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• Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((World War)) offers a final glimpse of Jaimie Branch’s meteoric talent

  16-08-2023 18:20 via chicagoreader.com
  
  When a record comes out posthumously, it’s fair to wonder, “Is this really what the artist would have wanted?” But between the fanciful, sky-gazing birds on the sleeve of Jaimie Branch’s Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((World War)) and the rousing sounds in its grooves, the album feels like an authentic […]
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• Soul singer Garland Green couldn’t quite turn luck and talent into stardom

  16-08-2023 17:31 via chicagoreader.com
  
  I know I’m indulging in nostalgia for the “good old days” before the global consolidation of the entertainment industry, but it sure seems like it used to be easier for a talented artist to luck into a shot at fame—something more lasting than 15 seconds of Internet virality. In the 1960s, the workings of the […]
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• Dance for Life returns to the Auditorium

  16-08-2023 17:13 via chicagoreader.com
  
  In 1991, as the dance community lost friends, family members, and colleagues to the AIDS epidemic, Keith Elliott, a member of the Joseph Holmes Chicago Dance Theatre (JHCDT), thought it was time for the Chicago dance community to do something about the disease. “[Keith] wanted to benefit those who were living with HIV-AIDS, and help […]
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• Laughing at fascism

  16-08-2023 15:54 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Seeing “Springtime for Hitler” in all its bad-taste glory hits a little differently when it’s staged in Skokie in 2023. The suburb is of course the home of the Illinois Holocaust Museum, which got its start when neo-Nazis planned a march through the town in the late 1970s—at the time, Skokie had a large number […]
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• Immortal Milk summons a bizarro seaside fry shack at the next Monday Night Foodball

  16-08-2023 15:35 via chicagoreader.com
  
  On a faraway beach in a land only now rising above the water, a shack sits between the dunes and the crashing waves. For all you know, you could be in Galicia, Oaxaca, Normandy, or on the white sands of Boracay. It’s impossible to say because the sandaled, wine-swilling terry-clothed Speedo specters idling around this […]
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• Biden Declares Disaster in Cook County, Unleashes Federal Aid for Flood Recovery

  16-08-2023 15:30
  
  On Tuesday, President Joe Biden officially issued a disaster declaration for Cook County after torrential rains and flooding from late June to early July besieged the region.
  With the President’s declaration, funds will be available for people impacted by the rain and flooding in Cook County. Andrew D. Friend of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been selected to orchestrate federal recovery operations within impacted areas.
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• The Carr Report: What to do if you lose your job? 

  16-08-2023 15:00
  
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  I recently spoke to a friend of mine who’s been working with the same company for the last 27 years. She’s a hardworking, dedicated employee who started at the bottom. She currently holds a management position. She’s aghast after hearing that she and several other employees with this company have been laid off, effective immediately. Her words to me were, “I never thought I’d be 60 years old looking for a job.”
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• Fani Willis Shares Details Of RICO Indictment, 41 Felonies Against Trump And 18 Others

  16-08-2023 14:00
  
  Shortly before midnight on Monday, Fani Willis held a press conference to break down the indictment against Trump and 18 others. A grand jury in Fulton County returned an indictment in the investigation against Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 election.
  Trump and 18 others have been charged.
  Those charged include Trump, Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Mark Meadows, Kenneth Cheseboro, Jenna Ellis, Ray Smith, David Shafer, Sidney Powell, and Cathy Latham.
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• Arkansas Students Will No Longer Get Credit For AP African American Course

  16-08-2023 13:30
  
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  The Arkansas Department of Education has moved to remove credit from the new AP African American Studies course days before the upcoming school year is set to begin.
  According to the Arkansas Times, the AP African American studies course, which was piloted at 60 schools across this country this year, will no longer count as credit toward high school graduation requirements and students will have to pay their own test fees to qualify for college course credit.
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