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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot pauses during her concession speech during an election night gathering for the city's mayoral raceTuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in Chicago. Photo credit: Charles Rex Arbogast
Politics

Lori Lightfoot, Chicago’s first Black woman and openly gay mayor, ousted

  • February 28, 2023
  • By Sara Burnett
  • The Associated Press
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Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot delivers her campaign speech during a Women for Lori Rally in Chicago, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023. Lightfoot is fighting for reelection Tuesday after a history-making but tumultuous four years in office and a bruising campaign threaten to make her the city's first one-term mayor in decades. Photo credit: Nam Y. Huh, The Associated Press
Politics

How Chicago elects a mayor, and why a winner may take weeks

  • February 28, 2023
  • By Sara Burnett
  • The Associated Press
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National

Congress creates Bronzeville-Black Metropolis National Heritage Area on Chicago’s South Side

  • December 23, 2022
  • By The Chicago Sun-Times
  • NABJ Black News & Views
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National

Chicago turns out to remember Harold Washington, the city’s first Black mayor

  • November 28, 2022
  • By Anthony Vazquez
  • Chicago Sun-Times
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Social Justice

Chicago to pay $5 million to mom of teen killed by police

  • November 17, 2022
  • By CBS News
  • NABJ Black News & Views
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Arts & culture

Nature trail being created in Chicago’s Bronzeville — one of the most historic Black neighborhoods in the country — along train route that played role in Great Migration

  • October 20, 2022
  • By Steven Graves
  • CBS
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