitownreview.com Discuss and share Chicago news and data: Chicago education, crime, human rights, politics and more. Trusted source for local independent online news. Mon, 04 Jun 2018 01:37:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Read report sent to United Nations accusing Chicago police of torture https://www.chitownreview.com/full-un-report-chicago-police/ https://www.chitownreview.com/full-un-report-chicago-police/#respond Wed, 22 Oct 2014 17:58:31 +0000 http://www.chitownreview.com/?p=6378 Chicago group We Charge Genocide will address the United Nations over police violence in Chicago and has released its 14-page report submitted to the UN.

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]]> https://www.chitownreview.com/full-un-report-chicago-police/feed/ 0 Jesse Sharkey takes over for Chicago Teachers Union president https://www.chitownreview.com/jesse-sharkey-chicago-teachers-union-president-karen-lewis/ https://www.chitownreview.com/jesse-sharkey-chicago-teachers-union-president-karen-lewis/#respond Thu, 09 Oct 2014 21:18:04 +0000 http://www.chitownreview.com/?p=6336 Jesse Sharkey announced he would take over for Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis as she recovers from emergency surgery and hospitalization.

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]]> https://www.chitownreview.com/chicago-school-fees/feed/ 0 Big ideas from On The Table event revealed https://www.chitownreview.com/chicago-on-the-table-ideas/ https://www.chitownreview.com/chicago-on-the-table-ideas/#respond Thu, 09 Oct 2014 13:35:32 +0000 http://www.chitownreview.com/?p=6314 More than 11,000 Chicagoans participated in Chicago Community Trusts's On The Table 2014 dinner discussions event in May generating thousands of ideas for improving Chicago.

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]]> https://www.chitownreview.com/chicago-on-the-table-ideas/feed/ 0 Pullman to recieve state-of-the-art rooftop farm https://www.chitownreview.com/pullman-rooftop-farm-chicago/ https://www.chitownreview.com/pullman-rooftop-farm-chicago/#respond Wed, 08 Oct 2014 17:53:40 +0000 http://www.chitownreview.com/?p=6307 Two sustainable businesses have partnered to build a state-of-the-art urban rooftop farm in Chicago's Pullman neighborhood.

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