Don’t believe the hype: Black lives still don’t matter to the president-elect.
Tag: Vol. 46 No. 8
Issue of Nov. 24 – 30, 2016
Posted inNews & Politics
Chicago Muslims: ‘We’ve been yelling, but no one’s been listening’
CAIR’s Hoda Katebi says her group is bracing for a Trump presidency by beefing up its legal team—and promoting self-defense classes.
Posted inBlogs
Remembering a song of heartbreak by Alejandro Escovedo
Alejandro Escovedo sounds more alive than ever on his new record, but the vulnerability in the 1993 track “Baby’s Got New Plans” is every bit as powerful.
Posted inBlogs
Around 500 O’Hare workers will strike next Tuesday, and other Chicago news
Also, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has named a new chief of staff.
Posted inBlogs
Thanksgiving dinners, 24-hour improv fest, and more things to do in Chicago this week
Friendsgiving, Dr. Strangelove at the Is It Still Funny? series, and more happenings from November 21-24.
Posted inBlogs
MusicNow celebrates the legacy of Steve Reich tonight at the Harris Theater
The 80th birthday of minimalist pioneer Steve Reich occasions a year of tributes and reissues or performances of his work.
Posted inBlogs
Watch Angela Davis’s entire postelection lecture at the University of Chicago’s Rockefeller Chapel
The onetime Black Panther leader urged the audience embrace grassroots political organizing in the face of the impending Trump presidency.
Posted inArts & Culture
Peter Kim left Second City because of hate speech. Why’d he return?
After leaving Second City because of hate speech, Peter Kim returns to talk back to the audience with his new show Crowd Sourced.
Posted inBlogs
Man arrested at Hamilton performance after alleged pro-Trump rant, and other Chicago news
Also, Rahm Emanuel’s brother met with president-elect Donald Trump in New Jersey over the weekend.