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Posted inMusic
Thirty years ago, a Black queer zine captured the scene that birthed house
Robert Ford and Trent Adkins shaped the bold, subversive, gossipy, funny, deeply engaged voice of Thing, which was felled by the AIDS pandemic in 1993.
Posted inNews & Politics
‘If they cannot hear you when you whisper, watch when you say a cuss word’
Black and trans activists build networks of support and mutual aid at Brave Space Alliance.
Posted inCity Life
They thought he was an ‘agitator’
Franklin A. Denison was no rabble-rouser, but the Bureau of Investigation said he sparked the 1919 race riot.
Posted inMusic
The most colorful parties in the city are Noire
Nick Alder and Rae Chardonnay Taylor of Party Noire get to fun by going through respect, safety, community, and empowerment.
Posted inMusic
The world catches up to iconoclastic composer Julius Eastman
Iconoclastic composer Julius Eastman died homeless almost three decades ago, and his work was nearly lost. But classical music finally has room for a queer black voice in the minimalist pantheon.
Posted inArts & Culture
Triassic Parq: The Musical, A Fool’s Journey, and five more new stage shows to see (or avoid)
A remounted spoof with singing dinosaurs and a Misfit Circus cabaret are among this week’s best bets.
Posted inBlogs
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.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
By helping young black fathers, Sheldon Smith has become a ‘hero’
The founder of the Bronzeville-based Dovetail Project is honored by CNN Heroes.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Moonlight urges the need for deep self-reflection
The Golden Globe-nominated film poses a simple but profound question.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
We don’t need ‘unity’ after Trump’s election. We need resistance.
He’s #NotMyPresident.
Posted inBlogs
No group voted ‘never Trump’ as strong as black women
Although black women were Hillary Clinton’s strongest block of support, in Chicago they expressed mixed feelings at the polls.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Political parties need to get with the country’s changing demographics—or get left behind
The real takeaway from the 2016 presidential campaign
Posted inColumns & Opinion
How not to be an offensive jerk this Halloween
Don’t even think about going as a “bad hombre.”
Posted inColumns & Opinion
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.