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“Are you Jane?” It’s a question that Chicago housewife Joy (Elizabeth Banks) repeatedly asks, as she calls a number from a flyer, is picked up, blindfolded, driven to a nondescript office where she receives an illegal, but safe, abortion from an unfeeling doctor (Cory Michael Smith), and is then cared…

Senators make appeal to EPA after series of Guardian articles revealed that communities of color often face high lead levels

Nearly 1,500 faculty at seven campuses will strike Nov. 2 if a contract isn’t reached, the Cook County College Teachers Union announced Tuesday.

Aldo Suarez, 21, of Chicago's South Side, likes to play the video game Halo. Another favorite? Building McLaren vehicles with Lego Technic sets. And he prefers the older “Matrix” movies, Courage the Cowardly Dog, and walking North Riverside and Woodfield malls when he can. And his favorite food is tofu.