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Conditions Poor at Some Red Line Stops
The CTA announced on Thursday plans for a major overhaul to Red Line El stations and tracks, including rebuilding the Clark/Division and Wilson stations. See how bad the conditions are at some of these stations and hear comments from commuters on The Red Line Project's YouTube channel.

Gentrification Threatens Diversity in Uptown
A 2008 study by the Chaddick Institute at DePaul University combining ethnicity, income and age found that Uptown was the most diverse neighborhood in Chicago. But that diverse mix is starting to change as the neighborhood's landscape is changing with gentrification.

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Photo: The Uptown Theatre, which has been closed since 1981. (Photo by James Mazurek)

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  CYIC Holds Social Justice Expo at Truman College

• The Chicago Youth Initiating Change hosts an annual social justice expo at Truman College. The students focus on important issues such as housing foreclosures, racial and gender discrimination and immigration rights. Read about the event and watch the audio slideshow featuring some slam poetry.  

Slam Poetry a Blue-Collar Chicago Movement at North Side Club
Most days and nights, the Green Mill Lounge in the Uptown neighborhood is full of bar patrons and concert-goers listening to everything from swing to jump jazz. But on Sundays, the one-time prohibition bar is transformed into the Uptown Poetry Slam, a collection of poets, musicians and other creatives.