11-Year-Old Carjacker / Giving Tuesday / Smollett Trial / Bulls

Buying a T-shirt on Giving Tuesday could help someone build a career in construction, and create sustainable access to local contractors with tools and know-how to preserve historically accurate porches, doors and windows in the Pullman National Monument.

At least that's the hope of my neighbor, Nick Lubovich, the visionary behind a new construction job-training program called Pullman Tech Workshop.

KONKOL COLUMN: Buy This Shirt On Giving Tuesday To Help Build Careers In Trades

Here Comes The Sun. High: 48 Low: 33.

• Need a reason to cheer, Chicago? Keep your eye on the Bulls, writes Jeff Arnold. (Patch)
• Opening statements in the case against alleged hate-crime faker, Jussie Smollett, hinged on whether the former "Empire" actor was a "real victim" of an actual attack. Special prosecutor Dan Webb argued, "When he reported the fake hate crime, that was a real crime." (Patch)
• Police have arrested an 11-year-old carjacker. “This is a sad state of affairs,” Chicago top cop David Brown said. “This 11-year-old has been arrested before, and he is considered a prolific carjacker in our city.” (NBC)
• The Lyric Opera debuted a new third-floor restaurant, Florian from the owners of Slightly Toasted. (Eater)
• Virgil Abloh, the artistic director for Louis Vuitton menswear and founder of Milan-based fashion brand Off-White, died Sunday of cancer. He was 41. (Patch)

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