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• Review: Love Hurts

  07-02-2025 20:35 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Love Hurts in wide release in theaters
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• Editor’s note: staying grounded, not buried

  07-02-2025 18:54 via chicagoreader.com
  
  This year’s Groundhog Day celebrations on February 2 provided us with an uneven slate of results. Our local rodent prognosticator, Woodstock Willie, predicted an early spring by reportedly not seeing his shadow. Punxsutawney Phil, Willie’s Pennsylvania cousin and, arguably, the most famous among the animal weather predictors, reportedly saw his shadow, which supposedly means six […]
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• Keke Palmer Named Creme of Nature’s Chief Brand Officer, Honoring Black Hair Legacy in Chicago

  07-02-2025 16:00
  
  Revlon General Chandra Coleman, Creme of Nature Co-Founder Theodore Ted Manuel and new Chief Brand Officer Keke Palmer (Photo Credit: Tacuma Roeback).
  BHM Living Legends: Chicagoans Shaping History – Celebrating the impact of trailblazing Chicagoans who are making history in real time.
  There’s something truly special about booking a hair appointment, walking into the salon, and settling into the chair, ready for that refreshing wash. 
  The warm water rinses through, and the delig
  
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• Trump Administration Sues Chicago Over Sanctuary Laws, Escalating Immigration Battle

  07-02-2025 14:30
  
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  The Trump administration has sued Chicago and Illinois, arguing that their sanctuary laws block federal immigration enforcement. 
  The lawsuit, which also targets Illinois, is the administration’s latest strike against cities and states that defy federal immigration enforcement. It follows threats of funding cuts and criminal charges against sanctuary cities, a clear message that Washington will not tolerate resistance.
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• The future according to Yuwen Huang

  07-02-2025 14:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  In the project 60 wrd/min art critic, writer Lori Waxman explores how art writing can serve an expanded field of artists—including those incarcerated, trying to gain visas, working to establish themselves professionally, or just wanting feedback for a secret hobby. For this iteration, Waxman reviewed work made by local artist Yuwen Huang. Yuwen Huang In […]
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• Robert Brooks’ Fatal Beating By Correctional Officers Ruled Homicide

  07-02-2025 13:30
  
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  An autopsy report has determined that Robert Brooks, a Black inmate in New York who was brutally beaten by correctional officers, died by homicide.
  Brooks was serving his 12-year assault sentence at the Marcy Correctional Facility when he died on December 10 after being beaten by correctional officers. Body camera footage shows correctional officers repeatedly punching Brooks in the face and groin as he was handcuffed on a medical examination table.
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