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Home » terrorism

Tag: terrorism

Posted inArts & Culture

I Call My Brothers explores the anxiety of being labeled ‘other‘

by Irene Hsiao January 18, 2019August 18, 2021

An Arab-Swede navigates the consequences of a car bomb in Stockholm.

Posted inNews & Politics

The problem with the “public health” approach to ideological violence

by Maya Dukmasova December 10, 2018August 18, 2021

The Countering Violent Extremism program is meant to stop terrorism and hate crimes before they happen, but critics say it’s yet another excuse to spy on Muslims.

Posted inArts & Culture

Aguijón’s Brutality reveals the banality of violence in contemporary America

by Jack Helbig June 1, 2018August 18, 2021

And, in the process, examines how people cope with trauma—or don’t.

Posted inBlogs

Kanye West returns to Chicago, makes first live appearance in nearly a year, and other news

by Kate Shepherd November 6, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, the Chicago Police Department discredits terrorism plot rumors.

Posted inBlogs

Emanuel: Chicago will ‘learn something’ from Manhattan terror attack, and other news

by Kate Shepherd November 2, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, the Obamas would rather have a conversation with fans than take a selfie.

Posted inBlogs

Villa Park man arrested for allegedly raising money to send ISIS fighters from the U.S. to Syria, and other Chicago

by Kate Shepherd September 1, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, the family of man shot to death by a CPD officer in 2011 is asking for a special prosecutor.

Posted inNews & Politics

After Trump’s air strikes, a Syrian asylum seeker remembers revolution and imprisonment in Damascus

by Sarah Conway April 20, 2017August 18, 2021

Abu Shadi, who survived torture by the Assad regime, says he feels torn between Trump and an apathetic world.

Posted inBlogs

An Iraqi-American professor remembers his complicated midwestern youth

by Sarah Conway April 6, 2017August 18, 2021

DePaul’s Laith Saud describes his American life during a seemingly endless war.

Posted inBlogs

Muslim, Latina, and attacked from all sides

by Alex V. Hernandez March 16, 2017August 18, 2021

Chicago-area resident Diana Cruz on living in Trump’s America

Posted inFilm

Patriots Day soft-pedals the citywide lockdown that followed the Boston Marathon bombing

by J.R. Jones January 18, 2017August 18, 2021

Mark Wahlberg stars as a Boston cop on the trail of two lone-wolf jihadists.

Posted inBlogs

Mendoza and Munger continue to spar even though the comptroller’s race is over, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd December 21, 2016August 18, 2021

Also, former Mayor Daley is scheduled for deposition in January in a Jon Burge-related torture lawsuit.

Posted inBlogs

Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa on Orlando: ‘It really hit close to home’

by Marc Daalder June 24, 2016August 18, 2021

Chicago’s first openly gay alderman reflects on the mass shooting’s impact on queer and Latinx communities.

Posted inBlogs

‘We’ll always be here for you’: Top cop vows to protect Chicago’s LGBTQ community in wake of Orlando shooting

by Marc Daalder June 13, 2016August 18, 2021

LGBTQ groups, city officials, and ordinary Chicagoans also expressed grief and outrage over the worst mass shooting in American history.

Posted inBlogs

Reading Charlie Hebdo in Evanston

by Nick Kariuki January 7, 2016August 18, 2021

On the anniversary of the deadly Charlie Hebdo shootings in Paris, Evanston’s City Newsstand recounts how it got hold of the French satirical magazine’s first post-attack edition.

Posted inBlogs

Jeremy Scahill on Dirty Wars and the global battlefield

by Dan Massoglia June 18, 2013August 19, 2021

The journalist takes questions about his muckraking documentary.

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