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- Music, Music Feature Mar 31, 2021
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On house arrest with Mohawk Johnson
CPD has tried to turn the rapper and comedian into a cautionary example to social justice protesters. He has other plans.
- Arts & Culture, Feature Feb 15, 2021
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‘Nothing that we do that is worthwhile is done alone’
Author, organizer, and educator Mariame Kaba shows that collective action can be powerful only with community, and provides the next generation of changemakers with critical lessons on abolition and organizing in her new book.
- Music, Music Feature Dec 21, 2020
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Chicago’s independent musicians stepped up their activism in 2020
With concerts and tours on hold for most of the year, the city’s music scene doubled down on mutual aid and fundraising for community groups.
- Arts & Culture, Comedy Aug 3, 2020
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Matt Damon Improv goes online with In-Diana
The Chicago comedy group’s new web series is filled with Zoom meeting disasters and personal massager triumphs.
- Music, Music Feature Jun 17, 2020
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Why do indie musicians put up with penny payouts?
Streaming your favorite artists’ music is the least helpful way to support them. But they can’t abandon those platforms, because we won’t.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Jun 9, 2020
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Wyatt Waddell drops a single to rally the fighters for Black lives
Plus: Femdot’s nonprofit begins free food deliveries on the south and west sides, and Nnamdï gives away more than $10,000 in “Bandcamp day” revenue.
- News & Politics, News Jun 1, 2020
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Police abolitionists find fuel in the protests
As more people lose faith in the state, organizers offer alternatives.
- Music, Gossip Wolf May 19, 2020
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Jazz guitarist Dave Miller drops an album of brainy feel-good grooves
Plus: The Why? Records crew releases a compilation to benefit the Chicago Community Bond Fund, and Naked Raygun singer Jeff Pezzati makes his solo debut with a new EP.
- News & Politics, News Apr 14, 2020
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‘More people will die’
As the rate of COVID-19 infections accelerates at Cook County Jail, a federal judge has rejected a lawsuit calling for a mass detainee release.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 19, 2017
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Cook County’s tradition of using bail as punishment may be hard to change
Cook County judges have been ordered to consider defendants’ ability to pay when setting bail.
- Blogs, Bleader May 12, 2017
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This Mother’s Day, groups rally to support incarcerated moms
Through toiletry drives, “bail-outs,” and reunification rides, local activists work to brighten Mother’s Day in jail and prison.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 3, 2017
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Mariame Kaba, modern abolitionist, on feminism that fights state violence
Kaba spoke at DePaul Thursday night on feminism and movement building under Trump.
- Music, Music Feature Dec 14, 2016
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How can grassroots musicians fight the Trump beast?
Adele Nicholas of Axons and Impossible Colors is also a self-employed civil rights lawyer—and she’s releasing a compilation to benefit the Chicago Community Bond Fund.
- News & Politics, Feature Nov 16, 2016
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No-show cops and dysfunctional courts keep Cook County Jail inmates waiting years for a trial
Chicago police missed more than 11,000 court dates since 2010, causing months or years of unnecessary delays for inmates awaiting trial.
