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Natalie Y. Moore

Columnist

Natalie Moore is the Race, Class and Communities Editor for WBEZ and writes a monthly column for the Sun-Times.

Harrison Ford starred in ‘The Fugitive,’ the best movie set in Chicago, Natalie Moore writes.
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Best movie set in Chicago? It’s ‘The Fugitive,’ hands down
Chicagoans are brutal critics when our city is on the screen. One wrong intersection or misplaced neighborhood, and we turn up our noses. “The Fugitive,” now celebrating its 30th anniversary, gets it right.
By Natalie Y. Moore
 
Columnist Natalie Moore (right) enjoys a selfie with her daughter Skye.
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Natalie Moore: With children, the days are long and the years are short
Reclaim time with your children by following these tips on preparing and getting through the school year.
By Natalie Y. Moore
 
A block of homes in Pullman.
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When I lived in Pullman, I quickly fell in love with it
Several times a week I walked the neighborhood early in the morning. These meditative walks cleared my head and I never tired of marveling at the living history of the area.
By Natalie Y. Moore
 
Haki Madhubuti, founder of Third World Press, is shown here in this June 7, 2018 photo at the unveiling of a Gwendolyn Brooks sculpture at Gwendolyn Brooks Park.
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‘When you support Third World Press, you support Black people’
The Black publishing house founded by Haki Madhubuti is back on track to replace the book inventory destroyed last year due to a devastating flooded basement.
By Natalie Y. Moore
 
The CTA has no shortage of characters and talent, but a public awareness campaign is needed to scrub the transit agency’s image, columnist Natalie Moore writes. In this photo from May 2021, My Block My Hood My City founder Jahmal Cole speaks on a Red Line train during a fashion show staged on two cars.
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I’ve been riding CTA all my life. It’s time for a reckoning on public transit’s problems.
“I’ve been riding the CTA since my mother was pregnant with me,” Natalie Moore writes. “I don’t mind the peddling, whether it’s music, socks or incense sticks. ... But when safety and cleanliness become problems, change must be afoot.”
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A CTA rider waits for a train next to the new mixed-use development in Bronzeville near the 43rd Street Green Line stop.
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Mayor Lightfoot leaves a legacy worth building on in city planning, development
It will be up to Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson to keep pressing forward and, as Daniel Burnham said, ‘make no little plans’ for the South and West Sides.
By Natalie Y. Moore
 
A voter feeds her ballot into a voting machine on Election Day at Isabelle C. O’Keeffe School in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood, April 4.
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After tight race for mayor, Black political establishment may face a ‘reckoning’
What will it mean if ward-level data show Black voters cast ballots for Johnson, while their City Council representatives backed Vallas?
By Natalie Y. Moore
 
Mayoral candidates Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson prepare for a mayoral forum at NBC 5 studios on March 8.
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A tale of two cities, told in Chicago’s mayoral election
As Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson barnstorm in churches and parades before the April 4 runoff, policing and public education are front and center. This election also touches on power, identity, and of course, race.
By Natalie Y. Moore
 
A mural dedicated to Caleb Reed at a March for Us rally in June 2021 by Voices for Youth in Chicago Education celebrating Juneteenth and celebrating the life of activist Caleb Reed at Daley Plaza in the Loop.
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Hope is a tricky thing when it comes to racism
After digesting statistics, anecdotes, history and journalism about anti-Blackness, many are left despondent by the arc of injustice.
By Natalie Y. Moore