Roald Amundsen — the Norwegian explorer who, with his team, became the first to reach the South Pole — was born #onthisday in 1872. See our highlights of the wonderful set of photos from the 1910–12 expedition: https://t.co/NeIvHPOlvz #OTD
Did you know?
"SAY HER NAME" was created by Black people to highlight the murders of Black women, esp by the police
"REST IN POWER" was created by Black people to mourn the deaths of Black people in the struggle.
Plans to turn an Uptown building back into a men's shelter were rejected by the city's Zoning Board of Appeals Friday.
The vote followed a four-hour hearing in which local businesses, neighbors and a church voiced opposition to the shelter plans.
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what campaign or finance laws did @ald_nicolelee violate by feeding the email list for the the 11th Ward newsletter into her Friends of Nicole Lee mailing list?
at the very least, this is a privacy violation as i did not opt into this mailing list whatsoever
A group of local artists are creating a Halloween-themed anthology with spooky comics that draw from their personal experiences. https://t.co/2F75sEVsZB
@HydeParkHerald This is good reporting by the Herald (which I was assistant editor of long ago.) Here's Streetsblog's earlier coverage of the issue.
https://t.co/Inu4BM2eLy
A young migrant mother was arrested Saturday afternoon after she attempted to stop traffic when officers did not let her child use the bathroom inside the station: “I was desperate. All the children and women needed to use a clean bathroom.”
https://t.co/6J096yKRl7