Derived from dozens of interviews, a series of eight monologues shows a wide range of perspectives.
Tag: Michael Brown
Posted inArts & Culture
White folks! Prepare to squirm!
Steppenwolf’s Pass Over is unflinching on the war against young black men.
Posted inFilm
Two new documentaries trace the thin line between civil society and armed warfare
Tower revisits the 1966 sniper killings at the University of Texas; Do Not Resist looks at the sale of military equipment to local law enforcement.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Chicago’s plan to eliminate traffic deaths stirs concerns of profiling and overpolicing
The Vision Zero initiative brings the possibility of more encounters between police and people using the streets.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
How protests in Ferguson inspired the occupation of ‘Freedom Square’
Before Chicago activists set up camp at Homan Square, Ferguson activists camped across from police headquarters for 47 straight days.
Posted inBlogs
What does it mean to be a white ally?
White Chicagoans grapple with their place in the movement for black lives.
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One activist arrested Wednesday during police divestment protest and party
The action honored victims of recent police-involved deaths and opposed the proposed “Blue Lives Matter” ordinance.
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Kendrick Lamar shows us why he’s hip-hop’s king
When the Compton MC released “The Blacker the Berry” on Monday it made everything else feel irrelevant.
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How does Ferguson figure in the classroom?
The educational initiative Facing History explains its approach to Ferguson as a teaching moment
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Sheriff Dart comes to the Hideout on Tuesday!
Sheriff Tom Dart will be talking with Ben, Mick, and Sun Times reporter Rummana Hussain about all matters of crime and punishment—guns and mental health included—this Tuesday at the Hideout.
Posted inBlogs
John Kass calls out Ferguson hysterics
The Trib columnist praises truth seekers such as himself.
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Did Saint Louis have one police shooting too many?
Remember the other police shooting near Ferguson?
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The view from Ferguson ten days after the killing of Michael Brown
A Saint Louis newspaper editor talks about why Ferguson was bound to happen, even though no one saw it coming.
Posted inBlogs
On racial upheaval in Saint Louis—or at least Ferguson
Protest meets repressive force in Ferguson, Missouri