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• Vic Mensa Arrested For Possession Of Mushrooms And LSD At D.C. Airport

  19-01-2022 21:18 via chicagodefender.com
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  Vic Mensa was arrested at Washington D.C.’s Dulles International Airport over the weekend after border officials say they found illegal drugs in his luggage, including mushrooms and LSD. According to a statement by the customs and borders protection, the “Down On My Luck” rapper arrived at Dulles on a flight from Ghana on Saturday, and when searched by officials, he was allegedly in possession of 41 grams of liquid Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD), about 124
  
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• Black and Unhoused in Chicago: How Housing Segregation Fueled a Homegrown Crisis

  23-04-2024 00:06 via chicagodefender.com
  
  Almost seven out of 10 homeless persons in the city of Chicago are Black. They are either living under someone else’s roof, temporarily staying at a shelter or living on the streets. 
  However, experts say that it is no coincidence that, despite comprising nearly 30% of the total population, Black people are overrepresented among the city’s unhoused population. 
  The “epidemic” of Black homelessness in Chicago echoes back to the discriminatory policies that were i
  
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• Legacy of Inequitable Housing Access: How a Black Family’s Story Echoes Today’s Fight

  22-04-2024 20:00 via chicagodefender.com
  
  A Chicago Defender article from 1946 that chronicles the Hemmons family becoming unhoused.
  This is Part Three of the Chicago Defender’s series Black and Unhoused: How Segregation Fueled a Homegrown Crisis, which is part of the “Healing Illinois” initiative. 
  The story of the Hemmons family is where racist policy, poverty and a lack of affordable housing options converge. 
  Carey Hemmons, his wife and 11 children were evicted from their South Side apartment in Chicago&r
  
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• Minhal Baig explores the dichotomy of Cabrini-Green in We Grown Now

  22-04-2024 19:42 via chicagoreader.com
  
  It has been more than ten years since the last of the Cabrini-Green high-rises—housing complexes that were built in 1942 to be affordable and safe housing for low-income residents—were demolished. While those houses have been destroyed, the families remain, and director Minhal Baig’s We Grown Now documents the history and rhythms of the people who […]
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• Chicago’s Enduring Legacy of the Black and Unhoused

  22-04-2024 18:00 via chicagodefender.com
  
  This is Part Two of the Chicago Defender’s series Black and Unhoused: How Segregation Fueled a Homegrown Crisis, which is part of the “Healing Illinois” initiative. 
  Demetrius France, 55, is just 15 credits shy of earning his Associate’s degree. 
  “I started college in the early 1990s and studied electrical engineering and aviation at Florida Memorial University.” 
  When his heart led him to Chicago, he hoped to finish college, too. But life and a
  
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• Jonas Müller-Ahlheim’s art games

  22-04-2024 17:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Traces, residues, and obfuscation are the small but major themes of the playful Jonas Müller-Ahlheim exhibition, “peekaboo,” on view at Ukrainian Village’s Patient Info gallery. At first glance, “peekaboo” appears sparse. Taking up the whole of Patient Info’s unique dermatologists-office-meets-white-cube interior are a few small, white plaster, minimalist sculptural forms hung on the walls, colored […]
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• Black and Unhoused: How Black Chicago’s Fight for Affordable Housing Echoes Through Generations

  22-04-2024 16:00 via chicagodefender.com
  
  This collage details how Black segregation from the past has fueled the homegrown crises of Black homelessness and affordable housing scarcity (Credit: Christa Carter-Williams).
  This is Part One of the Chicago Defender’s series Black and Unhoused: How Segregation Fueled a Homegrown Crisis, which is part of the “Healing Illinois” initiative. 
  Two of the greatest works of literature have documented Black people’s struggle to attain stable, affordable housing in Chicago
  
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• ‘He Can’t Walk’: Cop Tries to Pull Paralyzed Black Man Out Of Car In Video

  22-04-2024 14:00 via chicagodefender.com
  
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  A viral TikTok shows a California police officer attempting to pull a Black man from his vehicle despite being told that “he can’t walk.”
  TikTok user Shante Butler accused the Stockton Police Department of mistreatment of her son. Butler shared a video in February of her son’s encounter with a Stockton officer.
  In the now-viral video, a man appears to be sitting in the driver’s seat of his vehicle as a cop grabs his hand and attempts to pull him
  
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• A love letter to punks of color

  22-04-2024 14:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Bianca Xunise’s graphic novel debut Punk Rock Karaoke is a love letter to the south side and punks of color everywhere. In 248 rapid-paced pages, Xunise tells a coming-of-age story centered on Ariel Grace Jones, an 18-year-old punk who spends the summer coming to terms with their ambition, changing friendships, and what it means to […]
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• Shark Tank’s Daymond John Visits Brunson School to Share Latest Book

  21-04-2024 16:00 via chicagodefender.com
  
  Excitement filled the air at Brunson Math & Science Specialty School as Daymond John, renowned entrepreneur, philanthropist, and Shark Tank’s very own, prepared to ignite students, faculty and staff’s entrepreneurial spirits. 
  The event opened with words of gratitude and acknowledgment as Chicago’s Mayor, Brandon Johnson, shared the students’ joy and eagerness to participate in the day’s activities, creating an atmosphere buzzing with anticipation.While Day
  
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• April 30 Student Loan Consolidation Deadline Could Relieve Thousands

  21-04-2024 15:30 via chicagodefender.com
  
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  Black students owe an average of 188% more student loan debt than white students — and consolidation could lead to total cancellation.
  By Renata Sago
  This article was originally published on Word In Black.
  After decades of what it calls “historical failures in administering student loans,” the U.S. Department of Education is providing relief to college graduates navigating the volatile economy. 
  Borrowers with
  
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• The Clark Sisters to Headline 2024 Chicago Gospel Music Festival with Stellar Lineup

  21-04-2024 14:45 via chicagodefender.com
  
  The Clark Sisters, The First Ladies of Gospel Music, will headline the 2024 Chicago Gospel Music Festival. 
  Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events recently announced that the three-time Grammy Award-winning quartet of Jacky Clark Chisholm, Elbernita “Twinkie” Clark-Terrell, Dorinda Clark-Cole and Karen Clark Sheard will headline the festival, which kicks off Millennium Park’s milestone 20th Anniversary Season.
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• FBI Conducts Probe Into Dolton Village Hall Amid Allegations Surrounding Mayor

  21-04-2024 14:00 via chicagodefender.com
  
  The FBI confirmed on Friday that they were carrying out a court-authorized action at Dolton Village Hall. 
  An FBI spokesperson stated that agents were engaged in law enforcement activity in the area as authorized by the court. They did not provide details about the raid or any ongoing investigation, citing Department of Justice policy.
  According ABC7, FBI agents served two subpoenas at Dolton Village Hall to acquire personnel records, including those of police officers, along with business
  
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• Exclusive Video: Chris Webber Talks New Memoir ‘By God’s Grace,’ Fab Five’s Impact, And Life After NBA

  20-04-2024 15:00 via chicagodefender.com
  
  NBA legend Chris Webber recently released his new memoir “By God’s Grace.” In an exclusive interview with Real Times Media, Webber discusses the impact of Fab Five, backlash aimed at Angel Reese, hip-hop’s influence in sports, and his  NBA career.
  Webber sits down with Executive Editor A.R. Shaw at iHeart Studios in Atlanta.
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• Chicago Bulls Crushed by Miami Heat, Eliminated from the NBA Playoffs

  20-04-2024 15:00 via chicagodefender.com
  
  When the Chicago Bulls entered their game against the Miami Heat knowing their opponent would be without their best player, hopes were high that they would return to the playoffs for the first time since the 2021-22 season.
  But those aspirations got snuffed out quickly as Miami suffocated Chicago in a 112-91 win to earn a ticket to the NBA Playoffs as a No. 8 seed in the Eastern Conference. 
  “It was tough,” said DeMar DeRozan, who led the team with 22 points. “We missed a
  
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• Ex-Officer Involved In George Floyd’s Murder Completes Federal Sentence

  20-04-2024 14:30 via chicagodefender.com
  
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  A former Minneapolis police officer who was convicted in the 2020 murder of George Floyd has completed his federal prison sentence but remains in custody, WCCO News reports.
  Ex-officer Thomas Lane was convicted in February 2022 of depriving Floyd of his constitutional rights by failing to provide medical care during the fatal arrest in the summer of 2020. Lane was sentenced to 2.5 years in federal prison.
  Body camera footage caught Lane holding Floyd’s legs as Derek Cha
  
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• Illinois Speaker Chris Welch Recommended by Proviso Township Democratic Organization to Serve as Committeeman

  20-04-2024 14:00 via chicagodefender.com
  
  Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch was unanimously recommended to serve as the new Proviso Township Committeeman in a meeting held this evening of the Executive Committee, replacing the late Karen Yarbrough.
  With the support of every local mayor, labor leaders from throughout the state, and active Democrats throughout the township, the Proviso Township Democratic Organization (PTDO) recommended to the Cook County Democratic Party that Speaker Welch be named Proviso Township
  
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• Review: John Singer Sargent: Fashion and Swagger

  19-04-2024 21:09 via chicagoreader.com
  
  John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) was the preeminent society portraitist of his day. A master at capturing the sheen and folds of the costumes he dressed his wealthy sitters in, the question of whether there’s any more to his pictures than dazzling surfaces isn’t easy to answer.  This exhibition onscreen was filmed primarily at the Museum […]
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• Review: The Sympathizer (Miniseries)

  19-04-2024 21:08 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The Sympathizer begins with a commanding sequence of instructions issued to a prisoner by a military official: “Restart. Recollect. Reeducate. Revolution. And Rewrite.” These words are meant to coerce a confession from the protagonist, trapped in a relentless cycle of remembrance. But these five words linger as the nameless protagonist, portrayed by Hoa Xuande, returns […]
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• Review: Hanky Panky

  19-04-2024 21:08 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Hanky Panky is a delightfully unserious horror movie crammed with comedy. From the minds of Nick Roth and Lindsey Haun, the film follows a man and a talking napkin who are on a mission to save the world from an evil top hat. And as the promotional material proudly declares, four minutes of the 86-minute […]
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• Self Portrait as Blue Monday by Annie Lee

  19-04-2024 20:34 via chicagoreader.com
  
  By Charlotte Abotsi
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• Black Undercover Cop Gets $23M After He’s Beaten By Colleagues At Protest

  19-04-2024 20:29 via chicagodefender.com
  
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  A former St. Louis police officer was awarded over $23 million after he was beaten by his white colleagues while working undercover at a protest in 2017, The Guardian reports.
  Luther Hall was pinned to the ground by officers and beaten with a baton in 2017 while he was undercover at a protest following the acquittal of Jason Stockley, a white cop who fatally shot 24-year-old Black man Anthony Lamar Smith. Hall suffered permanent injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder fro
  
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• The Chicago Palestine Film Festival is here for eager audiences

  19-04-2024 20:28 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Behind a time stamp with the date “20 02 2001,” a line of blurred lights shudders. Overlaid, as if from a composite of two photos, a woman’s face appears. So does a camera. Voices are matched to these reflections against the glass. The glass door slides open, revealing the lights in the night.  “Suha, we […]
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• Amphibian friendship

  19-04-2024 17:09 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Chicago Children’s Theatre’s (CCT) first production, back in 2006, was the Tony Award-nominated A Year With Frog and Toad, created by brothers Robert (music) and Willie Reale (book and lyrics) from the much-loved books by Arnold Lobel about the amphibious friends and staged at the Goodman’s Owen Theatre. It’s back now in CCT’s home space […]
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• Suburban circus extravaganza

  19-04-2024 17:03 via chicagoreader.com
  
  One of Chicagoland’s best-kept circus secrets is the Triton Troupers Circus, a motley cast of 80-plus circus performers who put on a traditional show every spring in Triton College‘s gymnasium to packed bleachers full of families and fans. For just $10 a ticket and $1 for concessions, you get two hours of jaw-dropping circus fun […]
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• Contaminated prison water, Howard Brown union contract, police misconduct

  19-04-2024 17:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Groups demand EPA intervention over contaminated water in prisons Formerly incarcerated people, folks with loved ones in prison, advocates, and attorneys gathered in the Loop on Monday to deliver a petition to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) demanding the agency take immediate action to address contaminated drinking water in Illinois prisons.  Led by the […]
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• Overtime: The same Tiger…Just a different bite

  19-04-2024 15:00 via chicagodefender.com
  
  :10—Here’s a recap for you about Tiger “Eldrick” Woods, most likely the greatest golfer the world will ever know! Needless to say, a great number of you already know.  This is for the many of us who don’t have a clue about the golf world.
  :09—#1. Can we please put to rest this notion that Tiger Woods is not Black? And I don’t care who started it, including Tiger.  If your mother or father is Black, you’re Black!  Period, end of story
  
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• Harry Lennix Brings August Wilson’s Legacy to Life in ‘How I Learned What I Learned’

  19-04-2024 15:00 via chicagodefender.com
  
  To understand the gravity, privilege and importance of a play by August Wilson about August Wilson, imagine if Shakespeare had also written about Shakespeare. 
  That’s precisely what Chicago audiences will get when Wilson’s autobiographical, one-man show “How I Learned What I Learned” plays at the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place (175 E. Chestnut St) from this Sunday, April 20 to May 5.
  That Shakespeare analogy is courtesy of the esteemed Chicag-bred actor Harr
  
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• ‘Unstuck’ is a genre-shattering evening of live work

  19-04-2024 14:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  “Unstuck” is an evening of performance art and installation, a result of the dynamic collaboration between dancer-choreographer Michelle Kranicke (Zephyr Dances) and internationally touring performance artist and curator Joseph Ravens (DFBRL8R Gallery). This one-night-only tour de force occurs on Saturday, April 27, at West Town’s SITE/less venue. “Unstuck”Sat 4/27 7 PM, SITE/less, 1250 W. Augusta, […]
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• Help the Illinois Dream Fund provide scholarships to local students by playing the $200,000! Bingo Tripler!

  18-04-2024 19:33 via chicagoreader.com
  
  For nearly two decades, the Illinois Lottery has been a pioneer in creating specialty lottery tickets dedicated to raising awareness and funding for specific causes that impact our local communities. In January 2024, the organization introduced their joint specialty ticket, the $200,000! Bingo Tripler Instant Ticket which will provide a portion of its funds to […]
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