Chicago City Wire

Amazon ‘cares more about profits than poor people’: Closes Whole Foods in one of Chicago’s poorest neighborhoods, opens in one of the richest—in the same week

By Art Benavidez | May 6, 2022

Whole Foods, an entity of Amazon.com Inc., has raised eyebrows with its decision to close a store in a poor, predominantly Black Chicago neighborhood while they were opening another in a wealthier area of the city.

'Our next generation is our future': Robinson discusses voting rights with Chicago youth

By Art Benavidez | Dec 21, 2021

Rep. Lamont J. Robinson (D-Chicago) is hoping that more young people will register to vote given the state’s streamlined voting laws.

Black, Latino caucuses butt heads over which ward map is 'representative of the city of Chicago'

By Art Benavidez | Nov 27, 2021

The Black and Latino caucuses are at an impasse concerning Chicago’s ward map, with the deadline for submission fast approaching.

Lightfoot blames pandemic for delaying investigation of Chicago school sexual misconduct; Ives wants 'no excuses'

By Art Benavidez | Nov 27, 2021

Former state rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) is taking Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s to task regarding her comments that the pandemic disrupted an investigation involving sexual misconduct at Marine Leadership Academy in Logan Square.