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Chicago is a beautiful and sometimes brutal place, full of contradictions and contrasts. It's known for world-class art and universities, breathtaking architecture, a magnificent lake shore-and for its gritty industrial past, pervasive violence and stark class and racial divides. They're how we make sense of things, entertain ourselves, share experiences, express values, and make a place our home.

Storied Chicago is a space to share stories of the people and institutions of Chicagoland. We're glad you found us, and we hope you'll be a part of it. We welcome submissions of original interviews, essays, and editorials about work, relationships, the arts, history, and current events in Chicagoland. If you would like to submit a piece of writing for publication at Storied Chicago, contact us at [email protected] and write "Submission" in the subject line. Also include a short biographical statement that speaks to your knowledge of the subject, and paste the text of your submission in the body of your message. Submissions should be a maximum of 750 words. We are also interested in submissions of original photographs of Chicagoland and/or its residents. If you would like to submit pictures, email them as attachments to [email protected]. Please write "Photo Submission" in the subject line and include a short biographical statement as well as a description of your work in the body of your email. We are delighted to hear your suggestions for interviews/stories. Please write us at [email protected], and include "Story Suggestion" in the subject line.

03/27/2024

Blommer will move its headquarters and a research and development center to the Merchandise Mart.

03/27/2024

Inside this maximum security prison, a groundbreaking program offers inmates the chance to earn a degree from one of the country’s top schools. Some will never leave these walls. Here’s why it still matters.

03/27/2024

Chicago Humanities is thrilled to welcome renowned Princeton University professor and New York Times best-selling author Eddie Glaude Jr. on April 27.

At Chicago Humanities, Glaude Jr. chats with Chicago natives and co-hosts of the Pushkin podcast Some of My Best Friends Are, Khalil Gibran Muhammad and Ben Austen. Get your copy of We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For signed after the program 📖

🎟️ Grab your tickets now: https://bit.ly/4cv1Zpo
➡️ This program will have Open Captions and Assistive Listening Devices available

[Image description: Eddie Glaude Jr. event tile with event text.]

03/27/2024

in 1974, more than 3,000 women from across the country met in Chicago for a two-day conference to form the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW). Discussions for the organization had begun the previous summer, led by labor union leaders Olga M. Madar of Detroit and Addie Wyatt of Chicago. CLUW sought to organize women, increase their participation in unions, advance workplace fairness, and ensure working women’s voices in the political process. Today, 50 years later, the CLUW has members from 70 international and national unions across the United States.

Learn more about the CLUW and women’s labor actions in our online experience “ : Chicago Women and the Vote”: https://ow.ly/kzBC50QXTeF // Group of Coalition of Labor Union Women picketers with “No Wage Controls Roll Back Prices” sign, c. 1975. CHM, ICHi-039912

02/26/2024

Take a look at the current issue of Crain's Chicago Business in which our own Urban American historian Joshua Salzmann has written a very interesting piece about how Chicago may want to learn about the opportunities that may arise with the looming water crisis elsewhere. Congratulations, Professor Salzmann!

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