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• NFL Hall of Famer Jim Brown, Dead at 87

  19-05-2023 23:51
  
  Jim Brown, often called the best player to ever play in the NFL, has died at 87.
  According to a family spokesperson, Brown “passed away peacefully” on Thursday in his Los Angeles home with his wife Monique by his side.
  Brown, a unanimous NFL Hall of Famer, distinguished himself on the gridiron and Hollywood’s big and small screens. Brown starred in over 30 movies, most notably “The Dirty Dozen,” “Any Given Sunday,” “Three the Hard Way&rdq
  
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• Brandon Johnson Appoints Deputy Mayor of Community Safety

  19-05-2023 20:33
  
  On his first day in office, Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order to create a Deputy Mayor of Community Safety. By Friday, he appointed a candidate for the position, the first of its kind for Chicago. 
  Johnson named Garien Gatewood as Deputy Mayor of Community Safety, one of the most significant moves of his new administration. 
  “Building a safer Chicago means we must address the root causes of crime with a comprehensive approach,” said Mayor Johnson in a release.
  
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• Review: Master Gardener

  19-05-2023 19:14 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Schrader’s latest film wanders off into the familiar territory of his unmodulated thought.
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• Review: Love to Love You, Donna Summer

  19-05-2023 19:14 via chicagoreader.com
  
  This is a daughter’s exploration of who her mother was at her core, and why she lived her life and made her choices the way she did.
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• Chicago trio French Police play darker and tour bigger

  19-05-2023 19:08 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Packed into a garage in Garfield Ridge, Manny Herrera and brothers Jesse and Brian Flores practice for an imminent tour of Mexico by their postpunk band French Police. It’s late March, and their first Mexican date is just days away. It’ll be the Mexican American trio’s fourth tour, and their first outside the States. They’re […]
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• Why diversity in clinical trials matters

  19-05-2023 18:11
  
  By: Adrelia Allen, Senior Director, Clinical Trial Patient Diversity, Merck Research
  Adrelia Allen, Senior Director, Clinical Trial Patient Diversity, Merck Research
  Clinical trials are a critical part of the research process for new medicines and vaccines. The information gained is fundamental to the development of new ways to help treat and prevent disease. Evidence has shown that some drugs and vaccines show variations in the response to some individuals depending on their racial or genetic b
  
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• Seeing double

  19-05-2023 18:07 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Pleasure is unruly, sometimes fickle, and always ungovernable. These are the joys that aren’t beholden to any algorithmic assignation; they’re not necessarily good for you, they don’t materially or superficially “support” you, and neither do they usually make sense. Artist Iris Bernblum intimately understands such frictions, the spaces between what we say we want and […]
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• ’People of all generations healing together’

  19-05-2023 17:59 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Being a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in Chicago means that you are allowed to open a private practice and bill insurance for your clients’ sessions. It also means that you have attained your master’s degree in social work, completed 3,000 hours of clinical work under a licensed supervisor (including unpaid but graded hours of […]
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• Cherelle Parker On Track To Become Philadelphia’s First Woman Mayor

  19-05-2023 15:00
  
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  Cherelle Parker won the Democratic primary for Philadelphia mayor on Tuesday (May 16), WPVI reports.
  The 50-year-old Democrat has a long political history in Pennslyvania, serving as a state representative of northwest Philadelphia for 10 years and on the city council since 2015.
  In the Democratic primary election, Parker faced a number of candidates vying to replace current mayor Jim Kenney (D), including Rebecca Rhynhart, Helen Gym, Allan Domb, Jeff Brown, Amen Brown, James
  
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• Fast X: Film Review

  19-05-2023 14:00
  
  by Dwight Brown film critic for DwightBrownInk.com and NNPA News Wire
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  “I don’t know what I just saw. But I liked it!” That’s what movie fans will say collectively when they stagger out of the theater after being assaulted with adrenalin-pumping action scenes for 2h 21m.
  It’s a formula that’s worked for 22 years, ever since The Fast and Furious premiered in 2001. Team up a crew of multicultural drivers and motorcyclists—aka street racers. Give em&rs
  
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• The Bollweevils are the rare pop-punk band aging gracefully

  19-05-2023 13:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  It feels like a lifetime since Chicago pop-punk veterans the Bollweevils have put out an album. They formed in 1989, and unless you count a posthumous compilation, they haven’t released a full-length since 1996—that one was Weevilive, a live recording of a Metro set from the previous year. The group went dormant after a final […]
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• Illinois Payroll Jobs Up, Unemployment Rate Down in April

  19-05-2023 13:00
  
  The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced Thursday that the unemployment rate fell -0.2 percentage point to 4.2 percent, while nonfarm payrolls increased by +8,500
  in April, based on preliminary data provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and released by IDES.
  The March monthly change in payrolls was revised from the preliminary report, from +7,900 to +6,400 jobs. The March revised unemployment rate was 4.4 percent, unchanged from the preliminary March u
  
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• Stop the Guns NOW!

  19-05-2023 02:04
  
  by Sonny Messiah Jiles 
  We live in a time when guns are ending far too many lives. Mass shootings and police killings dominate daily headlines as the value of human life becomes an afterthought.
  Think about it. Your loved one goes to the mall and never comes home again. Your kids go to elementary school and never come home again. Your aging mother goes grocery shopping or to church and never comes home again. Your 16-year-old has a birthday party, and some of the kids never make it home aga
  
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• 13-Year-Old Black Boy Makes History As He Graduates College

  19-05-2023 00:50
  
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  A 13-year-old teen in Oklahoma has become one of the youngest Black college graduates in history.
  According to KOCO 5, Elijah Muhammad, 13, recently graduated college with a degree in computer science and cybersecurity.
  Muhammad has a long list of accomplishments under his belt, including making history, at just 13 years old.
  “I have 10 IBM certifications through Course Zero. I have one Google IT certification. I have four diplomas from Oklahoma City Community College,&
  
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• Rep. Cori Bush Introduces Bill Calling For $14 Trillion In Reparations

  19-05-2023 00:46
  
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  Missouri Democratic Rep. Cori Bush has introduced a bill calling for $14 trillion in reparations for Black Americans to compensate them for the reverberating effects of slavery.
  “The United States has a moral and legal obligation to provide reparations for the enslavement of Africans and its lasting harm on the lives of millions of Black people,” Bush said on Wednesday (May 17) during a press conference, per NPR. “America must provide reparations if we desir
  
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