It took a while, but at last something reassuring emerged in the aftermath of the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse for murder by a mostly white jury in Kenosha, Wisconsin. That would be Dahleen Glanton’s insightful column in Sunday’s Sun-Times—one of the few sympathetic appraisals in the mainstream press of Joseph Rosenbaum, Anthony Huber, and Gaige […]
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Politics is wrestling
The fights are fake but the folks pulling the strings behind the scenes are real.
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Move over, Iron Mike
Urlacher leads the charge for Trump’s white backlash campaign.
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In Kenosha, unrest surfaces history of anti-Blackness and questions about police spending
Cities in Wisconsin with the highest numbers of Black residents tend to spend more on policing than others. Those police forces are also a lot whiter than the cities they serve.
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Trump will be visiting Wisconsin on Tuesday, and other news
Also, the Environmental Protection Agency’s Chicago regional office reportedly is in danger of being closed.
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Reader’s Agenda Sun 7/7: Chicago Botanic Garden Art Festival, Bristol Renaissance Faire, and “AfriCOBRA: Prologue”
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Sunday, July 7
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12 O’Clock Track: Swearin’, “Kenosha”
“Kenosha” by Swearin’ offers up a nostalgic blend of emo and 90s indie rock