The project attracted the attention of Gardner when, last week, he did not see any African-Americans working at the site, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Black construction jobs have become rarer and rarer in the economic downturn and unemployment in the community remains staggeringly high.

Many appear to share Gardner's concern and protests began last week. About 1,000 protesters rallied outside the site Sunday, including prominent activists and elected officials including Reps. Danny Davis and Bobby Rush, both Chicago Democrats, and former Senator Roland Burris.

A representative of Meijer told WBEZ that they have met with both Gardner and the construction company. A letter sent on behalf of the company and the site contractor pledged that minority-owned businesses and contractors would be supported at the site.

But Meijer is not the onlyThe new year is coming and Hearthstone is on a roll

2018 was a pretty good year for Hearthstone as an esport. Just last month, Team China managed to beat the expected champ Brazil in the Grand Finals of the Hearthstone Global Games at BlizzCon in California.

It was a big upset and fans were excited. There are also now two seasonal champs at the Summer and Fall Championships – more than 200.000 players attended a total of 25 Tour stops and other major events around the globe, plus many, many more that simply play the game for fun at home. Those are some pretty impressive numbers – by the end of the year, Blizzard will have paid out some $2.8 million in prize money alone.

Blizzard, being a pretty good