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• 8 Best NSFW AI Image Generators

  13-04-2025 17:34 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Artificial intelligence, whether we like it or not, is reshaping how we interact with media, art, and even each other, and nowhere is this more complex, or more controversial, than in the world of adult content. As generative AI tools become more powerful and widely available, they raise urgent questions about creativity, consent, privacy, and […]
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• Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. Carries the Torch of Revolution from Legacy to Living Movement

  13-04-2025 16:00
  
  Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. opens up about his father’s legacy, his own revolutionary work, and how the Black Panther Cubs continue the movement today (Photo Credit: Tacuma Roeback).
  “I’ve often said I’m a revolutionary living in reactionary times; much of my work involved being on what we call a political pivot—always adapting to the unexpected while staying focused on the mission. It’s a daily grind. But this is what movement work looks like. We stay ready.&rd
  
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• Evan Moore: This NBA Insider Finally Gets to the Bottom of the Jordan ‘Freeze-Out’ Game

  13-04-2025 15:00
  
  Michael Jordan (Photo via a CC BY-NC 4.0 license).
  In many cases, a lie or a rumor told over time can morph into the truth. 
  Also, by the time the lie or rumor is disproven, it may be too late. 
  Where’s the truth?
  Some would say a rumor has its roots in the truth.
  Sportswriter Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson gets to the bottom of things via his new mini-documentary “Freeze-out,” where he speaks to some of the players who were at the 1985 NBA All-Star Game that
  
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• COLUMN: Jesse Jackson Jr. Warns of the “Al Jolson Syndrome” and the True Cost of Attacking DEI

  13-04-2025 14:30
  
  Al Jolson (L) and Al Jolson with Black Face (R). Jolson became one of America’s most celebrated entertainers by popularizing minstrel-style performances that mocked and appropriated Black culture—a legacy revisited in Jesse Jackson Jr.’s critique of racial exploitation in American politics (Public Domain Photos).
  By Jesse Jackson Jr. 
  When my father was preparing to run for President of the United States in 1983, after registering tens of thousands of people in a southern
  
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• Can This Chicago Preacher Save ‘The Blacksonian’?

  13-04-2025 14:00
  
  By Rev. Dorothy S. Boulware
  This article was originally published on Word In Black.
  Overview:
  With some 3 million visitors a year, the National Museum of African American History and Culture is one of the most popular attractions on the National Mall in Washington. It houses everything from slave trade records to the prop spaceship Parliament-Funkadelic used in its concerts.
   
  President Donald Trump’s crusade against diversity has attacked nearly everything touching on race, from free
  
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• Radiance despite gray weather

  13-04-2025 01:22 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The vernal equinox has happened for 2025, which means that spring has finally arrived. However, we could call it a “technical spring” so far because we’ve only had fleeting glimpses of the warmth and new growth yet to come.  Right now is the time of year when Chicagoans crave color. While nature will take its […]
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