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- Columns & Opinion, Opinion Oct 20, 2020
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‘Essential, not disposable’
We need a new ethic of care that values workers not only for their labor but for the lives that they are living.
- Columns & Opinion, On Culture Sep 2, 2020
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Back to college in a pandemic
Faculty and staff unions question safety, while the future of higher ed gets murky.
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Feb 25, 2020
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Bluesman Frank ‘Little Sonny’ Scott Jr. gave his all to Maxwell Street for half a century
The Supreme Mayor of Maxwell Street left a scant recorded legacy, but he’s well remembered for his efforts to preserve the historic market and open-air blues hub.
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Oct 22, 2019
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Remembering drummer, pharmacist, activist, and seeker Alvin Fielder
A charter member of the AACM and a longtime partner of saxophonist Kidd Jordan, he was an encyclopedia of jazz history with an eye on the future.
- News & Politics, Politics Mar 28, 2019
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More money no problems
For the first time in decades, Chicago has a say in who its treasurer will be. But what the hell does the treasurer even do?
- News & Politics, Feature Dec 10, 2018
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The problem with the “public health” approach to ideological violence
The Countering Violent Extremism program is meant to stop terrorism and hate crimes before they happen, but critics say it’s yet another excuse to spy on Muslims.
- Arts & Culture, Art Feature Nov 29, 2018
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'Chicago New Media 1973-1992' pays tribute to the city’s contribution to video games and digital art
On the frontier of free information, experimentation, and self-expression.
- News & Politics, Feature Aug 21, 2018
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Protests and blaming the media—sound familiar? That was during the ’68 Democratic National Convention
Archived letters to former Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley bring up familiar concerns about unrest, policing, political divisions, and “propaganda.”
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 6, 2018
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The slow death of the student protest movement: a 1972 report
"Maybe it's fatigue, maybe it's apathy. But the student movement isn't the same, and never can be again."
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 31, 2018
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The time Ben Joravsky got Bill Ayers to admit he was an asshole
A classic profile of a very complicated subject.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 26, 2017
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Rauner slams NFL players who protest the national anthem and flag before games, and other Chicago news
Also, a Rascal Flatts restaurant is (seriously) opening in the Fulton Market District.
- Blogs, Bleader May 17, 2017
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Queer and proud in a cool protester outfit
Artist Angela Davis Fegan sports a red coverall for a staged protest during the Open Engagement conference.
- Columns & Opinion, On Culture May 9, 2017
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Is something wrong at UIC’s College of Education?
There is if you think its Urban Education program should be graduating black teachers.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 27, 2017
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Kim Foxx on the Girl Talk, the Chicago Improv Festival, and more things to do in Chicago this week
Thomas Frank, Zhang Peili, and more happenings from March 27-30
- Arts & Culture, Art Review Nov 23, 2016
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Q: Are we not furniture? A: We are “Set”!
Ania Jaworska’s solo show at Volume Gallery is more than just a bunch of black shapes.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 24, 2016
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Bill Daley was 'watching Rahm twist' during runoff election against Chuy Garcia, and other Chicago news
Also, the long, complicated relationship between the Cubs and Hillary Clinton.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 10, 2016
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Negotiations between CTU and CPS will reportedly continue until midnight strike deadline, and other Chicago news
Also, Senator Mark Kirk calls Trump "a malignant clown" after leaked audio comments.
- 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.
- Arts & Culture, Art Review Mar 22, 2016
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Legos at the Museum of Science and Industry: Kid tested and inner-child approved
"Brick by Brick" features re-creations of famous architectural feats.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 14, 2016
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Dispatches from Chicago's Trumpocalypse
Chicago was in the eye of the Trump storm on Friday.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 18, 2016
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Baraka de Soleil tackles race and disability in a performance-art lecture tomorrow
At Gallery 400, the artist presents "The 'Good' Body (Chicago Edition)."
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 25, 2016
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Economic opportunity bleak for young black men, Springsteen offers free download of United Center concert, and other Chicago news
Also, former Bears players head to the Super Bowl, and Emanuel brings Charles Ramsey back to CPD.
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Nov 12, 2015
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McLuhan's oddball prog LP flopped in 1972 but goes for big bucks today
Early-70s prog oddballs McLuhan used lots of visuals onstage and recorded their sole LP with the man who'd later produce Thriller.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 30, 2015
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UIC students take a class in Kickstarter
Local designer—and crowd-funding success story—Craighton Berman gives young designers a hands-on lesson in self-promotion in the new Entrepreneurial Product Development class.
- Music, Music Feature Jul 23, 2014
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Will Chicago's most daring and virtuosic jazz singer finally get the recognition she deserves?
Dee Alexander has earned international acclaim, but fame has eluded her. Her great new album, Songs My Mother Loves, might change that.
