(She/Her/Foe Nem) Chicago journo 📝| formerly @crainschicago | 20/21 City Bureau Reporting Fellow. corli@thetriibe.com

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The $9 billion gamble: South Chicago's high-tech future vs. its industrial past * The TRiiBE

The $9 billion gamble: South Chicago's high-tech future vs. its industrial past * The TRiiBE

The TRiiBE — Some want to kill the quantum project entirely; others want to be shielded from displacement and environmental harms.

Alternate alder bloc propose selling unpaid debts, critics warn Chicago's working people will pay...

Alternate alder bloc propose selling unpaid debts, critics warn Chicago's working people will pay...

The TRiiBE — "It can be the reason why people just sell their homes," Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez said.

South Shore raid triggers past traumas and sparks new conversations about divisions between Black...

South Shore raid triggers past traumas and sparks new conversations about divisions between Black...

The TRiiBE — Federal agent activity on Chicago's South and West sides put Black people in the crosshairs.

What is participatory budgeting and why aren't many Black wards doing it? * The TRiiBE

What is participatory budgeting and why aren't many Black wards doing it? * The TRiiBE

The TRiiBE — Answers tie to geographical makeup of wards and limited flexibility of how to use menu money.

Before his last broadcast, Tom Skilling looks back on four decades as 'Chicago's Very Own'

Before his last broadcast, Tom Skilling looks back on four decades as 'Chicago's Very Own'

Crain's Chicago Business — After nearly half a century of telling the weather at WGN, Skilling never anticipated the outpouring of love Chicago has shown for its favorite weatherman.

Streetwear Brand Pillars Celebrates Chicago's High School Culture with Themed Merchandise

Streetwear Brand Pillars Celebrates Chicago's High School Culture with Themed Merchandise

South Side Weekly — "It started off with just our schools, and everybody just started requesting it," one co-founder of Pillars said.

The Blueprint of a Jeen-Yuhs

The Blueprint of a Jeen-Yuhs

Chicago Magazine — South Side native Coodie Simmons and his collaborator give the lowdown on 21 years of footage that became the buzzy new Kanye West documentary.

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