The Chicago Community Bond Fund, a local group working to end pretrial incarceration and the cash bail system, is hosting its seventh annual end of year celebration. Take stock of the group’s trials and tribulations over the past 365 days while enjoying a panel led by Chicago Black Social Cultural Map, dance performances, a disco-influenced […]
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Chicago indie-rock trio Axons explore an infamous Chicago prison break on I Object to Everything
One of the most remarkable things about Chicago is its complex relationship with crime. The criminal-justice and court system is often so flawed, discriminatory, and unjust that it can seem as harmful as the crimes it seeks to control. For more than a century we’ve also had an entire industry dedicated to sensationalizing and mythologizing […]
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‘Nothing that we do that is worthwhile is done alone’
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Matt Damon Improv goes online with In-Diana
The Chicago comedy group’s new web series is filled with Zoom meeting disasters and personal massager triumphs.
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Why do indie musicians put up with penny payouts?
Streaming your favorite artists’ music is the least helpful way to support them. But they can’t abandon those platforms, because we won’t.
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Wyatt Waddell drops a single to rally the fighters for Black lives
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Police abolitionists find fuel in the protests
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‘More people will die’
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Cook County’s tradition of using bail as punishment may be hard to change
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How can grassroots musicians fight the Trump beast?
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