On Monday, 35th Ward Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa officially registered his campaign for Congress after Rep. Luis Gutiérrez announced he won’t seek reelection. Rosa, who has been on the radar of local politics…
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On December 6th, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner elaborated on his “I am not in charge” comment with relation to the state of Illinois. “No, not really,” Rauner said at an…
Chicago transplant Hope Littwin is a singer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist who uses her music as a form of exploration in a variety of themes. Her newest album Wild Beast is her exploration…
Rad as Fuck, Agency-Driven. Meet Kayleigh Butcher. You may know her from Chicago-based Quince: An All-Female Contemporary Vocal Ensemble, the badass girl group that you can catch singing a wide range…
On Black Friday this year activists in the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression plan to boycott Magnificent Mile shops in response to the continued lack of response by Chicago…
Will Guzzardi addressing Press It’s not actually funny to work long hours for low wages, even if you work at one of Chicago’s top comedy venues. And workers have had…
Magic is real. Or so says Fletcher Pierson, creator of the podcast Some Small Magic. The art of podcast is the magic of many things. The intimacy of listening to…
by Daniel Johanson In the ever-changing world of local media we take the blows in stride and the victories in glory. In the case of local outlet DNAInfo, those…
Last week Governor Rauner signed House Bill 40, a bill he had been threatening to veto. The bill is a state assurance that if Roe v. Wade is overturned at…
On Fourth of July Weekend this year Rahm Ehmanuel announced that he would be allocating funding to build a police academy in Garfield Park. Since then, the #nocopacademy movement has…
by Daniel Johanson On Sunday Night in Las Vegas, a gunman opened fire on a country music concert murdering over 50 people, the largest mass shooting committed by a single…
As the Illinois gubernatorial election looms nearer, the left is having a hard time finding a mast to rally behind. This rings especially true as progressive frontrunner Daniel Biss kicked…