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• DNC week ends with Union Park protest

  23-08-2024 22:46 via chicagoreader.com
  
  On Thursday evening, protesters coalesced at Union Park just hours before Vice President Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic presidential nomination. Several hundred police officers and vehicles loomed at the park’s edges; unwariness and discontent hung in the air. Meanwhile, scholar, activist, and independent presidential candidate Cornel West and former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy were […]
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• Day three at the DNC: Uncommitted delegates demand Palestinian speakers be heard

  23-08-2024 20:48 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Delegates from the uncommitted movement began a sit-in on the third day of the Democratic National Convention, demanding the party allow a Palestinian speaker to address the crowd. As largely unfruitful negotiations continued, Minnesota governor Tim Walz stepped up to the podium to accept the vice presidential nomination. Demonstrators for Palestine continued a week of actions […]
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• Ananda Lima writes for the Devil

  23-08-2024 16:51 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Writers think a lot about how, and why, they write. Inevitably, the question of, “Who am I writing for?” needs answering. Some settle on writing for themselves. Some, a direct appeal to the market. Others decide to write for their muse: a spouse, a child, a distant relative. Chicago author Ananda Lima writes for the […]
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• Diverse coalition protests in support of a ceasefire in Gaza

  23-08-2024 16:09 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Beginning at 3:30 PM on Wednesday, August 21, thousands gathered in Union Park to rally in support of a ceasefire in Gaza. The protest was organized by a coalition that included American Muslims for Palestine Chicago, Jewish Voice for Peace, and more. Green Party presidential candidate, physician, and activist Jill Stein and Justice for All […]
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• Capturing life on the CTA

  23-08-2024 03:10 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Critic Jerry Saltz was perhaps the first to articulate a dichotomy in figurative painting between the cool, clean portraiture of Alex Katz and Alice Neel’s clumsily rendered goofballs. If there’s an equator between these poles, it’s the oeuvre of Peter Broitman, who indulges himself in Katz’s stylistic bravura without tempering his Neel-esque psychic insights. It’s […]
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• It’s Lynn’s Chicago Pizza by the slice at the next Monday Night Foodball

  23-08-2024 00:06 via chicagoreader.com
  
  When they started dating, one of the first things Brandon Bruner Sr. and Aja Lynn Humphreys agreed on was Giordano’s deep dish. They both liked it. And they both believed it was not perfect—too heavy, and Bruner in particular was not a fan of the cornmeal crust. So one night—a stay-at-home date night—Bruner, a longtime […]
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