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Aldermania! The Board Game

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Like politics, the rules are simple. If you break them, don't get caught.

By Reader staff

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Haymarket Books publishes reading material for radicals 4

From political theory to hip-hop poetry, the Chicago publisher sells not just books, but the idea of a new society.

By Rebecca Stoner
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Mother Nature rep hip-hop as a culture, a calling, and a career

Chicago rap duo Mother Nature have already carried their message of self-reliance and self-realization into schools and overseas—and they’re raising their own bar with the EP Pressure.

By Jack Riedy
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Photos from the fifth annual Femifest

What began as a high school benefit concert in Des Moines, Iowa, is now a two-day celebration of marginalized artists and fans in Chicago.

By Brittany Sowacke

Fourteen candidates?!

By Reader staff | 02.22.19
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High stakes in the mayoral election

By Ben Joravsky | 02.22.19
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The Wild Pear Tree shows a young Turk coming of age and getting his comeuppance

By Ben Sachs | 02.22.19
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By Max Maller | 02.22.19
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By Melissa Mendes | 02.22.19

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