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<i>Reader</i> sold to group led by <i>Chicago Crusader</i> publisher Dorothy Leavell

Reader sold to group led by Chicago Crusader publisher Dorothy Leavell 15

The Sun-Times, which owns the Reader, announced the sale Friday.

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Rauner is demanding that onetime ally Ken Dunkin resign from the Water Reclamation District seat he just gave him.

By Ben Joravsky
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Photographer Pat Nabong climbed to new heights for our cover story—literally

"Climbing got me through a lot of hard times and taught me lot about life."

By Jamie Ramsay
Arts & Culture

What were you watching, reading, or listening to when you first came out?

Twenty-two LGBTQ+ Chicagoans share their personal touchstones.

By KT Hawbaker

Stormy Daniels to finish run at Chicago strip club this weekend

By Ryan Smith | 06.15.18
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The Deckchairs can't make American political comedy great again

By Dan Jakes | 06.15.18
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Too many metaphors spoil the drama in Opportunities of Extinction

By Justin Hayford | 06.15.18
Paal Nilssen-Love’s Large Unit explores varied compositional gambits through large-scale improvisation

By Peter Margasak | 06.15.18
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