Politics & Labor
The Culture Connection
A crowd reached about forty, all gathered April 24 to speak about their visions for the growth of Chicago’s cultural future at the Bridgeport Co-prosperity sphere. »
Unwelcomed
Off the Brown Line, past a Starbucks and a lighting store, near the Moody Bible Institute, around the corner from a restaurant that used to be cool, down the street from Le Cordon Bleu Culinary School, surrounded by churches on one side, expensive realty on the other, you’ll find the most dangerous place in... »
Coming to Terms
“It’s complicated.” That was how Bryant Jackson-Green, chairman of the libertarian UofC student organization Students for a Free Society, summed up his position on the Occupy movement for an audience member as he made his way up to the podium at last Thursday’s debate. Billed as a discussion on what role Occupy should play... »
Slow-Motion Emergency
Everyone was well fed—Diane Adams made sure of it. The 56-year-old ran back and forth across the Woodlawn Mental Health Center so fast her red and orange outfit blurred into a comet. »
PUSH for Justice
“Stop the killing!” Stop the killing. Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr. is speaking at the national headquarters for his Rainbow/PUSH coalition, blocks from President Obama’s Hyde Park home. »
Occupy’s Chicago Spring
Political movements can be hard to maintain—especially when they intend to publically bear the force of weather, police, and internal debate for as long as it takes to bring about change. In the earliest days of Occupy Chicago (OC) way back in September, thousands of people showed up at the city’s financial district in... »
Democracy in Chicago
Christian Mitchell stood in front of a crowd of over a hundred people on Thursday evening to give his five-minute stump speech. Running for the 26th District seat in the Illinois House of Representatives, he was one of many taking part in Alderman Pat Dowell’s “Meet the Candidates” event for the upcoming primary elections.... »
The Destruction of the Temple
3411 West Douglas Boulevard has had many lives. At one time a church, and before that a synagogue, the Lawndale building has an imposing limestone facade topped with an enormous ornamented arch. The 99-year-old structure dwarfs the surrounding houses. But inside it is in shambles. There are gaping holes in the roof; the floor... »
