Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, August 1

• Tribune: Plan for 4/2 Anti-Violence March on North LSD Has Gotten People's Attention
• DuPage County Is Pushing for a Western O'Hare Airport Terminal (Crain's)
• MSRHA's Fast Track Initiative Is a Realistic Alternative to the Hyperloop Fantasy (Chicago)
• Downstate Candidate Makes Racist Joke About Assault of Latino Girl on Bike (BND)
• Natalie Moore Questions Name of "Urban Renewal" Brewery, Owner Defends It (Reader)
• Pigeon-Feeding Women Curses Out State Rep in Viaduct by Blue Line Stop (Block Club)
• South Side Critical Mass Rides to Rainbow Cone This Friday

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- John Greenfield, editor, Streetsblog Chicago