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• Expressive melodies

  28-01-2025 23:47 via chicagoreader.com
  
  A Slow Air, through 3/1, Steep Theatre at the Edge Off Broadway
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• Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Funding Freeze: Key Programs Saved—for Now

  28-01-2025 23:37
  
  The Trump administration has announced a halt on federal grants and loans starting today (Jan. 28) at 4 p.m. CT.
  But minutes before the freeze took effect, a federal judge has stepped in to halt the Trump administration’s freeze on federal grants and loans.
  U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan issued the temporary block on Tuesday afternoon. The stay keeps the freeze on hold until Monday (Feb. 3), providing a brief but critical window for review.
  The freeze was set to disrupt healthcare re
  
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• Corporate competition

  28-01-2025 23:33 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The Promotion, through 3/2 with MPAACT at the Greenhouse Theater Center
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• Political corruption for dummies

  28-01-2025 23:22 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The Mannequins' Ball, through 3/1 at Trap Door Theatre
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• Scranton stories

  28-01-2025 23:08 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Greetings, through 2/1 at Factory Theater
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• Backyard Hamlet

  28-01-2025 22:58 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Fat Ham, through 3/2 at Goodman Theatre
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• Entwined immigrant lives

  28-01-2025 22:31 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Jaja's African Hair Braiding, through 2/2 at Chicago Shakespeare Theater
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• Avaaz offers abundant joy

  28-01-2025 22:19 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Avaaz, through 2/9, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
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• Illinois AG Kwame Raoul Co-Leads Lawsuit Against Trump Admin’s Federal Funding Freeze

  28-01-2025 22:00
  Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is co-leading a coalition of 22 attorneys general in a lawsuit to block a new Trump administration policy that freezes trillions in federal funding for states. The sudden halt in funds threatens essential programs nationwide, including healthcare, education, and public safety initiatives.
  The policy, issued by the President’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB), indefinitely pauses most federal assistance to states. In Illinois, the freeze could crip
  
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• Excavating family drama in The Cave

  28-01-2025 20:47 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The Cave, 1/30-3/16, A Red Orchid Theatre
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• Data Privacy Day 2025: Why Privacy is the Cornerstone of Innovation

  28-01-2025 20:13
  By: Rachel Cash, CEO & Founder, Elroi
   
  January 28 marks the day the world comes together to celebrate Data Privacy Day. In 2025, we are in the intelligence era, where data drives nearly every aspect of our lives – from entertainment to health – today, serves to remind us of the importance of privacy as innovation continues to evolve and become more prolific.
  In the past, Johannes Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press in the 15th century transformed the world in
  
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• Trump Administration Halts Federal Grants and Loans: What It Impacts

  28-01-2025 19:37
  
  The Trump administration has announced a halt on federal grants and loans starting Tuesday, triggering confusion and concern among organizations dependent on government funding. This decision comes as the White House begins a broad review of spending to align it with President Donald Trump’s executive orders. The administration says the pause ensures compliance with policies aimed at reversing progress on transgender rights, environmental justice, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)
  
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• A new top prosecutor in town

  28-01-2025 16:07 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Chicago’s got a new top prosecutor in town. Eileen O’Neill Burke was sworn in as Cook County’s state attorney on December 2, filling the seat previously held by Kim Foxx. O’Neill Burke, a retired judge and prosecutor, cruised to an easy victory over her opponent, former Chicago alderperson Bob Fioretti.  As state’s attorney, O’Neill Burke […]
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• Celebrating 100 Years: Myles Lee Reed Sr.’s Legacy on Chicago’s South Side

  28-01-2025 16:00
  
  Myles Lee Reed Sr. recently celebrated his 100th birthday on the South Side, surrounded by family and friends (Photo Credit: Tacuma R. Roeback).
  A Black man who has lived through 17 presidential administrations, six major wars, the civil rights movement, and the most significant historical events of the 20th century turned 100 years old on the South Side of Chicago over the weekend. 
  Family, friends and neighbors gathered at a senior residence facility community room to celebrate Myles Lee
  
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• KKK Posting Flyers In Kentucky Telling Immigrants To ‘Leave Now’

  28-01-2025 14:30
  
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  Kentucky authorities have launched an investigation after racist Ku Klux Klan (KKK) flyers telling immigrants to “leave now” surfaced in multiple cities.
  According to photos obtained by WKRC, the racist flyers, found in Ludlow, Fort Wright, and Fort Mitchell, depict a cartoon Uncle Sam kicking a family of five and holding a proclamation referring to “Mass Deportation” on January 20, which marked President Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day. The flye
  
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• J. Pharoah Doss: The new breed of MLK detractors, Part 1

  28-01-2025 14:00
  
  Throughout his life, civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had more detractors than allies. MLK became a global hero after his assassination in 1968, and President Ronald Reagan added to his legacy in 1983 by making his birthday a national holiday.
  MLK still had detractors. Most of them were academics who disagreed with his political beliefs, but these opinions were mostly found in publications that few people read. For the most part, MLK was widely embraced, from the religious ri
  
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• 13+ Best Cam Sites with Live Cam Girls of 2025

  28-01-2025 07:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
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• 13+ Best Adult Cam Sites with Live Cam Girls of 2025

  28-01-2025 07:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
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  28-01-2025 02:40 via chicagoreader.com
  
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