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- Arts & Culture, Comedy Mar 19, 2020
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From Catholicism to comedy
Cameron Esposito looks back on her defining moments in the memoir Save Yourself.
- News & Politics, Feature Aug 21, 2019
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The Twitter rabbi
“This, too, is Torah,” says Danya Ruttenberg.
- Columns & Opinion, On Transportation Sep 27, 2017
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For Mormon missionaries, spreading the gospel by bike is all about practicality
LDS Church "elders" and "sisters" use pedals to proselytize, with Jesus as their copilot.
- News & Politics, Feature Apr 20, 2017
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After Trump's air strikes, a Syrian asylum seeker remembers revolution and imprisonment in Damascus
Abu Shadi, who survived torture by the Assad regime, says he feels torn between Trump and an apathetic world.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 6, 2017
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An Iraqi-American professor remembers his complicated midwestern youth
DePaul’s Laith Saud describes his American life during a seemingly endless war.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 5, 2017
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Through faith, reconnecting ‘two Chicagos’ divided by violence and inequality
Three religious leaders and Cook County sheriff Tom Dart spoke about the effects of gun violence and what the religious community should do to fix it.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 16, 2017
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Muslim, Latina, and attacked from all sides
Chicago-area resident Diana Cruz on living in Trump’s America
- News & Politics, Chicagoans Dec 28, 2016
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What does an ‘agnostic atheist’ believe?
“Humans don’t know shit from shit in the grand scheme of things,” Kelly Baron says.
- News & Politics, Politics Nov 22, 2016
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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.
- Columns & Opinion, Identity & Culture Aug 16, 2016
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Illinois pastors don’t deserve exemption from conversion therapy ban
Conversion therapy aimed at “curing” queer kids is harmful, fraudulent, and discredited, no matter who’s practicing it.
- Arts & Culture, Book Review Jun 30, 2016
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All the virtues of religion, minus the ‘religion’ part
In Grace Without God, local author Katherine Ozment searches for a meaningful life that doesn’t require theism.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 23, 2015
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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.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 2, 2015
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Ted Cruz inches left with climate change comments—even if he doesn't know it
"Climate change is not science," the candidate told Glenn Beck. "It's religion."
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 12, 2015
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Reason has serious shortcomings in the war between thought and belief
A war between thought and belief is not a war of ideas.
- Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Aug 21, 2014
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Is it insensitive to be attracted to trans women?
Plus: When it’s OK to ask a woman her weight, and what to do when your snooping mother-in-law discovers gay porn and a butt plug.
- Arts & Culture, Summer Guide May 14, 2014
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The resurrection of a bygone amusement park
Eden Springs, built by dying religious sect the House of David, is coming back to life in Benton Harbor.
- Music, Music Feature Mar 4, 2014
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Chicago MC Caleb James does right by his dad
He grew up in his father's studio and started rapping at age seven. Now he’s ready to join his friends Chance the Rapper and Vic Mensa in the spotlight.
- Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Feb 13, 2014
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Masturbate? You mean "Hail Satan!"
Plus: Summoning the strength to handle the depression now and worry about the women later—as detailed by the infinitely wise Louis C.K.
- News & Politics, Chicagoans Jan 27, 2014
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This week's Chicagoan: Marty Couch, Wiccan
"It was like I was able to see energy."
- News & Politics, Chicagoans Oct 22, 2013
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This week's Chicagoan: Derrick B. Wells, pastor and senior minister at Christ Universal Temple
"There is no occasion wherein I am outside of the presence of God. This interview is a God experience."
- Columns & Opinion, On Culture Aug 19, 2013
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James Tissot's tragic muse
In an Art Institute exhibit that blends history and impressionism, one notorious figure stands in sharp focus.
- Arts & Culture, Feature Aug 14, 2013
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"There's something in me that wants to steal the holiness"
Melissa Lorraine of Theatre Y prepares to open The Binding, inspired by a Jewish apocryphal text and driven by movement, in a Logan Square church.
- Columns & Opinion, On Culture Aug 5, 2013
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The confessions of Richard Gibbons, recovering Catholic
The artist's paintings at Roy Boyd Gallery give voice to a long-simmering struggle with the church.
- Columns & Opinion, On Culture Mar 25, 2013
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Silk Road Rising's "Mosque Alert" enlists the global community
A play in progess finds six characters in search of a conversation.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 15, 2013
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When man met mammoth and painted it (part one)
A preview of the Field Museum's Lascaux cave paintings exhibit
