Author: Miles Cooper

Chicago Residents Push Back Against Federal Troop Deployment Threats Amid Crime Concerns Community Voices Challenge Negative Portrayals of Chicago President Donald Trump’s recent declaration to deploy National Guard forces to Chicago ignited a wave of backlash from locals who reject his severe characterization of the city as a “killing field.” This rhetoric has intensified debates surrounding public safety in America’s third-largest metropolis, where residents emphasize a more nuanced reality. Longtime Locals Affirm Chicago’s Safety and Resilience Having called Chicago home for nearly six decades, many residents express confidence in the city’s safety. One longtime inhabitant shared, “After 57 years here,…

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If you’ve traveled along Chicago’s famous Lakeshore Drive at any point in the last few years, then you might have seen a bit of a strange sight. Right where the expressway skirting Lake Michigan crosses the Chicago River, a huge gaping hole has been just sitting there virtually unchanged for well over a decade. It was supposed to be the start of America’s first megat skyscraper designed by one of the world’s leading architects. But this giant pit is all that remains. It’s a bit of an embarrassment for a city that’s widely considered to be the birthplace of the…

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