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• Twelfth Night is a perfect ten at Chicago Shakes

  08-11-2023 23:03 via chicagoreader.com
  
  They couldn’t be more different in tone and setting, but Tyrone Phillips’s current gorgeous staging of Twelfth Night at Chicago Shakespeare and Robert Falls’s brilliant 2013 reimagining of Measure for Measure at the Goodman have one thing in common: bold directorial choices at the end that resolve nagging questions I’ve always had about how Shakespeare […]
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• CHARGING TOWARD CHANGE: More than Hot Air

  08-11-2023 18:26
  For the next installment of our “Clear the Air” series on environmental justice, we explore the power of community in shaping environmental decisions.
  In recent years, the issue of environmental justice has taken center stage, spurred by commitments from the Biden administration and the growing demand from the public to address environmental inequalities. At the heart of this movement lies a fundamental question: How do communities influence the decisions made about the environment?
  
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• Deeply Rooted Dance Theater Celebrates Community and Resilience

  08-11-2023 16:15
  
  Photos by Todd Rosenberg
  Deeply Rooted Dance Theater is grounded in the celebration of African-American and American techniques in dance and storytelling through modern and classical styles. The company was founded by Kevin Jeff Iega in 1996 with Gary Abbott, LaVerne Alaphaire Jeff, Diane Shober, and Linda Spriggs.Together, they worked under the model of what is quoted as Jeff’s commitment to the process of art and created an inclusive environment for dance to thrive under the guise of tea
  
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• Five Black Women Raped, Intimidated By ‘Dirty Cops’, Lawsuit Says

  08-11-2023 15:45
  
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  Five Black women are suing a former Kansas police officer after facing alleged abuse from him and other cops, per KCTV.
  According to a federal lawsuit, retired detective Roger Golubski and others were “dirty cops who used the power of their badges to exploit Black women.”
  The women claim officers raped, humiliated, and intimidated them while wearing badges and carrying guns.
  “Report me to who, the police? I am the police,” Golubski allegedly said after
  
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• Young Men in Philly, Chicago Die From Guns More Than US Troops in Battle

  08-11-2023 15:30
  
  Philadelphia teens participate in a ‘Die in’ to draw attention to gun violence on April 14, 2022. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
  by Alex Knorre, Boston College
  Mass shootings tend to dominate the debate over gun violence – but they accounted for just 3% of all firearm homicides in the United States in 2021.
  The vast majority of gun homicides are murders that happen in an extremely concentrated number of neighborhoods – places where the rate of gun deaths rivals war zones
  
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• The Carr Report: ‘Save me today, I’ll save you tomorrow’

  08-11-2023 15:00
  
  Most people are struggling financially. What’s sad, many of those who are struggling financially either don’t know they’re struggling or don’t care.  78 percent of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck.  Yet only 55 percent are worried about their finances.  I guess the remaining 23 percent who are not worried about their finances are in denial. 
  Truth of the matter is money doesn’t come with instructions. Many of us graduate from high school
  
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• MR. SONNY KNOWS for Nov. 8

  08-11-2023 14:00
  
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• ‘Voter Intimidation’: Police Set Up Checkpoint Near HBCU Ahead Of Election

  08-11-2023 13:30
  
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  The Mississippi NAACP is calling out Capitol police for setting up safety checkpoints near Jackson State University ahead of the state’s general election, WAPT reports.
  “Setting up roadblocks near precincts is a very suspicious form of voter intimidation,” NAACP Jackson President Nsombi Lambright said in a statement.
  On Monday (November 6), Capitol police SUVs were spotted with blue, flashing lights on University Boulevard at Lynch Street as JSU students cam
  
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• Urban League’s Gala Raises Almost $2.4 Million, Honors Community Leaders

  08-11-2023 01:03
  
  All Photos by Wagner Lane Productions
  The Chicago Urban League’s 62nd Annual Golden Fellowship Dinner garnered nearly $2.4 million to support education, job training, housing, entrepreneurship and leadership programs. 
  Drawing in an audience of approximately 2,000 who were all elegantly attired to celebrate the Chicago Urban League’s accomplishments, the event welcomed a diverse crowd, including representatives from the business, politics and nonprofit sectors.
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