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Music
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Music Review
Nov 13, 2020
Recommended
Chicago drill star in the making King Von dropped his third album a week before his untimely death
By Leor Galil
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King Von
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Welcome to O Block
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Only The Family
,
Dayvon Bennett
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drill music
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rap
,
drill
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Lil Durk
,
Chief Keef
,
systemic racism
,
violence
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
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Lit Feature
Oct 29, 2019
There’s more to trauma than meets the eye in
This City is Killing Me
Jonathan Foiles’s new book explores how systematic forces contribute to mental health issues in Chicago.
By Marissa De La Cerda
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This City Is Killing Me
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Jonathan Foiles
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Belt Publishing
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trauma
,
community
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violence
,
Belt Magazine
Arts & Culture
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Architecture
Sep 18, 2019
Power, violence, and the Chicago Architecture Biennial
This year may end the unstoppable homage to dead white men and narratives that neglect how architecture has victimized communities of color.
By Anjulie Rao
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Architecture
,
Chicago Architecture Biennial
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segregation
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redlining
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public housing
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skyscrapers
,
environment
,
gun violence
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violence
,
colonization
,
gentrification
,
displacement
Arts & Culture
,
Lit Feature
Dec 17, 2018
Lit recs to dismantle violence, both the personal and systemic
The current book obsessions of
Reader
staff writer Maya Dukmasova and activist Mariame Kaba.
By Maya Dukmasova
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Lit Feature
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Book Swap
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Mariame Kaba
,
Alison Bechdel
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Fun Home
,
Are You My Mother?
,
All About Love: New Visions
,
All About Love
,
Bell Hooks
,
Lorraine Hansberry
,
Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry
,
Ann Russo
,
Feminist Accountability: Disrupting Violence and Transforming Power
,
Feminist Accountability
,
accountability
,
#MeToo
,
Me Too
,
#MeToo movement
,
gender violence
,
prison industrial complex
,
PIC
,
abolition
,
prison abolition
,
feminism
,
therapy
,
love
,
self-love
,
relationships
,
motherhood
,
daughterhood
,
violence
Film
,
Movie Review
Nov 9, 2018
Girl in the Spider’s Web
uses past trauma as an excuse for further violence
The movie version of the first post-Stieg Larsson Lisbeth Salander novel forgets that its heroine is more than a victim.
By Noah Berlatsky
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Movie Review
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Girl in the Spider’s Web
,
Fede Álvarez
,
Claire Foy
,
Stieg Larsson
,
Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
,
Sylvia Hoeks
,
Sverrir Gudnason
,
trauma
,
violence
,
Lakeith Stanfield
,
Lisbeth Salander
Arts & Culture
,
Theater Review
Jun 22, 2018
Sluggish stage combat is
Fight Quest 4 Peace
’s kryptonite
Otherworld Theatre makes a lackluster debut in its new space.
By Oliver Sava
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otherworld theatre
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public house theatre
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lakeview
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fight quest
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sci-fi
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fantasy
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fight quest 4 peace
,
violence
Music
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Gossip Wolf
Jun 12, 2018
The day has come: Quenchers hosts its final concert
Plus: Bric-a-Brac celebrates five years with a stacked in-store show, prog-punk brothers Avantist keep the hits coming on a new EP, and more.
By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
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Santah
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Bev Rage & the Drinks
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Bleader
Jan 11, 2018
Video
Chicago's ‘clusters’ of unsolved strangling deaths near Washington Park and Garfield Park, and other news
Also, Chris Kennedy continues bold attack on Emanuel by mentioning Joe Berrios.
By Kate Shepherd
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Chicago
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Washington Park
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Election 2018
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Bleader
Jan 6, 2017
In the wake of the Facebook Live attack, we need to talk about black anger
Condemn the attack, but also understand the roots of black anger and violence done in Trump's name.
By Derrick Clifton
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,
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Bleader
Dec 22, 2016
Angered by homicides, activists leave coffins at Rahm Emanuel’s home
“Behind each of these deaths is a failure,” activists said.
By Derrick Clifton
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,
News
,
Race
,
RIP
,
American Indian Center
,
Rahm Emanuel
,
politics
,
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,
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,
police
,
police violence
,
police accountability
,
activism
,
march
,
Ravenswood
,
Uptown
,
mental health
,
mental health clinics
,
schools
,
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,
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News & Politics
,
Politics
Nov 22, 2016
Chicago Muslims: ‘We’ve been yelling, but no one’s been listening’
CAIR’s Hoda Katebi says her group is bracing for a Trump presidency by beefing up its legal team—and promoting self-defense classes.
By Robin Amer
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Politics
,
CAIR Chicago
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Council on American-Islamic Relations
,
Hoda Katebi
,
Donald Trump
,
Muslims
,
Islam
,
immigration
,
religion
,
hate crimes
,
discrimination
,
violence
,
FBI
,
women
News & Politics
,
Feature
Sep 22, 2016
Video
The rise and fall of community policing in Chicago
Chicago used to be at the vanguard of community policing. But more than two decades after the strategy was launched, CAPS is a shadow of its former self.
By Nissa Rhee, Manny Ramos, and Andrea Salcedo
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,
News
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Shots Fired
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CAPS
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Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy
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Chicago Police Department
,
CPD
,
Richard M. Daley
,
Rahm Emanuel
,
Phil Cline
,
Garry McCarthy
,
Eddie Johnson
,
John Campos
,
District 11
,
west side
,
crime
,
violence
,
Laquan McDonald
,
community policing
,
Barack Obama
,
U.S. Department of Justice
,
Video
Blogs
,
Bleader
Sep 14, 2016
University of Chicago named the country's third-best school, and other news
Also, Congresswoman Cheri Bustos is being touted by some as a possible 2018 Democratic candidate for governor.
By Kate Shepherd
Tags:
News
,
Did You Read __________?
,
University of Chicago
,
Jeanne Gang
,
architecture
,
Cheri Bustos
,
Dick Durbin
,
Election 2016
,
Riverline
,
Danny Solis
,
violence
,
transgender issues
,
music history
Columns & Opinion
,
Identity & Culture
Sep 7, 2016
Rauner was right to reject calls for the National Guard in Chicago
Calling the guard into black and brown neighborhoods would only escalate tensions between the community and the police.
By Derrick Clifton
Tags:
Identity & Culture
,
News
,
Bruce Rauner
,
Michael Pfleger
,
Saint Sabina
,
National Guard
,
troops
,
police
,
violence
,
violent crime
,
shootings
,
gun violence
,
military
,
war zone
,
Chi-raq
,
homicides
,
Chicago Police Department
,
public safety
,
Milwaukee
,
Ferguson
,
Black Lives Matter
,
racism
,
Rahm Emanuel
Columns & Opinion
,
Identity & Culture
Aug 30, 2016
Video
Trump needs to keep Chicago’s name out of his mouth
When you mention our name, Trump, put some “respeck” on it.
By Derrick Clifton
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Identity & Culture
,
News
,
Donald Trump
,
Chicago
,
gun violence
,
violence
,
crime
,
shootings
,
black
,
African-American
,
race
,
racism
,
election
,
election 2016
,
voting
,
voters
,
black voters
,
white voters
,
Nykea Aldridge
,
Dwyane Wade
,
law and order
,
security
,
police
,
presidential campaign
,
presidential election
,
Rahm Emanuel
,
Hillary Clinton
,
Danny Davis
,
UIC
,
University of Illinois at Chicago
,
Video
Blogs
,
Bleader
Apr 15, 2016
Community leaders hope police reforms will follow scathing report and other Chicago news
Also, Loop robberies escalate with a stabbing in front of a hotel.
By Kate Shepherd
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,
spring weather
,
Chicago Police Department
,
Lori Lightfoot
,
Police Accountability Task Force
,
construction
,
water supply
,
the Loop
,
violence
,
robbery
,
stabbing
,
heroin
,
drug overdoses
,
fentanyl
,
Donald Trump
,
Republican National Convention
,
Tammy Duckworth
,
Mark Kirk
,
Merrick Garland
,
Barack Obama
,
marriage equality
Blogs
,
Bleader
Dec 5, 2015
The real war to be waged in
Chi-Raq
If black life in Chicago must be compared to a war zone, perhaps we can point to the current political schema as the battleground itself.
By Derrick Clifton
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News
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Politics
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Film
,
Rahm Emanuel
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Spike Lee
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Chi-Raq
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violence
Arts & Culture
,
Lit Feature
Oct 21, 2015
Why black family violence deserves more attention
It's a tough subject to write about, but Ta-Nehisi Coates is more than capable.
By Steve Bogira
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News
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Segregation
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Ta-Nehisi Coates
,
Chicago Humanities Festival
,
Between the World and Me
,
The Case For Reparations
,
Atlantic
,
The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration
,
James Baldwin
,
Toni Morrison
,
MacArthur Foundation
,
racism
,
violence
,
books
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,
Bleader
Jul 16, 2015
State budget showdown puts criminal justice reforms on hold
Bills to decriminalize pot and shrink the prison population are in purgatory while the governor and Democrats feud.
By Mick Dumke
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The Reefer
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News
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Barack Obama
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Bruce Rauner
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,
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,
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,
Illinois
,
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,
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,
John Cullerton
,
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,
Kelly Cassidy
,
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Michael Madigan
,
Mike Zalewski
,
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Rand Paul
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Blogs
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Bleader
Jun 15, 2015
Is state's attorney Anita Alvarez protecting public safety—or an obstacle to justice?
The race to be Cook County's top prosecutor gets under way with questions about fairness and incarceration.
By Mick Dumke
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The Reefer
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,
News
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2016 election
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Anita Alvarez
,
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cocaine
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Cook County
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Donna More
,
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,
heroin
,
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,
Illinois Supreme Court
,
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,
jail
,
John Fritchey
,
Kim Foxx
,
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,
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,
prosecutor
,
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,
Sally Daly
,
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,
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,
Tom Dart
,
Toni Preckwinkle
,
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Blogs
,
Bleader
Jun 1, 2015
Who lied in drug and double murder case: Police or their key witness?
Convicted drug dealer Jason Austin, held accountable for killing a cop and social worker, appeals his sentence.
By Mick Dumke
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Crime
,
News
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Terrence Scott
,
Joan Lefkow
,
West Humboldt Park
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
prison
,
federal prosecutors
,
Zachary Fardon
,
Richard Kling
,
drug dealers
,
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,
FBI
Blogs
,
Bleader
Feb 20, 2015
No, Chuy, let's not hire a thousand more cops
Mayoral candidate Jesus "Chuy" Garcia vows to keep the bad promise Rahm Emanuel broke of fighting violence with extra police.
By Steve Bogira
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Crime
,
Neighborhoods
,
Politics
,
News
,
Rahm Emanuel
,
Jesus "Chuy" Garcia
,
Mario Cuomo
,
David Axelrod
,
crime
,
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,
poverty
,
segregation
,
Chicago mayoral race
,
West Garfield Park
,
Edison Park
,
police
,
Bob Fioretti
Blogs
,
Bleader
Feb 12, 2015
Former dealer gets light sentence after testifying in double-murder case despite death threats
A key witness in the prosecution of west-side drug dealer Jason Austin is sentenced to five and a half years in prison.
By Mick Dumke
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Crime
,
The Reefer
,
News
,
Terrence Scott
,
Jeffrey Scott
,
Joan Lefkow
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West Humboldt Park
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
Chicago Police Department
,
Robert Soto
,
Kathryn Romberg
,
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,
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,
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,
prison
,
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,
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,
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News & Politics
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Feature
Feb 4, 2015
The most important issue no one's talking about in the mayoral race
Racial segregation continues to inflict wounds on the south and west sides. And once again it's ignored on the campaign trail.
By Steve Bogira and Mick Dumke
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,
racial segregation
,
poverty
,
Chicago Tribune
,
Bruce Dold
,
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,
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,
unemployment
,
violence
,
Chicago Housing Authority
,
Nikole Hannah-Jones
Blogs
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Bleader
Nov 3, 2014
Introducing Public Good Software, a new way to turn articles into action
The new "Do Public Good" button brings a marketplace of not-for-profits to the articles that make you want to get involved.
By Sarah Collins
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