The Republicans “fight” against cancel culture is as phony as their so-called defense of free expression.
Tag: Yale University
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Eclectic Chicago-based jazz unit the JuJu Exchange contemplate grief on The Eternal Boombox
In a recent interview with the Yale Center for Faith & Culture’s podcast For the Life of the World, pianist Julian Reid described the way mourning informed the thematic underpinnings of The Eternal Boombox, a new self-released EP by his Chicago-based band, the JuJu Exchange. The members of this jazz combo also draw upon their […]
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In the 80s and 90s, 79th Street Video had the best video collection on the south side
It wasn’t just the only place in Chicago to rent rare kung fu VHS tapes. It was a place to hang out and watch them.
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The New York Times: There are ‘some signs of hope’ in ‘Chicago’s crisis of violence,’ and other news
Also, an anti-Muslim group is organizing the Chicago March Against Sharia.
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How Experimenter and The Stanford Prison Experiment explore the psychology of control
Two fact-based dramas revisit controversial research projects of the 1960s and ’70s.
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Some Men nails the small details—but misses the big picture about the gay rights movement
Some Men nails the small details—but misses the big picture about the gay rights movement.
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Morning Newsfeed: Rahm’s Expensive Inauguration, Daley’s Discipline Criticized, Bum Fights in Florida, a Gruesome Murder in Texas, and More
Five people, including a ten-year-old boy, were shot at a memorial for another shooting victim. (Tribune) An audit found more troubles at Chicago State University, including that the bursar failed to bill students for courses. (Tribune) The Blackhawks kick off the 2011 playoffs against Vancouver tonight. But can this year’s squad equal last year’s success […]
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In Your Morning Newsfeed: Sex & Booze at the Forest Preserve, Superman in Chicago, An Escaped Cobra, and More
Oh, to work at the Cook County Forest Preserve, where investigators found employees on the job to be drinking, having sex with subordinates, and skimming money off the top. The story has gone Sun-Times) First Gotham, now Metropolis? Crain‘s reports that the new Superman movie will be partially filmed in Chicago. (Crain’s)