here [sorry couldn't embed] abc local in chicago reports on the group, No Games Chicago, which is urging Chicago to say NO to the olympic bid for 2016.

more info on the harmful effects of hosting the olympics to come--perhaps excerpts from Dave Zirin's, Welcome to the Terrordome.

celebrating a life: "a writer and a fighter"

Chicago is mourning the Thursday death of Beauty Turner, a housing/community activist whose life touched a lot of other lives for the better, judging from her blog, Beauty's Ghetto Bus Tours, and the numerous obituaries already published in her memory.

from the Chicago Tribune:

Beauty Turner 1957-2008
Beauty Turner, 51: Chicago public housing activist and reporter
Dedicated her life to telling stories of city's most vulnerable residents
By Sara Olkon Tribune reporter
December 19, 2008
Beauty Turner, 51, a longtime public housing activist and writer in Chicago, died Thursday at Rush University Medical Center.She suffered an aneurysm Monday night, fell into a coma and never recovered, said her son Landon Turner. A charming and disarming presence on the South Side, Ms. Turner dedicated her life to telling the stories of the city's most vulnerable residents. She was as well-known for her greeting of "Hey Love" as she was for taking on officials at the Chicago Housing Authority. "I'm a writer and a fighter," was how she liked to describe herself. article continued.