12 articles
After the marches fade, ordinary cases remain. Policing is necessary but insufficient — most threats come from known people. The case for community-led safety.
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In the pandemic winter of 2020, Naperville outdid itself with holiday lights — and one friend's hand-drawn maps turned it into a family touring tradition.
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While the pandemic raged, some in her town partied on — theme parties, no masks, no distancing. A personal essay on FOMO and setting an example.
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The Village of Peace in Dimona, Israel — home to the African Hebrew Israelite community — has lived a strict vegan lifestyle for decades, rooted in Genesis
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After the Feb 14, 2019 Pulwama attack killed 40 CRPF personnel, the Chicago-area Indian community held a candlelight peace march in Naperville.
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Shubhli on why 'it is none of my business' is a cop-out — told through the old mouse-trap parable: when trouble comes, it comes for everyone.
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A 2014 Diwali dance party at Saffron Restaurant in Westmont, IL — a slice of Chicago-area desi community life, from the TI archives.
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In September 2014, six Naperville women opened Janani Inc., a Vastu-compliant Indian grocery on 95th Street. A TI community notice, from the archives.
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WDSRA has served western DuPage County residents with special needs since 1976, running 1,500+ recreation programs a year for 4,500 participants.
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Our book club’s pick for the month was “Three Weeks with My Brother” by Nicholas Sparks and Micah Sparks. One of the members of the club was going on a…
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India's famously low-crime villages — like doorless Shani Shingnapur in Maharashtra — run on community trust and panchayat dispute resolution, not locks.
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Urban India used to know every neighbor's business. Now apartment doors stay shut and elevator rides pass in silence. What the great neighborly fade-out
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