Mackenzie Tatananni | Chicago Reporter, Author at The Chicago Reporter https://www.chicagoreporter.com Investigating race and poverty since 1972 Mon, 25 Sep 2023 19:18:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/logo-1-reverse-1-150x150-1.png Mackenzie Tatananni | Chicago Reporter, Author at The Chicago Reporter https://www.chicagoreporter.com 32 32 163009088 How a Black Community Theater Helped Transform an Artist and Her Art. https://www.chicagoreporter.com/how-a-black-community-theater-helped-transform-an-artist-and-her-art/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/how-a-black-community-theater-helped-transform-an-artist-and-her-art/#respond Mon, 25 Sep 2023 19:18:06 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=7847339 “I’ve had many really beautiful experiences. But that doesn’t mean that my gas wasn’t cut off over the years, or that I didn’t get my car repoed once or twice,” Dorian Sylvain said, laughing. The Chicago-based multi-hyphenate—artist, curator, and educator—sat behind a desk in her light-soaked Kenwood gallery, surrounded by scattered canvases and paper collages […]

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/how-a-black-community-theater-helped-transform-an-artist-and-her-art/feed/ 0 7847339 Thousands of Chicago-area children are exposed to lead each year. This is the story of a boy named Jedi. https://www.chicagoreporter.com/thousands-of-chicago-area-children-are-exposed-to-lead-each-year-this-is-the-story-of-a-boy-named-jedi/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/thousands-of-chicago-area-children-are-exposed-to-lead-each-year-this-is-the-story-of-a-boy-named-jedi/#respond Tue, 11 Jul 2023 20:18:00 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=7847155 At first glance, two-year-old Jedi Ruzicka is not only unassuming but, also frankly, adorable. Jedi has plump cheeks and a dimple on his chin. His ears protrude slightly, giving him an almost cartoonish appearance. Like other children his age, Jedi is rowdy. He enjoys trips to the beach and the waterpark, and sledding. However, Jedi wasn’t always […]

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]]> https://www.chicagoreporter.com/thousands-of-chicago-area-children-are-exposed-to-lead-each-year-this-is-the-story-of-a-boy-named-jedi/feed/ 0 7847155 Chicago-based Organization works to combat outsized effect of lead drinking water contamination impacting daycare centers https://www.chicagoreporter.com/chicago-based-organization-works-to-combat-outsized-effect-of-lead-drinking-water-contamination-impacting-daycare-centers/ https://www.chicagoreporter.com/chicago-based-organization-works-to-combat-outsized-effect-of-lead-drinking-water-contamination-impacting-daycare-centers/#respond Mon, 03 Apr 2023 17:14:40 +0000 https://www.chicagoreporter.com/?p=7846854 Elevate, a Chicago-based nonprofit, continues its work to deliver lead-free water to children in underserved communities. The organization tackles elevated lead levels in municipal drinking water with the highest levels occurring in communities of color. Water levels in Chicago-area homes must meet the Environmental Protection Agency action level of 15 parts of lead per billion […]

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