Pilsen’s vibrant spirit, captured in photos
The neighborhood that is many things to many people finds itself again at a crossroads. Here’s RedEye’s Wednesday cover story, in pictures.
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Immigrants meet with Gutierrez on changes to federal deportation efforts
After he was brought into the U.S. illegally as a 1-year-old, Luis Pedrote did so well in school that he won a President’s Education Award in 2006.
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What does Pilsen say about the DREAM Act?
Gov. Quinn signed the state’s controversial bill into law at Benito Juarez High School in Pilsen.
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Coming soon: Housing for low-income college students
For Israel Perez, 16, a junior at Benito Juarez High School, cost of living is definitely an issue when considering where to go to university after he graduates high school.
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Anti-pollution revolution comes to Pilsen
Students from Benito Juarez High School and the Rudy Lozano Leadership Academy in Pilsen marched to the Fisk coal plant recently to protest its polluting effects on the neighborhood
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