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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Posted inFilm
BlacKkKlansman retells the true story of a black cop who joined his local Klan chapter
Spike Lee’s latest is set in 1970, but it’s all about 2018.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Uncle Dan says: Don’t fuck Nazis
Laying down the law post Charlottesville, and more
Posted inArts & Culture
The printed relics of Chicago’s predigital gangland
The book Thee Almighty & Insane: Chicago Gang Business Cards From the 1970s & 1980s is a snapshot of the city’s street gangs during a period of transition.
Posted inBlogs
The horrors—real and imagined—of a weekend in Trump’s southern Illinois
Southern Illinois feels like a horror movie—and even more so under Trump, who pandered to rural areas for their votes.
Posted inArts & Culture
East Texas Hot Links: Still awkward after all these years
A Writers Theatre revival doesn’t solve old problems with Eugene Lee’s play.
Posted inArts & Culture
Show us your . . . cult cloaks
Each week, we ask you to show us something. This week it’s Sam Macon’s CULT CLOAKS