Caroline Kubzansky
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The sign I made for yesterday’s strike with
@CTGuild
read “the Tribune was my dream but Alden is my nightmare.” I want you to know what I mean because it is why I walked off the job.
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Hey Chicago: If you were riding a unicycle east on Belmont Avenue around 9:30, with about 20 to 25 companions also on unicycles, please get in touch. I would really like to talk to you
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Good morning. I start a new job today with the
@chicagotribune
metro desk. Please send any and all Chicago news tips between 2 p.m. and 10 p.m. — the weirder, the better.
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Hi! I will be joining
@chicagotribune
’s Pioneer Press as a suburbs reporter after I wrap up with PAR. If you’re a person who lives in or cares about the NW suburbs, I would love to talk to you! If you have book recommendations about the area, I would love to hear them!
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Park Ridge's iconic Pickwick Theater is closing. Its owner told me this AM he's thinking the final pic (set for Jan. 8) will be Gone With the Wind.
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Hey, Chicago. If you could time-travel to any place in city limits at any time, where and when would you choose?
I'd go to Cornelia Avenue in Lakeview and 23rd Street between Ashland and Cal circa 1990 — around when my parents met. My mom used to live on Cornelia.
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Thousands are in Federal Plaza about to march to the Israeli consulate demanding a cease-fire in the Middle East and demonstrating their solidarity with Palestinians.
@chicagotribune
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Tonight's the final movie showing at Park Ridge's iconic Pickwick Theatre before its longtime operators retire. I've been amazed at the way this story has taken on a life of its own. Thread:
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Deena Biederman of Park Ridge is here to support a family whose son was pinned face down on the sidewalk by a man who said he was a Chicago police officer Friday afternoon. The son is 14.
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I am going on strike tomorrow alongside Tribune Publishing workers across the country. We demand that Alden give us a real raise after years of stagnancy and preserve the 401k match they have threatened to eliminate. I’m proud to be in this with
@CTGuild
and the joint table.
Chicago Tribune journalists are going on strike for 24 hours tomorrow for the first time in history.
@CTGuild
has bargained for a fair contract since 2018.
Alden responded by offering functional pay cuts & fewer benefits despite the Trib's profits. We're done playing games.
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Pickwick Theater co-owner told me this afternoon that ticket sales have spiked and he’s heard from potential operators interested in taking over Park Ridge’s iconic movie theater following our coverage yesterday
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Found Marianne Williamson in the wild at
#IowaStateFair
signing some posters at the IA dems booth, with a decent scrum around her.
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Today is my last day
@WBEZ
. My list of people to thank is as long as my arm and I won't tag them all here, but
@avcsays
,
@katieoc
and
@marklebien
made me think differently about what reporters do and why. Every young journalist should have the chance to work with such people.
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News: There is a loose cow in Niles.
Police: Niles PD and other law enforcement agencies are working together with a representative from Wagner Farms to secure the cow. Residents and visitors are encouraged to avoid the area until the cow is secured.
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Inbox: The Niles Police Department will soon release five (5) feral cats to try and combat the village's recent rodent issues. The cats will be loose for two months.
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Cow is getting water and some quiet at the farm, per farm representative: "He doesn't need any more drama."
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Holy smokes, I've been with the Tribune a year as of today. It's been one hell of a ride so far; thanks to everyone who's been a part of it
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Hey, Chicago. Is this your cat? My roommates found her near 23rd and Damen and are taking her to the vet to see if she is chipped. She has a mint green collar w/o ID info on it. She is skinny and hungry but friendly and my roommates are eager to find her people if she has em.
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Two reasons to watch below:
1.
@royalpratt
lays out why we're striking for
@MikeLoweReports
: We're not asking for the moon, but for wages and benefits that let us focus on our work.
2. Take a gander at our current workplace before it gets bulldozed for a casino.
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Getting underway
@WBEZ
and just finished putting together my home recording space. Tremendously glamorous! ✨
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Just off the phone with a new source who told me he subscribed to the Tribune for years but cancelled because "the paper has been hollowed out."
If you want to stop the hollowing out of local news, then cancelling your sub isn't the way to do that.
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This tree has been a monthlong color show. Really something to watch it slowly catch fire
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I turned 22 this week (yikes!) and
@milesbburton
made me this creation as part of our celebration. It’s also thematically appropriate for my next move: I’m off to Springfield as a member of the
@UISPAR
2021-22 cohort.
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Dr. Steven Thrasher, a Bernie surrogate and northwestern professor, is kicking off the rally.
“I’m black gay man with a queer eye for a straight white guy named Bernie Sanders,” he tells the crowd.
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Local news isn't dying, hedge funds like Alden are killing it. We're kicking off our final campaign for a fair contract from our owners Saturday. Please write to our corporate vampires to tell them whose side you're on and see you at Tribune Tower at 11.
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I sat here for a while trying to figure out what to say about this story and couldn’t come up with anything besides this: Every kid hurt and killed leaves a threadbare spot in the universe. With
@samjcharles
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Hey, twitter. It’s time for the news this whole website has been waiting for all day: The Niles Village Board meeting!
Here we go.
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Local earnest cub reporter urges everyone to go grab a free sticker! And be nice to your precinct workers!
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Seen in Pilsen a few blocks from a very big fire at 16th and Loomis
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The family of a boy pinned to a Park Ridge sidewalk last summer by an off-duty CPD sergeant is filing a civil case against the sergeant, recently cleared of felony charges, and the City of Chicago. 12 counts between the two defendants named in the suit
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This is just to say
I have eaten
too many
sour patch kids
And can no longer
feel my tongue
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sour
and so colorful
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News: Current Niles-Maine Library Board Treasurer Joseph Makula has lost a lawsuit against Trustee Becky Keane seeking Keane's removal from the board. Story TK
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Hey Illinois -- I'm back in Park Ridge for another City Council meeting. Expecting a busy one. Follow along for as many updates as I can manage, as usual.
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I’m waiting for First Lady Jill Biden to come and meet with students at Rolling Meadows High this morning for
@ThePioneerPress
and
@chicagotribune
. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh is a bit ahead of her and chatting with some of the students who are here to greet her.
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I’m in Plainfield for a vigil to honor the life of Wadea al-Fayoume, 6. Wadea, who was Palestinian and Muslim, was stabbed to death Saturday. It’s hard to say how many people are in line outside but police estimated over a thousand.
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I too am fed up with Alden Global Capital's constant cuts and apparent commitment to shrinking newspapers everywhere, from New York to Chicago to Florida and Virginia. So are my colleagues
@CTGuild
. Stick it to em Daily News
Today, the New York Daily News Union is walking off the job for 24 hours. 🪧🪧🪧
We are fed up with Alden Global Capital’s constant cuts and apparent commitment to shrinking the paper.
Here are some reasons we’re taking a stand: 🧵
#defendtheNYDN
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The most famous cow in the burbs hails from Winneconne, Wisc. The students bought it (and a pig) on Craigslist. It's now at Woodstock's Hooved Animal Humane Society.
Mooving on from the livestock beat. Call me if they start typing or go on strike.
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Hey Chicago. Did you already call "dibs" on a parking spot ahead of tomorrow's storm? If so please get in touch — bonus points if you used a weird or wacky object.
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Jayden Perkins, 11, who was killed Wednesday, was good for up to four pirouettes in a row. I watched him and a friend spin in a performance tape over and over last night and thought how language can't capture the joy in their movement. For
@chicagotribune
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That's my editor!!!
@phillipstribune
@LAURA_N_ROD
@RayLong
Everyone says print journalism is dead. That’s crazy… If it’s dead then you’re dead too. -
@MidnoirCowboy
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In case anyone ever wondered about
@ToniPreckwinkle
’s skills operating a robot. Secretary of Ed Miguel Cardona is now taking a try.
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It's always great when impressive young people get the chance to put their talents toward the public good but I am extra proud of this Grey City alum and grade-A human being. Arizona pols had better watch out
Hey Twitter — next week I start a new job covering national politics for the amazing Arizona Republic/
@azcentral
. That includes AZ’s presidential politics, Congressional delegation, and federal policy.
If you’re in that world or watch it closely, drop me a line?
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Nell has rocked it to the rafters every single day of her short tenure here. I am extremely lucky to work alongside her and the other young folks
@chicagotribune
.
Today marks my one year at the Trib! So happy to be here and so grateful for all the wonderful people and journalists who have helped me along the way.
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I started a new gig yesterday! I'll be spending this spring with
@thedailylinechi
. So excited to continue my development as a state and local political journalist with
@erin_hegarty
,
@AlexNitkin
and
@joelebert29
. First story covers a whole lot of money going to Chicago parks.
Finance committee approves $17.6 million in
#TIF
funds for park improvements around Chicago:
Via
@CKubzansky
📌
@Ald_Reboyras
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Went downtown last week and spent a very cool afternoon with five women whose wedding tradition is a deep connection with one another and with Chicago. I hope you'll take a moment for a pretty joyful story this Monday:
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We are going literal Parks & Rec with candidate debates for the Niles Library, Niles Village Board, Niles Ethics Board and Niles Park Board this morning at the Niles Park District.
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Hello world today is
@brendenmoore13
's birthday! BDog is a passionate reporter whose knowledge of the statehouse just blows me away. He is also a voice of encouragement and the most patient sounding board. I am lucky to have him as a friend — both as a journalist and as a person.
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Jessica Wilson and her son Jacobie lived at the 3rd Police District for two months this fall. They're some of an unknown number of U.S. citizens who are homeless and living with migrants at police stations.
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I wish it to be known that my editor (Pam) closed on print issues of the newspaper at 5 p.m. yesterday, then turned around and edited election results until midnight. She does the job of three people and also deals with me every day — and I can be a real handful
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Beat reporters have a lot of jobs, but one of the most important (in my eyes) is to care about what my readers care about. When all this was starting,
@brendenmoore13
told me "people care about that little theater." So now I do too.
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Lincolnwood Public Library meeting is rolling and immediately goes into closed session.
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Let us hear it for Pam, with whom I encountered the first train I’ve ever seen at the Freedom Center and who helped me decipher our new CMS like I was still at Pioneer Press. In her words: “We deserve extra combat pay for this and we’re not getting it!”
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Patiently awaiting election results like Emi awaiting bunnies in the yard. I'm following five contests tonight in Park Ridge and Niles and will try to drop updates here as they come. t-23 minutes to polls closing
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Niles Library wasn’t meeting last night so I took one for the team and covered the boygenius concert for
@chicagotribune
, pics by
@smadison_photo
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If a village memo is making me yell "YIKES" in my empty apartment then it's probably going to be a good story, no?
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Niles Library trustees have looked to cut costs everywhere from office supplies to roof work. The exception to their meticulous financial oversight? Legal expenses, a line item that's increased from $7,728 to $116,667 over three years
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Weird request of the day: who on this website can connect me with someone who cares about miniatures? Think the train exhibit at the Field or the rooms at the Art Institute, but for regular folks instead of a museum. Bonus points if their interest is historically motivated
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Breaking: UCMC will begin vaccinating staff as soon as Dec. 16, pending FDA approval. ⬇️
The University of Chicago Medical Center is prepared to begin vaccinating its staff against COVID-19 as early as next week, when it expects the first shipment of 1,950 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to arrive.
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This is the story I spent all of today on.
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If you don’t like conflict, then you should mute me for the next few hours.
The Niles-Maine District Library Board is having its annual budget hearing for public comment on the proposed spending plan for the 2022-23 fiscal year. Here’s what you need to know:
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Rep. Stephanie Kifowit is delivering the first official response from the HDems on the indictment of ex-Speaker Mike Madigan. Kifowit was the first rep to break ranks with Madigan.
#twill
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There are a great many young people here -- I'm guessing friends of the boy who watched this happen.
The meeting has begun with a moment of silence for the victims of the mass shooting yesterday in Highland Park, IL.
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It's a great day to support NPR Illinois, which helps train the next generation of journalists (including yours truly). And that, as the intrepid Audrey Bellot put it, is a BFD. Info here:
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Hey north suburbs — give Richie a follow and drop him a line. He'll have you covered for local government and goings-on in Park Ridge, Niles, Skokie, etc. I know you all will keep him busy and he will do a champion job. Try to keep it to one loose cow for the year tho
Today is my first day with the Chicago Tribune's Pioneer Press! North 'burbs, I'm coming up!
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My last piece for
@nprillinois
is about a wave of evictions in Sangamon County — the situation is bad for a lot of folks despite availability of rental assistance money.
@hannahmeisel
put a ton of time into helping me tell this story.
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My dad dug up a fun book of Chicago architectural history written in the late 80s. It originally belonged to my grandfather. I got a kick out of its description of the Thompson Center — “it has provoked enough controversy to fill half its free space.”
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We
@CTGuild
are back at the bargaining table with Alden after our historic strike. Here’s what I sent to the company’s representatives as negotiations opened. They can expect us to call them on this BS for as long as it takes.
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First byline
@chicagotribune
+
@ThePioneerPress
: Niles voters will reconsider whether the mayor can make appointments to the village board of trustees.
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News: Pennoyer School, the embattled sole school in District 79, has succeeded on its 7th referendum attempt to raise money for building improvements.
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I tried to get a sense of the man thought to have killed eight people, including seven of his family members, in Joliet last month. A lot of people will be grieving and trying to make sense of these deaths for a long time. For
@chicagotribune
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Swaysiana Rankin was a bit of a loner even before her brother was shot and killed Sept. 4.
She is 17 and keeping to herself. Same for Harmony Goss, 16, pictured below. For
@chicagotribune
, about the teenagers who have to grieve their siblings.
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"He was out of uniform, off duty, out of jurisdiction... it shouldn't matter that he's a police officer," Waters said.
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We are rolling with the community meeting hosted by the Bears.
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We cracked our goal of 800 letters to the vampire managers of Alden Global Capital. Now let's double it. If you haven't written in support of local journalism, do it now. Then get a friend to do the same. We won't let them wreck our paper & others
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Greetings from the basement, where Yeti is ready for whatever may come our way
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.
@katchicago
asked the most important question here, about the integrity of the Malort supply. Goofy day for
@NiseiLounge
but it doesn't sound like they'll need to replace liquor along with the window
The beloved Wrigleyville tavern Nisei Lounge became the most recent target in a series of bar and restaurant break-ins after a person removed a window and ransacked the bar early on Friday morning, tavern management said.
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Good luck to anyone trying to stop
@hanksanders_
from getting a story — this failed attempt by Calumet City Mayor + Rep. Thaddeus Jones.
NEWS: Calumet City mayor/state rep Thaddeus Jones is ticketing
@DailySouthtown
reporter
@hanksanders_
for “hampering” public employees with questions. Yes, hampering. Here’s our story on this matter
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Another Monday with three separate newsworthy events and I still can't self duplicate. We've patched together a coverage plan, but it shouldn't have to be this way. Support
@GuildSuburban
and the rest of the joint table so communities can have timely, high-quality news access.
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Parking. Taxes. Libraries. Parking. Taxes. Libraries. Parking. Taxes. Libraries.
That's it. That's my job.
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Earnest tweet time: I'm grateful to have an editor who looks out for me, which is absolutely not a guarantee in this industry. My editor isn't really on here but I'd like everyone to consider this a Pam Appreciation Tweet.
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Today was my last day with WUIS. My last story will be out early next week.
I’m sad to be leaving — what an amazing first foray into public radio. I learned so much from the whole station, but especially from
@hannahmeisel
and
@wuisnewsdir
.
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Informed
@RayLong
about possible hail in northern IL this evening.
Ray's response: "All hail Caroline."
be like Ray everyone
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Looks like
@washingtonpost
found this story pretty interesting as well. My parents raised me on WaPo from when I was able to read to when I left D.C. at age 18 -- gonna opt to take it as a compliment!
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For this costuming effort, we put in a week of planning and got what’s likely the highest compliment
@jasonpiscia
could bestow: “well played.” Anyway, happy Halloween from PAR ‘22.
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Somebody whose name I didn't catch says if anybody else pinned a young kid to the ground, "they would be arrested. I'm sure of it."
These are our children and the world is scary enough, she adds.
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I am grateful for many things this year, but especially the young folks of the Chicago Tribune,
@CTGuild
and the chance to cover this city, which is my favorite place in the world.
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I asked how the first year or so had gone for Chicago's 22 police district councils — a product of the broadest-based push for civilian oversight of CPD the city has ever undertaken.
The short answer is: kind of rocky. From Sunday's
@chicagotribune
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Requested a record from a public body at 2:26 p.m. Doc came back at 3:01 p.m. Public agencies, take note: the time to beat is now 35 minutes.
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Back at Federal Plaza with a trio of Jewish progressive groups calling for a cease-fire in Gaza.
@chicagotribune
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