Millennials inspired by Chicago’s ‘Tinder for jobs’; employers doubtful
By Laura Furr Gionni Crawford, 20, is looking for a job. A recent graduate from Specs Howard School of Media Arts in Southfield, Michigan, Crawford will be relocated from his job as a cellphone vendor at his hometown Target in Detroit when it closes at the end of the month. A self-described “hustler,” Crawford said […]
At South Side meeting, disputes erupt over Obama library
By Emily Hoerner Nearly 1,000 community leaders and residents gathered in Hyde Park for a public meeting Tuesday night, where tensions flared over using roughly 20 acres of Chicago Park District land for the Barack Obama Presidential Library. The two sites, Washington Park and Jackson Park, proposed by the University of Chicago belong to the […]