Content warning: This column contains a reference to sexual violence. As I write, it’s Labor Day—traditionally, the start of the election season. That means “normal” people start to sorta pay attention to what’s going on in politics, as opposed to political junkies, like myself, who never stop paying attention. As such, it’s my pleasure to […]
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‘Women are the most powerful political force in America right now,’ Cecile Richards says
The Planned Parenthood leader will be in town this weekend to talk with David Axelrod about her memoir Make Trouble.
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Getting under Trump’s skin, verse by satirical verse
Chicago Tribune columnist Mary Schmich is effectively skewering the new president with doggerel.
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Trump ushers in a new age of deceit
Even by Chicago’s political standards, his lies are the worst.
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John Lewis’s struggle for civil rights continues in March: Book Two
The second installment of the activist-turned-congressman’s graphic memoir looks back at the nonviolent protests of the 60s and his time as a Freedom Rider.
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The Chicago Outlaws Motorcycle Club rides again
Documentary photographer Danny Lyon’s The Bikeriders revs up for a long-overdue reissue.
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Jazz guitar great Jim Hall dead at 83
The guitarist was one of jazz’s most versatile, empathetic players.
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John Lewis’s long march
With the help of illustrator Nate Powell, a civil rights legends’s memoirs become a striking graphic novel.
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Shrewd Politics for Good Policy
A review of The Waxman Report: How Congress Really Works, by Henry Waxman with Joshua Green