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City Life, Windy Citizens Jun 30, 2020
Showing domestic violence survivors ‘life and love after abuse’

Even as COVID-19 traps victims home with their abusers, Chantelle Branch wants people to know they have options.
- By Sarah Nardi
- Tags: Windy Citizens, Chantelle Branch, My Fearless Future, domestic violence, COVID-19, coronavirus, National Domestic Violence Hotline, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Music, Music Feature Jan 21, 2019
Our Music My Body wants conversations about harassment and consent to include the concert scene

Folks who’d like to volunteer with the Our Music My Body campaign can attend a free training this weekend in the Loop.
- By Jack Riedy
- Tags: Music Feature, Music, Our Music My Body, Resilience, Between Friends, #MeToo, Maggie Arthur, Matt Walsh, sexual assault, sexual harassment, domestic violence, consent, prevention, Tarana Burke, OMMB, Surviving R. Kelly

City Life, Public Service Announcement Jan 21, 2019
Survivors find support at Mujeres Latinas en Acción

The country's longest-standing Latina organization helps more than 8,000 clients a year in English and Spanish.
- By Karen Hawkins
- Tags: Public Service Announcement, Mujeres Latinas en Acción, Fanny Cano, domestic violence, sexual assault, sexual violence, Pilsen, North Riverside, South Chicago

Blogs, Bleader Aug 27, 2018
An interview with Bing Liu about his powerful documentary Minding the Gap

The 29-year-old filmmaker reflects on skateboarding videos, making documentaries, and what he learned about his hometown of Rockford, Illinois, during filming.
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Film, Poverty, Minding the Gap, Bing Liu, Keire Johnson, Zack Mullian, domestic violence, skateboarding, skateboarding vidoes, documentary filmmaking, Rockford Illinois

Blogs, Bleader Aug 16, 2018
Invisible Institute launches expanded police misconduct database

Police union spokesman says "motives" behind database are "perfectly transparent."
- By Maya Dukmasova
- Tags: News, Criminal Justice, criminal justice, police misconduct, Invisible Institute, Citizens Police Data Project, Jame Kalven, Chicago Police Department, CPD, FOP, Fraternal Order of Police, police union, Martin Preib, domestic violence, Andrew Fan, big data

Blogs, Bleader May 29, 2018
'Those People' use art to share their stories at Weinberg/Newton Gallery

Residents of Mercy Housing Lakefront find that art therapy's a useful way to deal with life traumas.
- By Katie Powers
- Tags: Arts, Visual Art, Mercy Housing Lakefront, "Those People", Weinberg Newton Gallery, art therapy, Che Gonzales, Ethel Smiter, Elizabeth Markman, PTSD, domestic violence, Mark Angelini, David Weinberg

News & Politics, Chicagoans May 16, 2018
Changing abusive behavior gives domestic violence counselor hope

Luana Lienhart says 30 percent of her clients don't realize they're in abusive relationships.
- By Anne Ford
- Tags: Chicagoans, Chicagoans, News, Other Stuff, domestic violence, luana lienhart, chicagoans, anne ford, domestic abuse, facebook, password

Blogs, Bleader Apr 2, 2018
A 1992 investigation into why men beat women shows that not much has changed

Kitry Krause resisted the temptation to dismiss these men as monsters and instead delved into their life stories.
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Archive Dive, News, Gender Issues, domestic violence, gender violence, wife beaters, violent men, men who beat women, Kitry Krause, Lawrence Dugo

Blogs, Bleader Jun 27, 2017
Video
Madigan’s wish list of demands required for budget deal with Rauner, and other Chicago news

Also, a tour of DuSable Museum of African American History is now required for Chicago police recruits.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Mike Madigan, Michael Madigan, Chicago, Illinois, Springfield, Bruce Rauner, Jim Durbin, Christine Radogno, Illinois General Assembly, John Cullerton, Chicago Public Schools, Medicaid, Donald Trump, Rahm Emanuel, gun violence, gang violence, U.S. Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, DuSable Museum of African American History, Chicago Police Department, Eddie Johnson, Rahm Emanuel, Illinois Holocaust Museum, LGBT issues, domestic violence, immigration issues, Michelle Obama, BET, Chance the Rapper, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jun 13, 2017
Video
Cook County Jail is free from federal oversight for the first time in 43 years, and other Chicago news

Also, alderman Ameya Pawar says Democrats contributed to the rise of Rauner and Trump.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Cook County Jail, Tom Dart, Department of Justice, consent decree, Ameya Pawar, Democratic Party, Bruce Rauner, Donald Trump, Montrose Beach, domestic violence, Sheridan Park, Alexis Stubbs, criminal justice reform, LGBT issues, Midsommarfest, Mojo, coffee, New Zealand, restaurant openings, Video

Blogs, Bleader May 10, 2017
Immigration fears, state budget woes have made things worse for domestic violence victims

"Wanting someone to stop hitting you is not the same as wanting someone deported."
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: News, The Trump Era, Women's Issues, Immigration, Margaret Duval, Domestic Violence Legal Clinic, domestic violence, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, undocumented immigrants, Illinois state budget

Blogs, Bleader Nov 22, 2016
Around 500 O'Hare workers will strike next Tuesday, and other Chicago news

Also, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has named a new chief of staff.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, O'Hare International Airport, minimum wage, Rahm Emanuel, Joe Deal, City Hall, Eileen Mitchell, Bruce Rauner, Dick Durbin, Anne Burke, Pope Francis, Blase Cupich, Catholic Church, gun violence, Vatican, domestic violence, Department of Streets & Sanitation, recycling

Columns & Opinion, Identity & Culture Oct 19, 2016
What Trump’s boasts of assault and Julia Martin’s murder have in common

Both stem from male entitlement and toxic masculinity.
- By Derrick Clifton
- Tags: Identity & Culture, News, Julia Martin, domestic violence, intimate partner violence, #SayHerName, black women, Chicago Tribune, women, misogyny, Donald Trump, killing, misogyny, patriarchy, violence against women, street harassment, toxic masculinity

Music, In Rotation Aug 9, 2016
Video
Kittyhawk’s Kate Grube on sassy Japanese math-rock

Plus: Peggy Fioretti of Kickstand Productions on the perfect doo-wop group, Reader writer Leor Galil on a mixtape that bottles the magic of summer, and more
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: In Rotation, Noname, Telefone, Noname Gypsy, After School Matters, Generic 2007 Pop Song, Bojack Horseman, Jeremy Enigk, Beat Kitchen, Sunny Day Real Estate, How It Feels to Be Something On, Kate Grube, Kittyhawk, Tricot, Kabuku, Nichijo_Seikatsu, Japan, Mariah Carey, Emotions, MTV Unplugged, #OurMusicMyBody, Between Friends, Rape Victim Advocates, domestic violence, abuse, Peggy Fioretti, Kickstand Productions, Bighand//Bigknife, Winner’s Cup, The Platters, doo-wop, Pinegrove, Audiotree Live, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jun 24, 2016
The transcript of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's deposition regarding his security detail is out, and other Chicago news

Also, even Ashton Kutcher couldn't convince the City Council not to pass Airbnb regulations.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Police Department, City Council, Airbnb, Ashton Kutcher, Michele Smith, Red Line, domestic violence, Dennis Hastert, U.S. House of Representatives, Uber, Lyft, Anthony Beale

Blogs, Bleader May 29, 2015
Video
Suicide is painless in Amour Fou, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Opening, Film, The Lives of Robert Ryan, The Wild Bunch, The Dirty Dozen, Bad Day at Black Rock, The Set-Up, J.R. Jones, Music Box Chicago, Matthew Hoffman, Park Ridge Classic Film, Lisa Ryan, Ben Sachs, Amour Fou, Jessica Hausner, Lourdes, Heinrich von Kleist, Gene Siskel Film Center, The Chambermaid, Felix and Meira, Love at First Fight, Mamele, Molly Picon, Poltergeist, Tobe Hooper, Yves Saint Laurent, San Andreas, Saving Mes Aynak, Sunshine Superman, Carl Boenish, When Marnie Was There, Studio Ghibli, Frederick Wiseman, Domestic Violence, University of Chicago Doc Films, Max Ophuls, Letter From an Unknown Woman, Music Box, Fritz Lang, Metropolis, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Carl Dreyer, The Passion of Joan of Arc, Northwestern University Block Museum of Art, David Drazin, African Metropolis: Six Stories From Six African Cities, Chatham 14, Hippies Doing Things Nude and Other Treasures From the Back Room, Comfort Station, Joanna Arnow, Nightingale Cinema Chicago, Joe Mantegna, Jon McDaniel, Bela Gandhi, Sideways movie, City Winery, Stop Making Nonsense: Japanese Surrealist Films 1960-1964, Co-Prosperity Sphere, movies, Video

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Nov 27, 2014
Savage Love takes a lesson from Bill and Monica

What to do when your private life has been made embarrassingly public. Plus: a slap at 20 does not a lifelong abuser make.
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, Dan Savage, Savage Love, bisexuality, revenge porn, Bill Clinton, Monica Lewinsky, Jennifer Lawrence, Dylan Sprouse, domestic abuse, domestic violence, couples counseling

Film, Movie Review Jan 1, 2014
Recommended Video
Back to school for Frederick Wiseman

In the epic At Berkeley, the director turns his lens on higher education in the age of George W. Bush.
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Movie Review, Frederick Wiseman, At Berkeley, Domestic Violence, Belfast Maine, Ballet, Boxing Gym, Welfare, Public Housing, Manoeuvre, Missile, State Legislature, The Store, Hospital, Near Death, Robert Bresson, David Lean, High School, Law and Order, Near Death, University of California, Berkeley, Athens, Our Town, Thornton Wilder, Robert Reich, Goldman School of Public Policy, Daniel Kasman, Free Speech Cafe, Republican Party, Recommended, Video

Film, Movie Review Sep 11, 2013
Recommended
Short Term 12: A clear-eyed valentine to social services

Destin Daniel Cretton's indie drama captures the vitality as well as the chaos of a foster-care facility.
- By Ben Sachs
- Tags: Movie Review, disabled adults, direct-care provider, Frederick Wiseman, Welfare, Blind, Domestic Violence, Short Term 12, Destin Daniel Cretton, John Gallagher Jr., Rami Malek, Brie Larson, Recommended

Blogs, Bleader Mar 5, 2013
On "Shane and Maggie": Have you stopped beating your wife yet?

The loaded question facing photographer Sara Naomi Lewkowicz
- By Sarah Nardi
- Tags: Arts, Women's Issues, Visual Art, Sara Naomi Lewkowicz, fotovisura.com, "Shane and Maggie, " women's issues, domestic violence, Susan Sontag

Blogs, Bleader Mar 30, 2010
Men Who Beat Women

Domestic violence is on the rise: why does it happen?
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, domestic violence, domestic abuse, Kitry Krause, Mac McClelland

Blogs, Bleader Mar 5, 2010
The Hazards of Being Male

Hobophobia almost claims an innocent victim
- By Cliff Doerksen
- Tags: Bad News From the Past, We're Old, Cross-dressing, lynch mob, domestic violence, race, hoboes, Chicago

Blogs, Bleader Jan 7, 2010
Whipping Boys

Everybody loved to hate a wife beater
- By Cliff Doerksen
- Tags: Bad News From the Past, We're Old, Wife beaters, wife beating, law enforcement, crime and punishment, domestic violence, double standards, gender, spousal abuse, legal system, vigilantism, mince pie, whipping post, pillory, justice, judges, suicide, race, Maryland, Oregon, Delaware

Blogs, Bleader Oct 24, 2007
Pay equity is healthy

Economist: women with greater earnings potential tend to get beat up less.
- By Harold Henderson
- Tags: Economics, Sociology, Domestic violence

News & Politics, Feature Jan 9, 1992
Men Who Beat Women

Why do they do it? How do they stop?
- By Kitry Krause
- Tags: Feature, domestic violence, violence, violent men, male violence, anger, psychology, Jim Dugo, Forest Institute of Professional Psychology, Lawrence Kohlberg, moral development, Illinois Domestic Violence Act, Robert Bly

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