Examining and altering our pandemic-induced substance habits nearly one year in
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Posted inMusic
Viagra Boys find the sweetness in self-destruction on Welfare Jazz
Viagra Boys’ career as acid-punk raconteurs has been fueled by mutually assured destruction—they’ve pumped their bodies full of illicit substances and squared off with toxic masculinity to a frenzied backbeat. But what happens when you tire of your old enemies as you rage toward a better world? If the Stockholm five-piece’s new album Welfare Jazz […]
Posted inColumns & Opinion
My boyfriend says I put a curse on him
Plus: How to be honest with your hot friends (even during a pandemic)
Posted inBlogs
Is Illinois ready for a potential influx of stoned drivers?
Weed Week: There is no completely reliable test for marijuana intoxication, and very few cops trained to recognize it.
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Reader critic uncovers the secret purpose of Teletubbies
The British children’s show, wrote Lee Sandlin, “is the most blatant piece of prodrug propaganda since Aldous Huxley’s The Doors of Perception.”
Posted inNews & Politics
The trials of Stuart V. Goldberg, Chicago’s flashiest defense attorney
He wears $5,000 suits and is chauffeured to court in a Rolls-Royce. He’s made a fortune off the war on drugs. He claims Oprah once wanted to have his baby. He is the most interesting lawyer in Chicago. But who’s the man behind the megawatt smile?
Posted inBlogs
Twenty years ago, in Moscow, Matt Taibbi was a misogynist asshole—and possibly worse
The Rolling Stone writer and author of I Can’t Breathe is answering for harassment he and Mark Ames bragged about in their 2000 memoir.
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The two-year Illinois budget stalemate is expected to end this week with a house vote, and other Chicago news
Also, the New York Daily News slams Rahm’s “DUMB TRACK MIND.”
Posted inNews & Politics
Despite decriminalization, Chicago’s grass gap persists
It took statewide decriminalization to get Chicago cops to stop arresting mostly black Chicagoans for possession of small amounts of weed.
Posted inFilm
Frank Zappa was so left, he was right
A documentary profile of the avant-garage musician reveals his political conservatism.
Posted inBlogs
State budget showdown puts criminal justice reforms on hold
Bills to decriminalize pot and shrink the prison population are in purgatory while the governor and Democrats feud.
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Is state’s attorney Anita Alvarez protecting public safety—or an obstacle to justice?
The race to be Cook County’s top prosecutor gets under way with questions about fairness and incarceration.
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Who lied in drug and double murder case: Police or their key witness?
Convicted drug dealer Jason Austin, held accountable for killing a cop and social worker, appeals his sentence.
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Cook County state’s attorney: Time to lay off the pot prosecutions
State’s attorney Anita Alvarez says her office will try to send people caught with small amounts of cannabis and hard drugs into treatment instead of jail.
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Former dealer gets light sentence after testifying in double-murder case despite death threats
A key witness in the prosecution of west-side drug dealer Jason Austin is sentenced to five and a half years in prison.