The group rejected the mainstream gay rights movement and kept alive the spirit of radical LGBTQ+ activism.
Tag: Richard Devine
Posted inNews & Politics
Can shooting hoops keep gang members from shooting each other?
When Englewood gang members convene for a week in August to compete in the Battle of the Blocks basketball tournament, residents report a marked drop in violence in the neighborhood. Why aren’t there more programs like it?
Posted inNews & Politics
Did Cook County prosecutors overlook evidence and help send an innocent man to prison?
In 1999, a grand jury heard ample testimony implicating Anthony Porter in a double homicide. A month later, a different grand jury heard a sliver of evidence suggesting that Alstory Simon committed the same crime. So why was Simon indicted?
Posted inMusic
Gossip Wolf: Sasha Go Hard won’t let up
Sasha Go Hard keeps the mixtapes coming, Fig Dish reissue their debut, and more
Posted inBlogs
More weekend music: SMOD and Keith Fullerton Whitman
More live music options for busy Chicago weekend
Posted inBlogs
The friends of Patrick Daley Thompson
The latest Daley to run for office attracts the interest—and checks—of many of the city’s powerful
Posted inBlogs
Chicago Motion Graphics Festival
The Chicago Motion Graphics Festival showcases technological art with screenings, performances, workshops and parties, Sept Wednesday-Sunday at multiple venues.
Posted inBlogs
Lurching toward justice
Who should be responsible for handling the cases prisoners tortured under Jon Burge–attorney general Lisa Madigan or state’s attorney Anita Alvarez?
Posted inBlogs
For the moment let’s forget about Jon Burge . . .
Former state’s attorney Richard Devine hasn’t been offered a job defending Rod Blagojevich, but what about the job he might have done prosecuting him?
Posted inBlogs
The latest tale of the take
Democratic state’s attorney candidate Anita Alvarez has raised more than six times as much money as Republican Tony Peraica.
Posted inBlogs
Alvarez: “More could have been done”
Democratic state’s attorney nominee Anita Alvarez says her superiors in the prosecutor’s office didn’t do enough to go after Jon Burge.
Posted inBlogs
Tale of the take
Cook County state’s attorney candidates Anita Alvarez and Tony Peraica are polar opposites down to their fund-raising abilities.
Posted inNews & Politics
State’s Attorney: A True Outsider
He’s got plenty of experience and he’s beholden to no one. Why doesn’t anyone take Tommy Brewer seriously?