Leaving the force

By Thalia Gigerenzer / June 2, 2009

After 20 years with the UCPD, Rudy Nimocks hangs up his badge.

Facing steep rent hike, Midway tenants stage protest

By Thalia Gigerenzer / April 24, 2009

Tenants: Landlord refused to negotiate at meeting with Alderman Cochran over rent hike

Looking past community service

By Thalia Gigerenzer / April 3, 2009

U of C students should go beyond volunteering to fully understand our neighbors.

The Mayor of 57th Street

By Thalia Gigerenzer / March 10, 2009

For nearly half a century, Constantinos "Gus" Lukis has been waking up before dawn to fix Hyde Park's broken soles and rundown heels.

Program gives second chance at higher ed

By Thalia Gigerenzer / April 18, 2008

It had not occurred to Teri Watkins, a 45-year-old mother of five who was born and raised on the South Side, that parsing the works of Plato would play an important role in her life. Now a second-year participant in the Odyssey Project, a free, yearlong Great Books course for low-income adults, Watkins is continuing...