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Music, Music Feature Oct 9, 2019
The gospel according to Mama Lou

Lou Della Evans-Reid spent nearly 40 years as minister of music for Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, but even at age 89 this trailblazer isn’t done spreading the good news.
- By F. Amanda Tugade
- Tags: Music Feature, Lou Della Evans-Reid, Ludella Evans, Clay Evans, Reverend Clay Evans, Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, the Ship, Fellowship, gospel, gospel music, choir, music director, minister of music, First Church of Deliverance, Gospel Music According to Chicago, Jesse Jackson, Reverend Jesse Jackson, Kanye West, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Richard J. Daley, Pam Morris-Walton, Chicago Gospel Music Festival, WVON, A New Name in Glory, What a Fellowship Hour, Bishop Walter Hawkins, Love Center Choir, Reverend C.L. Franklin, Aretha Franklin, Sam Cooke, James Cleveland, Brownsville, Tennessee, Lux Singers, Operation PUSH, Muhammad Ali, Pastor DeAndre Patterson, Destiny Worship Center, Miracle Revival Cathedral, Christian Tabernacle Church, George Ryan, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Pharis Evans, Joseph Evans, Greater Harvest Baptist Church, Greater Grace Church, Malcolm Williams, Fred Nelson III, Mama Lou

Blogs, Bleader Jan 16, 2018
Durbin challenges Trump to prove he's not racist with a compromise on the ‘Dreamers,’ and other Chicago news

Also, a record 55 million tourists visited Chicago in 2017.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Dick Durbin, Donald Trump, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, DACA, immigration issues, Dreamers, Chicago Police Department, texting, car safety, City Council, Ed Burke, Jesse Jackson, Barack Obama, Rainbow PUSH Coalition, tourism, Rahm Emanuel, Harold Washington, Martin Luther King Jr., Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Greyhound

Columns & Opinion, On Politics Dec 20, 2017
Amid the horror of Trump and Rauner, there’s some reason for hope

Next year can’t possibly be worse, can it?
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: On Politics, Donald Trump, Bruce Rauner, Republican tax bill, Peter Roskam, Kentucky, Roy Moore, Doug Jones, Jesse Jackson, Scott Pruitt, EPA, Anne Coulter, Milo Yiannopoulos, Janus case, labor unions, union dues, free riders, anti-union, Michael Madigan, Rahm Emanuel

Blogs, Bleader Nov 8, 2017
Cook County commissioner wants to add marijuana legalization referendum to March 2018 ballot, and other Chicago news

Also, Emanuel slams Trump for "pointing fingers" at Chicago again.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, cannabis, Chicago, Chicago Brauhaus, Cook County Board of Commissioners, Donald Trump, Ed Burke, George Papadopoulos, German food, gun control, gun violence, Hillary Clinton, Illinois, Jesse Jackson, John Fritchey, marijuana, marijuana legalization, mass shootings, Northwestern University, pot, pot legalization, Rahm Emanuel, Rainbow PUSH Coalition, restaurant closings, Russia, Trump International Hotel and Tower

Blogs, Bleader Sep 15, 2017
Video
Garry McCarthy for Mayor files paperwork for exploratory committee, and other Chicago news

Also, Hispanics are now the second-largest racial/ethnic group in Chicago.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Garry McCarthy, Election 2019, Chicago Police Department, Rahm Emanuel, Illinois State Board of Elections, Laquan McDonald, U.S. Census, demographics, Detroit, JPMorgan Chase, Dennis Hastert, Yorkville High School, Sandi Jackson, Jesse Jackson Jr., Jesse Jackson, Tamron Hall, Common, AAHH! Fest, Video

Blogs, Bleader May 5, 2017
Video
Four former cops turned aldermen push for police access to assault rifles, and other Chicago news

Also, Heineken acquires the rest of Lagunitas Brewing Co.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, City Council, Ed Burke, Anthony Napolitano, Christopher Taliaferro, Willie Cochran, Chicago Police Department, guns, assault rifles, gun violence, Donald Trump, Peter Roskam, Affordable Care Act, Bruce Rauner, Obama Presidential Center, Jackson Park, Lagunitas Brewing Company, Heineken, craft beer, Jesse Jackson, Richard Boykin, Facebook, Facebook Live, Nuevo León, restaurants, Pilsen, Mexican restaurants, Video

Blogs, Bleader Apr 17, 2017
People with clout are still contacting Rahm on his private e-mail account, and other Chicago news

Also, a New Zealand-based coffee chain wants to open more than 30 locations in Chicago over the next few years.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, Freedom of Information Act, gun violence, gang violence, Jesse Jackson, Michael Pfleger, Blase Cupich, Democratic Party, Republican Party, local elections, Kankakee, Deerfield, Elgin, Maria Ridulph, FBI, J. Edgar Hoover, cold cases, Sycamore, Illinois State Police, Jack McCullough, cold cases, Mojo, New Zealand

Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Jul 5, 2016
Pastor T.L. Barrett cut a widely sampled gospel-funk album in 1971

Pastor T.L. Barrett has been a lot of things: an activist preacher, a top-shelf gospel-funk musician, a convicted scammer.
- By Steve Krakow
- Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, T.L. Barrett, Pastor T.L. Barrett, Jamaica, Long Island, Bethel Bible Institute, Village Gate, Mt. Zion Church, Life Center Church of God in Christ, COGIC, Like a Ship . . . (Without a Sail), Youth for Christ Choir, T.L. Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir, Richard Evans, Cadet, Light in the Attic, I Found the Answer, WBMX, WJBC, Do Not Pass Me By, Roots, Lord's Prayer, Jesse Jackson, Eugene Sawyer, Million Man March, pyramid scheme

Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Apr 26, 2016
Soul percussionist "Master" Henry Gibson played on hundreds of records—including Curtis Mayfield's "Pusherman"

Henry Gibson's bongo and conga wizardry made generations of stars sound better, but he never found fame as the main attraction.
- By Steve Krakow
- Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, Henry Gibson, Master Henry Gibson, Mighty Panther, Curtis Mayfield, Pusherman, Donny Hathaway, Lemuria, Odell Brown, Odell Brown & the Organ-izers, Cadet Concept, Chess Records, Phil Cohran, Philip Cohran, Artistic Heritage Ensemble, The Malcolm X Memorial, The Spanish Suite, Armageddon, Jesse Jackson, Operation PUSH, Roots, Short Eyes, Everything Is Everything, Rotary Connection, Natalie Cole, Aretha Franklin, Almighty Fire, Ramsey Lewis, Back to the Roots, Kirk Thompson, Stockholm, Sweden

Blogs, Bleader Apr 4, 2016
Video
Remembering Dr. King's impact on Chicago on the anniversary of his assassination

The Reader and Blvck Vrchives founder/curator Renata Cherlise collaborated on this reflection on Martin Luther King Jr.'s impact on Chicago.
- By Renata Cherlise and Danielle A. Scruggs
- Tags: Arts, Blvck Vrchives, History, Renata Cherlise, Blvck Vrchives, Black Archives, Martin Luther King Jr., King Drive, South Park Way, video, audio, photography, Jesse Jackson, Harold Washington, Mahalia Jackson, March on Washington, Selma, Voting Rights Act, Video

Blogs, Bleader Nov 23, 2015
Jesse Jackson calls for solidarity with Syrian refugees 'in the face of bigotry'

“You cannot worship a refugee on the run on Sunday and lock out refugees on Monday,” Jackson said.
- By Meredith Rodriguez
- Tags: News, Politics, Immigration, Orland Park Prayer Center, Jesse Jackson, Abdel Aziz, Bruce Rauner, Christianity, Islam, Syria, Paris attacks, religion, refugees

News & Politics, Feature Oct 15, 2014
One of these guys is going to be governor of Illinois

A few things you should know about Pat Quinn and Bruce Rauner
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Feature, Governor Pat Quinn, Bruce Rauner, Rod Blagojevich, George Ryan, Stuart Levine, gubernatorial race 2014, CompBenefits, The United Neighborhood Organization, Juan Rangel, Richard M. Daley, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, GTCR, SBC Communications, Koch brothers, Americans for Prosperity, Charles Koch, David Koch, Judicial Correction Services, Illinois Republican Party, Iris Martinez, Neighborhood Recovery Initiative, UNO, Jesse Jackson, Rainbow PUSH Coalition, Black Ensemble Theater, Westside Ministers Conference, Saint Pius V Church, Martin Sheen, Reverend James Meeks, Michael Madigan, Lisa Madigan, William Daley, Olive Garden, Uber, Bill Brady, Rick Perry, Governor Scott Walker, Illinois Freedom PAC, Cesar Chavez

Blogs, Bleader Oct 22, 2013
Dream School asks: Is our children learning?

Jamie Oliver and 50 Cent’s star-studded school for at-risk kids skips the basics.
- By Danette Chavez
- Tags: Arts, Television, Small Screen, Jamie Oliver, 50 Cent, Sundance Channel, Dream School, Dangerous Minds, Jesse Jackson, Soledad O'Brien, Oliver Stone, David Arquette, Peter Kuznick, Jeff Corwin

Columns & Opinion, On Politics Oct 15, 2013
The activist-doctor Quentin Young is still in

A new film project tries to capture the life of the physician who takes care of Chicago.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: Ben Joravsky on Politics, Quentin Young, activists, doctors, Jesse Jackson, Operation PUSH, Martin Luther King Jr., Rahm Emanuel, Cook County Hospital, integration, Wrigley Field, film, Al Noakowski, documentaries, Hyde Park, Cat Jarboe, Jeff Bivens, south side, Hyde Park High School, University of Chicago, Northwestern University, antiwar movement, single-payer health care, Al Raby, James Bevel, civil rights, civil rights movement, Chicago Board of Health, Richard J. Daley, Marquette Park, Harold Washington, Chicago Cubs, public subsidies, Illinois Sports Facilities Authority, Manny Sanchez, Pat Quinn, City Council, Kickstarter, South Loop, development

Blogs, Bleader Feb 18, 2013
On Michael Jordan, the White Sox, the Cubs, and Michael Jordan (and did we mention Michael Jordan?)

But mostly about the White Sox and Cubs.
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Adam Dunn K Watch, Media, Sports, News, Michael Jordan, Michael Jordan, Michael Jordan, White Sox, Cubs, Baseball Prospectus, Detroit Tigers, Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros, A.J. Pierzynski, Kevin Youkilis, Jeff Keppinger, Adam Dunn, Edwin Jackson, Matt Garza, Sports Illustrated, AARP, Melissa Isaacson, New York Times, Jesse Jackson, David Axelrod, His Airness, Michael Jordan, Michael Jordan, Michael Jordan

Best of Chicago, City Life Jun 20, 2012
Critics' Picks
Best Politician Guided by a What-the-Fuck-Do-I-Have-to-Lose Attitude

Robert Fioretti
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: City Life, Best of Chicago 2012, Robert Fioretti, alderman, Second Ward, Leon Despres, Richard J. Daley, Leslie Hairston, Rahm Emanuel, Jesse Jackson, Chicago Teachers Union, Karen Lewis, Critics' Picks

Blogs, Bleader May 22, 2012
Slideshow
Protest and performance at NATO

Local photographer Marc Monaghan documents the surreal NATO protests
- By Marc Monaghan
- Tags: Shameless SEO, Politics, News, NATO, protest, police, politics, Jesse Jackson, Bernardine Dohrn, Inge Höger, photographs, Slideshow

Blogs, Bleader Feb 24, 2012
My first protest

The night Oliver North came to town
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: Protest Week, Politics, Clout City, Variations on a Theme, Oliver North, George Bush, Michael Dukakis, 1988 presidential election, Iran-Contra, Ronald Reagan, Just Say No, Willie Horton, Al Gore, Jesse Jackson, St. Joseph, Joe Biden, Jimi Hendrix

Blogs, Bleader Apr 15, 2011
Morning Newsfeed: Parking Meter Account Sort of Replenished, Jesse Jackson Sued for Discrimination, Prostitution Safe Zones, Vegas's Lady Liberty on a Stamp, Verizon Pitchman's Remorse, and More
- By Alex Parker
- Tags: News, Rod Blagojevich, President Barack Obama, BP, oil spill, Las Vegas, Statue of Liberty, Verizon, Jesse Jackson, Rainbow PUSH Coalition, parking meters, University of Chicago Medical Center, Jim Tyree, Sun-Times

News & Politics, Feature May 6, 2010
Slideshow
How Howard Got His History Back

A young DJ stumbled on a warehouse cache and reunited a barrier-breaking photographer with some 500 lost works.
- By Leah Pietrusiak
- Tags: Feature, 1970s, Dave Mata, Howard Simmons, Jesse Jackson, Dizzy Gillespie, South Side Community Arts Center, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Abbie Hoffman, Martin Luther King, Lyndon Johnson, Schlitz Malt Liquor, Through the Eyes of Blackness, John White, Ovie Carter, Bob Black, John H. Johnson, Ebony, Michael Jordan, Coca-Cola, Emmett Till, Mamie Till-Mobley, Warner Saunders, Mark Giangreco, Mayor Richard J. Daley, P.J. Cullerton, James Brown, Coretta Scott King, John Drummond, Carol Marin, Burrell, Vince Cullers, Black Family Magazine, Ebony Fashion Fair, John Tweedle, Chicago Daily News, McDonald's, Leo Burnett, Walter Payton, Herbie Hancock, Victor Powell, Harold Washington, Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Barack Obama, Slideshow

Blogs, Bleader Jan 15, 2009
Not on my street

The city that licked Martin Luther King Jr.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Education, Poverty, Paul Green, Race, Northwestern University, Dorothy Tillman, Martin Luther King Jr., Nonviolence, Al Sampson, Jesse Jackson, Gage Park, Seth McClellan, Richard J. Daley, Jim Crow, Block Museum of Art, Block Films, King in Chicago: The Chicago Freedom Movement, James Bevel, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, North Lawndale, Billy Hollins, Jerry Herman, Herman Jenkins, Carolyn A. Black, Roosevelt University, William Briggs, Warren Avenue Church, Michael Pfleger, St. Sabina Church, Poor People's Campaign, equal rights, housing rights, African-American issues

Blogs, Bleader Dec 30, 2008
Can he manage to lose this one too?

Roland Burris could fall short in yet another bid for office--this time one he was appointed to.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: News, Clout City, Barack Obama, Rod Blagojevich, Jesse Jackson, U.S. Senate, Roland Burris, appointment, Illinois state politics, Illinois Senate seat

Blogs, Bleader Jul 14, 2008
How Jesse Jackson made Obama's victory possible

Jesse Jackson might have beef with Obama, but he's also responsible for Obama's victory in the Democratic primaries.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: News, Chicagoland, Barack Obama, Jesse Jackson

Blogs, Bleader Jul 10, 2008
Keep this reverend talking

Jesse Jackson's little ball-cutting comment is a gift to Barack Obama and even more to Jesse Jackson Jr.
- By Mick Dumke
- Tags: News, Clout City, Barack Obama, Jesse Jackson Jr., Jesse Jackson

Blogs, Bleader Jul 10, 2008
Video
Nude as the news

OMG HE SAID "NUTS"!!!
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: News, Chicagoland, Barack Obama, Jesse Jackson, Video

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