Jeremey Johnson has chronicled nearly two years of pretrial house arrest.
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No superman is an island
Disney used to be best known for its children’s animation. But over the last decade the House of Mouse has become the House of Hulk. Princesses and neotenous animal companions haven’t vanished. In terms of market share and screen dominance, they’ve been shouldered aside by the thundering pectorals and power beams of the Marvel Cinematic […]
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Firebird Community Arts rises from the ashes
The community organization spreads the healing practice of glassblowing and ceramics.
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The Promise
Like thousands of asylum seekers, Abu Omar waits with the uncertainty of whether the U.S. government will accept his asylum application.
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There’s more to trauma than meets the eye in This City is Killing Me
Jonathan Foiles’s new book explores how systematic forces contribute to mental health issues in Chicago.
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Asylum City
The harrowing stories of six asylum seekers who now call Chicago home
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Finding peace and security after asylum
Therapists and social workers trained in trauma care are helping asylum seekers along their legal and healing journey.
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Elana Katz: Translator of trauma
The U.S.-born, Berlin-based performance artist continues a three-week residency at Defibrillator with ongoing screenings of her film Running on Empty.
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Inside the world of asylum forensic exams
Asylum seekers who undergo medical exams as part of their legal case are more than twice as likely to be granted asylum as those who do not.
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Girl in the Spider’s Web uses past trauma as an excuse for further violence
The movie version of the first post-Stieg Larsson Lisbeth Salander novel forgets that its heroine is more than a victim.
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With Downstate, Bruce Norris finally earns his Pulitzer
And director Pam MacKinnon and her Steppenwolf cast give us a masterwork.
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Erasing the Distance’s DocFest puts mental health center stage
The theater company hosts two weekends of performances and workshops.
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Aguijón’s Brutality reveals the banality of violence in contemporary America
And, in the process, examines how people cope with trauma—or don’t.
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How to get laid without freaking out
Advice for a victim of sexual abuse and rape. Plus: Help, I snooped and discovered what I most feared!