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The Church of the Epiphany, nicknamed the People’s Church, “was an important gathering place,” said Leila Wills, executive director of the Historical Preservation Society. “It wasn’t just the Illinois Chapter [of the Black Panther Party] that held meetings there. They had anti-draft meetings there. They fed the homeless there.”
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With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
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Call it the Betty Van Patter Center for Peace.
Both Daleys were adamant that Chicago’s famous Mob-related sites not be celebrated as landmark sites. Odd that we now want to celebrate a black gang site.
It’s a nice building, worth saving for its architectural value. But to promote the importance of a Chicago street-crime gang that dealt in drugs and guns is wrong.