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• Herbivore serves humans at the next Monday Night Foodball

  23-12-2025 21:53 via chicagoreader.com
  After Max Musto woke from his first ibogaine dream state, he looked down at the cheeseburger, chicken wing, and pork belly tattoos on his arm and received a message from the universe: “You can’t do this anymore.” Musto, a classicality trained cook, spent nine years on the line at spots like Spiaggia, Xoco, and Au […]
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• Economic Empowerment in Action: Black Women Uplifting Chicago Communities

  23-12-2025 17:19 via chicagodefender.com
  If you know the lyrics,“Sisters are doing it for themselves,
  Standing on their own two feet,
  And ringing on their own bells,”Across Chicago, Five Black women from different generations have built careers and give back emotionally, physically, socially, and economically to their communities.Even when faced with daunting challenges, political obstacles, adversity, and harsh economic moments, they dig deep, press on, and reach back to lift others as they move forward.Jermikko Shoshanna
  
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• Review: 100 Nights of Hero

  23-12-2025 16:00 via chicagoreader.com
  100 Nights of Hero in limited release in theaters
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• Matters of Life and Death: Make Your List and Check It Twice

  23-12-2025 01:57 via chicagodefender.com
  By Jehan Crump-Gibson, Contributing ColumnistSome of the biggest mistakes people make concern beneficiary designations. Either someone forgets to name a beneficiary on an account or forgets to update a beneficiary on an account. These mistakes result in a one-way ticket to probate court or in some cases, your money passing on against your wishes.A beneficiary is a person or entity that receives a benefit from something. Common examples of that “something” include trusts, wills, life
  
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• Property is Power! How Trump’s Assault on DEI Threatens Black Economic and Social Gains

  23-12-2025 01:54 via chicagodefender.com
  By Dr. Anthony O. KellumThere are moments in history when progress stalls not because people forget how to move forward, but because Donald Trump is actively working to push them backward. We are living in such a moment. Since taking office on January 20, 2025, Donald Trump has advanced a policy agenda that systematically undermines Black Americans under the guise of neutrality, legality, and “anti-wokeness.” These policies do not merely target programs or language; they target infr
  
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