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- News & Politics, Feature Aug 13, 2020
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This is my brain on local TV news
Thirteen and a half hours of broadcasts on looting leave a day of impressions without a trace.
- Film, Movie Review Sep 12, 2019
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Hustlers focuses on women doing horrible things for understandable reasons
In Lorene Scafaria’s latest, women take control of their lives by exploiting finance bros who exploit the common man.
- City Life, Sightseeing Jun 12, 2019
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Think you know your Chicago underworld slang?
A quiz on some of the less obvious entries in a 1967 police-training dictionary
- Film, Movie Review Oct 25, 2018
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Melissa McCarthy and Richard E. Grant make likably unlikable scoundrels in Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Marielle Heller’s new biopic tells the story of 1980s celebrity letters forger Lee Israel.
- Columns & Opinion, On Transportation Sep 24, 2018
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FOIA’d e-mails reveal an ongoing citywide epidemic of Divvy thefts
The culprit? A short-sighted decision to remove a critical piece of security hardware from Chicago’s docking stations.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 27, 2018
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Nautical thrillers and mysteries set sail on FilmStruck this week
The streaming-cinema channel presents features by Antonioni, Arthur Penn, and Rene Clement.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 14, 2018
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Second City Cop blog celebrates slain CPD commander
"We can't think of a single significant instance where he was the target of someone's ire," the Chicago police hive-mind blog reflects.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 7, 2017
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Chicago is suing the Department of Justice over federal funding for sanctuary cities, and other news
Also, Northwestern microbiologist Wyndham Lathem will make his first court appearance in California Monday morning.
- Blogs, Bleader May 4, 2017
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The ironies and contradictions of the New York Times event on Chicago gun violence
Journalists, philanthropists, top cops, and academics spend a luxurious evening discussing what to do about young men shooting each other.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 15, 2017
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City ethics board warns aldermen to not accept free tickets to White Sox home opener, and other Chicago news
Also, the ACLU criticizes former U.S. attorney Zachary Fardon's open letter on Chicago violence.
- Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Mar 1, 2017
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Is neuroscience a defense for criminal behavior?
In his new book, local author Kevin Davis probes the role of brain science in the courtroom.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Feb 7, 2017
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Raymond Lopez rebels against Rahm’s rebate proposal
The novice 15th Ward alderman wants the city to spend the money not on trees or vacant buildings, but on stopping gun violence.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 6, 2017
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More than 73 percent of the CPD's 16,500 new applicants are nonwhite, and other Chicago news
Also, a 29-year-old political novice from Skokie is running for governor in 2018.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 27, 2017
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Representative Luis Gutiérrez responds to Trump: the president's not offering real solutions to Chicago violence, and other news
Also, El Chapo's son's bodyguard has been extradited to Chicago.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 16, 2017
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Chicago bills itself as a ‘sanctuary city,’ but advocates worry about limits to protections for undocumented immigrants
Ultimately, no city is an ICE-free zone.
- Columns & Opinion, Identity & Culture Oct 10, 2016
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Activists won’t let Chicago forget that black trans lives matter
A community in pain rallies for TT Saffore, a black trans woman killed in Chicago last month.
- News & Politics, Feature Sep 22, 2016
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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.
- Columns & Opinion, Identity & Culture Aug 30, 2016
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Trump needs to keep Chicago’s name out of his mouth
When you mention our name, Trump, put some “respeck” on it.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 22, 2016
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The Witness revisits a story falsified in search of a higher truth
The Witness revisits the 1964 murder of Kitty Genovese, which became a symbol of bystander apathy.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 21, 2016
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Hundreds of children have been shot so far in 2016, and other Chicago news
Also, Rahm is hosting a party for CPS principals in Maggie Daley Park.
- Blogs, Bleader May 10, 2016
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Eight people were killed during a bloody Mother's Day weekend, and other Chicago news
Also, time to plan for Lollapalooza.
- Blogs, Bleader May 5, 2016
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Fox’s Houdini & Doyle needs more magic
This new drama should just leave the past in the past.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 21, 2016
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How the Laquan McDonald dash-cam video changed the city, and other Chicago news
Also, Karen Lewis calls Bruce Rauner “the new ISIS recruit.”
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 12, 2016
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City Council approves multimillion-dollar settlements for two police-involved wrongful death lawsuits, and other Chicago news
Also, authorities believe a preteen is stealing phones in the Loop.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 23, 2015
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Why Milton Anderson asked Alderman Joe Moore to escort him to his confession
Or, why a black man thought he'd get better treatment if a white politician went with him.