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A racial reckoning for Boystown
By Adam M. Rhodes

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Tucked inside 2,700 copies of the paper is the premiere issue of the Chicago FoodCultura Clarion, the culmination of a collaboration between artist Antoni Miralda and University of Chicago anthropologist Stephan Palmié. Download the Chicago FoodCultura Clarion (PDF) here.

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The Sex Issue

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The Mental Health Issue

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This 20-page section was a special pullout supplement in the October 15, 2020 Chicago Reader.

This content would not be possible without the support of the Chicago Reader partners: Habilitative Systems, Sinai Chicago, Joliet Job Corps and Paul Simon Job Corps, Adler University, Chicago Behavioral Hospital, Thresholds, and Kadima Mental Health Services.

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The Housing Issue

Isaacs | Culture A book looks beyond skyscrapers to a neglected bounty of single family houses.
Dukmasova | Witness Ex-cops attempted to throw out a Rogers Park tenant at gunpoint. The police report tells a different story.
Landlords A new database matches rental properties with owners, whether they like it or not.
Photography The Folded Map Project shows a segregated city.

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