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• Step into Chloe Gould’s Bronzeville home at DixiePura Kitchen

  29-12-2025 16:00 via chicagoreader.com
  Every Sunday, young Chloe Gould walked a few blocks to her grandmother’s Bronzeville home for family dinner.  The house was small, she said—about 1,500 square feet—but it brimmed with love and, on Sundays, nearly 40 guests. Gould began helping her grandmother in the kitchen when she was eight, and together, they prepared collard greens, pot […]
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• Review: Is This Thing On?

  29-12-2025 16:00 via chicagoreader.com
  Is This Thing On? in limited release in theaters
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• Supreme Court Blocks Trump Military Advance on Chicago

  29-12-2025 14:50 via chicagodefender.com
  “In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court has decisively halted President Donald Trump’s attempt to deploy the National Guard to Chicago, reinforcing the limits of executive authority.”“The Supreme Court, citing an 1878 law prohibiting military involvement in domestic policing, rejected President Trump’s bid for broad authority to deploy troops on U.S. soil. The ruling emphasized that the administration failed to prove the statute allows federalizing the National
  
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• Get Ready to Honor America’s Birthday by Fighting for Freedom, Again

  29-12-2025 14:30 via chicagodefender.com
  By Ben JealousAmerica has a big birthday this year.Here’s a hint: The celebration will not feel much like the last big one in 1976.I still believe our nation’s best days are ahead. But our history—and our headlines—suggest we are facing a familiar test. Another fraught fight for freedom and democracy is already upon us.That, too, is part of a pattern.How America marks century anniversaries has looked different from how we mark the halfway points. The difference is not in
  
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• Rep. Joyce Beatty Sues To Remove Trump’s Name From Kennedy Center

  29-12-2025 04:11 via chicagodefender.com
  A Democratic lawmaker has filed a lawsuit over the move to add President Donald Trump’s name to the Kennedy Center.According to CNN, Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), an ex officio trustee of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, filed the suit on Monday (December 21), arguing that only Congress has the power to rename or add memorial designations to the federally governed performing arts institution.“This is a flagrant violation of the rul
  
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• Obama Reveals She Was Supposed To See The Reiners On Night Of Their Deaths

  29-12-2025 04:03 via chicagodefender.com
  Former first lady Michelle Obama is opening up about the close relationship that she and her husband, former President Barack Obama, had with director Rob and Michele Reiner, who were recently found dead inside their Los Angeles home.During an interview with Jimmy Kimmel on Monday (December 15), “The Look” author revealed that she and her husband were planning to meet with the Reiners on the night of their death.“We’ve known t
  
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• Venus Williams Marries Andrea Preti In Palm Beach Wedding

  29-12-2025 03:57 via chicagodefender.com
  Tennis superstar Venus Williams is officially married.According to USA Today, Williams, 45, tied the knot with Italian actor and model Andrea Preti, 37, on Saturday (December 20) following a multi-day celebration with family and friends in South Florida.The pair marked their union with five days of festivities. Celebrations kicked off last week after Williams’ sister, Serena, gifted the couple a yacht, where they hosted a small gathering with about a dozen close r
  
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