Activists say Illinois’s law that makes it illegal to expose others to HIV is racist and homophobic. Now they’re close to changing it.
Tag: Ronald Reagan
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Savior stories
Let’s end the myth that Mayors Daley and Rahm saved Chicago Public Schools.
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Enemies of my enemy
Learning to love the never-Trump crowd at the Lincoln Project
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Dr. Ehrman told us so
The coronavirus pandemic was made worse by years of public health cuts.
Posted inNews & Politics
Q&A with mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot
“We can’t move forward together as a city, as a state, as a country, if people aren’t willing to see the other person and not villainize them.”
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In a face-off against Pritzker, Rauner tries a little Reagan-style voodoo economics
Last week’s televised debate between the governor and his Democratic challenger, J.B. Pritzker, revealed exactly nothing about the two candidates’ intentions regarding the state income tax rate.
Posted inArts & Culture
BigMouth asks you to consider what Socrates, Malcolm X, and Ann Coulter have in common
Valentijn Dhaenens’s one-man show is designed to start a conversation.
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Queer filmmaker Derek Jarman gets a Pride Month retrospective at FilmStruck
FilmStruck celebrates Pride Month with a retrospective on queer British filmmaker Derek Jarman.
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The Russian hack was Trump’s Nixon moment
Newly discovered notes from an aide to Richard Nixon prove the former president connived with South Vietnam to win the 1968 presidential election.
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A major mural in Pilsen gets a few more years in the sun
Prevent World War III, an 18th Street artwork that dates to the early 1980s, gets a new life thanks to a generous endowment.
Posted inFilm
Frank Zappa was so left, he was right
A documentary profile of the avant-garage musician reveals his political conservatism.
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Thomas Frank calls Bill Clinton and Rahm the betrayers of the ‘party of the people’
In Listen Liberal, the author of What’s the Matter With Kansas? takes a break from bashing the GOP to hold a mirror up to the flaws of the Democratic Party.
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Mayor Rahm to Dyett activists: No free choice for you!
When it comes to giving the hunger strikers and KOCO a say in running Dyett High School, Mayor Emanuel’s no longer such a big advocate for free markets and school choice.
Posted inArts & Culture
How Ronald Reagan brought America back to greatness—or not
In Reagan: The Life, H.W. Brands argues that the 40th president gave the country a lift—but to what end?