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Pritzker has repealed the state’s HIV criminalization law

Pritzker has repealed the state’s HIV criminalization law

The 32-year-old statute was enacted during the height of homophobic panic about HIV and AIDS.

By Adam M. Rhodes

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Decades of divas on the gig poster of the week

This week's featured gig poster features art by anthropologist and graphic designer Kisira Hill.

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An outsider on the inside of Cannes

Walking the red carpet, breaking VIP barriers, and searching for Bill Murray

By Max Maller

Chicago sound wizard Mark Solotroff makes grounding, elegiac music on Not Everybody Makes It

By Monica Kendrick | 06.00 AM
Veteran sound explorer Kevin Drumm uploads a Bandcamp bounty

By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil | 07.27.21
King Woman retell personal and Biblical horrors with Celestial Blues

By Shannon Nico Shreibak | 07.27.21
Come back Monday, August 2, to vote in our Button Design Contest in partnership with Busy Beaver Button Co

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Leela James makes vital modern soul on See Me

By James Porter | 07.26.21

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