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Home » Persepolis

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Posted inColumns & Opinion

Why’d CPS fire Troy LaRaviere? An activist sues to find out.

by Ben Joravsky September 22, 2016August 18, 2021

Nick Burt sues Chicago Public Schools after radio silence from the district on a Freedom of Information Act request.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

How CPS officials decided to pull Persepolis from the classroom

by Ben Joravsky February 11, 2015August 18, 2021

E-mails show that orders to yank the acclaimed graphic novel came from the top.

Posted inArts & Culture

What we learned at the 2014 Chicago Humanities Festival

by Reader staff November 12, 2014August 18, 2021

Here are the nuggets wisdom and trivia we gleaned from the Chicago Humanities Festival.

Posted inBlogs

Mayor Rahm’s favorite books

by Ben Joravsky August 29, 2014August 18, 2021

Did the mayor actually read any of the books on his publicized list of favorite books?

Feral
Posted inFilm

Why can’t grown-up animations catch a break on Oscar night?

by J.R. Jones January 29, 2014August 18, 2021

The Oscar-nominated animated short films screen this week at Landmark’s Century Centre. Why can’t the features be as good?

Posted inBlogs

Mayor Rahm’s grand experiment: Libraries without librarians

by Ben Joravsky October 2, 2013August 19, 2021

Books as a backdrop: Mayor Rahm stages a press conference in the Payton high school library that has no librarian because of his budget cuts.

Posted inBlogs

Mayor Rahm to Von Steuben: No toilet paper for you!

by Ben Joravsky June 19, 2013August 19, 2021

Mayor Rahm’s spending so much cash on his hotel/DePaul basketball arena scheme that he’s got no money to buy toilet paper or librarians for the schools.

University of Chicago Lab Schools parent Barack Obama, graduate Arne Duncan, and parent Rahm Emanuel
Posted inColumns & Opinion

The school model that’s good enough for President Obama and Mayor Emanuel

by Ben Joravsky May 7, 2013August 19, 2021

If unionized teachers are good enough for Mayor Emanuel’s kids, why not the public schools?

Posted inBlogs

Iranian-born artist Ario Mashayekhi on the curious timing of the CPS ban of Persepolis

by Sarah Nardi March 26, 2013August 19, 2021

“Censorship is not something new. It happens on and on and on. For the U.S., it’s shocking. For me, it’s expected.”

Posted inBlogs

Hey Rahm: If Toni Preckwinkle unseats you, you’ll have more time to go skiing

by Ben Joravsky March 22, 2013August 19, 2021

What a week for the mayor to go AWOL

Posted inBlogs

To those Lane Tech kids protesting the purging of Persepolis

by Ben Joravsky March 20, 2013August 19, 2021

It isn’t even the worst of the Emanuel administration’s sins.

Lane Tech students protest the decision by Chicago Public Schools officials to remove Marjane Satrapi's acclaimed graphic novel Persepolis from classrooms.
Posted inColumns & Opinion

The Emanuel administration kicks Persepolis out of class

by Ben Joravsky March 19, 2013August 19, 2021

The latest education fiasco from Rahm’s administration: Kicking Persepolis out of class

Posted inBlogs

The boy who wasn’t there, and the rest of this week’s movies

by J.R. Jones August 24, 2012August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

This week’s movie action

by J.R. Jones February 3, 2012August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

Coming soon to a monitor near you

by J.R. Jones May 1, 2009August 19, 2021

Nina Paley’s head-turning animation “Sita Sings the Blues” emerges from copyright battle bent but not broken.

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