Our Host J. Ruffin connects with Mick Dumke a Reporter/Columnist with ProPublica Illinois/Midwest. The discussion centers around Mick's article "How a Chicago Political Hangout Went From Bustling to Boarded Up-Even After the City Promised Help". This is a follow-up to our previous Episode with Tony Briscoe on the East Garfield Park neighborhood in Chicago.<a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/how-a-chicago-political-hangout-went-from-bustling-to-boarded-up-even-after-the-city-promised-help" target="_blank">ProPublica Illinois Discussed Article</a>Mick.Dumke@propublica.orghttps://twitter.com/mickeyd1971

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