Condemn the attack, but also understand the roots of black anger and violence done in Trump’s name.
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Posted inColumns & Opinion
Eight political New Year’s resolutions you can actually keep
Yes, they’re about politics—because now everything is political.
Posted inArts & Culture
‘Hoop Dreams’ amid the game of life
Adam Jason Cohen’s snapshots of basketball courts in Chicago’s overlooked communities offer a plea for investment in the city’s youth.
Posted inMusic
Women in Music host a benefit for victims of domestic abuse
Women in Music host a benefit for victims of domestic abuse, Jessica Hopper talks to Bob Mehr about his new Replacements book, and more.
Posted inBlogs
John Corbett guides you into the netherworld of free improvisation
Chicago gallerist and scholar John Corbett demystifies improvisation in a concise new book that he’ll read from on Saturday.
Posted inArts & Culture
Why black family violence deserves more attention
It’s a tough subject to write about, but Ta-Nehisi Coates is more than capable.
Posted inBlogs
A new book on Italian-Americans in jazz distorts history
Local authors Bill Dal Cerro and David Anthony Witter play up one culture’s influence on jazz while downplaying many others.
Posted inBlogs
A 19th-century Chicago murder case raises questions about the criminal justice system—then and now
Gillian O’Brien’s new book Blood Runs Green examines the political ramifications of the 1889 murder of an Irish doctor in Chicago.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Will Redmoon’s Great Chicago Fire Festival survive its own plan?
Redmoon Theater’s Great Chicago Fire Festival throws the original plan overboard but remains a symbolic communal exorcism.
Posted inArts & Culture
Rick Perlstein crosses The Invisible Bridge between Nixon and Reagan
In a new book, Chicago historian and Nation writer Rick Perlstein continues to chart America’s rightward shift.
Posted inBest of Chicago
Best Use of Start-Up Mode by a Press No Longer in Start-Up Mode
From the basement to the New York Times best-seller list
Posted inBest of Chicago
Best Dead Artist Marketing Campaign
The North Shore nanny with an obsessive and secret talent has become a phenomenon.
Posted inBest of Chicago
Best New Book by a Former Chicago Golden Gloves Champ
When he describes an ass whoopin’, you know he knows what he’s talking about.
Posted inNews & Politics
The fight to preserve a model public housing project
Lathrop Homes has long been one of CHA’s most diverse and successful properties. But today it’s a shell of its former self.
Posted inMusic
The Reader’s guide to the 31st annual Chicago Blues Festival
Bettye LaVette and Dr. John headline an unusually diverse Chicago Blues Festival whose side stages hold underappreciated treasures.