There were 18 extreme weather events with losses in excess of $1 billion in the U.S. last year, according to the National Centers for Environmental Information. There was the heat dome in the southwest in September, which put more than 61 million people under extreme heat advisories and broke heat records in California. There were […]
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Shooting ourselves in the foot
Harsh penalties for gun crimes don’t make communities safer.
Posted inArts & Culture
Unionizing to keep the Experimental Station community alive
Workers at the pioneering south side space organize against unfair labor practices.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Rebellion of the mushrooms
The media feeding frenzy over Mayor Lightfoot’s hacked e-mail is what happens when City Hall tries to control every aspect of what reporters see and hear.
Posted inNews & Politics
On house arrest with Mohawk Johnson
CPD has tried to turn rapper and comedian Mohawk Johnson into a cautionary example to social justice protesters. He has other plans.
Posted inArts & Culture
The movement will be beautified
In a show of racial unity, Latinx artists across Chicago have spent the summer contributing their talents to the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020.
Posted inNews & Politics
Eve Ewing still believes in Chicago’s public schools
The new book Ghosts in the Schoolyard explains why people care so much about institutions that the world has deemed “failing.”
Posted inBlogs
Where and what to vote for this midterm election in Chicago
You’ll have to decide on the who by yourself.
Posted inBlogs
Weird Al, Puerto Rico’s FemFest, and vocaloids: music stories from around the Web
A roundup of the Reader‘s favorite music-related writing from the past week
Posted inBlogs
Donald Trump calls for ‘stop and frisk’ in ‘out of control’ Chicago, and other news
Also, Hillary Clinton isn’t close to raising as much money in Chicago as Barack Obama did in 2008.
Posted inArts & Culture
Our guide to Let’s Get Working, a tribute to Studs Terkel
The U. of C. pays tribute to Studs Terkel with a weekend-long festival of readings, screenings, and notable appearances.