Therapists and sleep neurologists explain what’s making people rest uneasy as Chicago eases into a partial reopening.
Author Archives: Derrick Clifton
Essays as group therapy
How are Black writers coping? We’re chanting, fact-checking history, and envisioning a tiny future.
Breathing while Black
Seeking safety isn’t so easy if you’re battling COVID-19 while Black.
The Trump resistance is building solidarity across movements
Groups are collaborating across race and color lines to oppose the president’s executive orders.
Can Chicago forgive Rahm Emanuel?
He’s starting with the “man in the mirror,” but will the DOJ report help him change his ways?
A farewell to Obama—our country’s most inclusive president
The audacious vision of a Chicago president changed politics as we knew it.
In the wake of the Facebook Live attack, we need to talk about black anger
Condemn the attack, but also understand the roots of black anger and violence done in Trump’s name.
Eight political New Year’s resolutions you can actually keep
Yes, they’re about politics—because now everything is political.
By helping young black fathers, Sheldon Smith has become a ‘hero’
The founder of the Bronzeville-based Dovetail Project is honored by CNN Heroes.
Angered by homicides, activists leave coffins at Rahm Emanuel’s home
“Behind each of these deaths is a failure,” activists said.
Moonlight urges the need for deep self-reflection
The Golden Globe-nominated film poses a simple but profound question.
Let’s ditch the Electoral College for the sake of minority voters
It might help bring disenfranchised or disillusioned voters back into the fold.
How Chicago activists sought to ‘decolonize’ Thanksgiving at Standing Rock
About a dozen or so people traveled to the still-contested Dakota Access Pipeline to show their solidarity with Native American protesters.
Activists disrupt Black Friday shopping on Chicago’s Mag Mile
Demonstrators called for resisting Donald Trump, Rahm Emanuel’s resignation, and an elected Civilian Police Accountability Council.
Black Americans get a raw deal from Trump’s ‘new deal’ platform
Don’t believe the hype: Black lives still don’t matter to the president-elect.