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• Help the Illinois Dream Fund provide scholarships to local students by playing the $200,000! Bingo Tripler!

  18-04-2024 19:33 via chicagoreader.com
  
  For nearly two decades, the Illinois Lottery has been a pioneer in creating specialty lottery tickets dedicated to raising awareness and funding for specific causes that impact our local communities. In January 2024, the organization introduced their joint specialty ticket, the $200,000! Bingo Tripler Instant Ticket which will provide a portion of its funds to […]
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• Jon-Carlo Manzo, indie tastemaker

  18-04-2024 18:56 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Jon-Carlo Manzo grew up in Shorewood, an exurb just west of Joliet, but his tastes are thoroughly informed by Chicago. Since graduating from New York University in 2021, he’s entrenched himself in the Windy City’s indie-rock scene. In fall 2020, he began interning for indie label Fire Talk Records, which works with many Chicago acts—some […]
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• Pizza Dom throws dough on the patio at the next Monday Night Foodball

  18-04-2024 17:29 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Dom Vallone got his first job making pizza at a Little Caesars in Wood Dale, Illinois. He didn’t last long. “I absolutely tossed dough against management’s wishes and dropped them on the floor many times,” he says. “Dough on the floor is ‘dough’ lost, so, naturally, I was fired.” Or maybe not. His memory’s fuzzy. […]
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• Suicides Are Up Among Black Youths. Is Anyone Paying Attention?

  18-04-2024 16:00
  
  Researchers studying suicide haven’t included enough Black people, but one study points the finger at a familiar cause for a rising rate among Black youths: racism.
  By Jennifer Porter Gore
  This article was originally published on Word In Black.
  Data on Black teen suicide confirm that the kids are not alright, and the research shows that not enough has been done to understand or confront the problem.
  Although suicide has become a leading cause of death for young Black people in the U.S
  
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• Black Uber Driver Shot Dead by Man Who Was Tricked By Scammers: Police

  18-04-2024 15:00
  
  Photo: Facebook
  An Uber driver in Ohio was shot and killed by an elderly man who believed she was scamming him, according to authorities.
  Uber driver Loletha Hall, 61, was allegedly shot dead by 81-year-old William Brock on March 25 after she arrived at his home in South Charleston, Ohio, per PEOPLE.
  Brock reported the shooting to the Clark County Sheriff’s Office, telling authorities that “a male on the phone threatened him and his family.” When Hall arrived at his home, Brock
  
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• The Support Group to Be Honored by the Chicago Cubs on Jackie Robinson Night

  18-04-2024 14:30
  
  The Support Group Will Bring More Than 200 Students and Their Family Members From 10 Different Chicago Public Schools to Experience the Legacy of Jackie Robinson during the Cubs-Marlins Game on April 18.
  The Support Group, a Chicago-based nonprofit that creates opportunities for youth from Chicago’s underserved communities, announced that it will be honored by the Chicago Cubs as part of the club’s Jackie Robinson Night, Thursday, April 18.As the first African American to play in Maj
  
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• Mina Loy has finally arrived 

  18-04-2024 14:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Who was Mina Loy? You might know her as a poet and essayist, whose work, although difficult and seemingly without parentage, was admired by contemporaries such as Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, and Gertrude Stein. If you are a student of Dadaism you will have seen her name alongside those of her rowdy friends Marcel […]
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• Invasion of privacy

  18-04-2024 13:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Content note: This story includes mentions of sexual assault and sexual harm. Many subjects in this story use pseudonyms to protect their privacy. The first appearance of each is denoted by an asterisk. Michael Johnston had a perfect life. A nearly 9,000-square-foot mansion in Roscoe Village. A wife and two beautiful children. A handful of […]
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• This Week In Black History April 17-23, 2024

  18-04-2024 05:57
  
  APRIL 171872—Activist and fiery journalist William Monroe Trotter is born on this day in Boston, Mass. A close friend of W.E.B. Du Bois, Trotter was one of the most militant Black leaders of the late 1800s and early 1900s. He helped found the Niagara Movement, which led to the estab­lishment of the NAACP but then refused to join, claiming the group was too moderate and elitist. He was also a leading opponent of the accommodating policies of Booker T. Washington. Trotter’s primary
  
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