After Mayor Lori Lightfoot expanded the citywide curfew in response to a shooting, teenagers spoke about Chicago’s gun violence crisis and their relationship to the city.
Tag: Greater Grand Crossing
Posted inArts & Culture
Celebrate everyday Black heroes with 28 Days of Greatness
Artist Brandon Breaux’s Instagram project highlights his peers, mentors, collectors, friends, and more throughout Black History Month.
Posted inMusic
Chicago rapper HateSonny adds depth to his battering-ram flow on Golden Child
Greater Grand Crossing native HateSonny delivers sawed-off raps with a terse punch that makes him sound spring-loaded—at any moment he could burst with fury and beat the track into submission. When he combines his blunt, forceful verses with bombastic instrumentals, it’s enough to get the teens moshing, but he’s also been developing his flexibility as […]
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A glimpse of Chicago childhood inspired by Gwendolyn Brooks
A multimedia story inspired by the former Illinois poet laureate’s 1968 poem In the Mecca.
Posted inBest of Chicago
Best New Underground Venue
It screens independent and experimental films that illuminate the African-American experience.
Posted inNews & Politics
Addicted to guns
Is there a cure for Chicago’s crippling dependence on firearms?
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Rahm announces another “new initiative” that’s decades old
The mayor’s plan to raze troubled buildings sounds a lot like the one Mayor Daley “introduced” in 1992