Hard to believe that after more than 2 years of reporting, this is finally out in the world. It wouldn't have happened without the sources who shared their stories with me. I hope the story does them justice

Discount Goebbels laying the Big Lie they'll use to incite riots again.

It's that time of year again! Leor Galil has compiled an interactive map of Chicago record stores, accompanied by listings of their Record Store Day bidness—even if they aren't participating at all. It's just as useful if you hate RSD but love record stores! chicagoreader.com/music/record-s…

You should get tax breaks for not driving, for not owning a car, for commuting by public transit. It's a total policy mindfuck that drivers get subsidies for new electric cars ostensibly for the environment but the minimal impact of non-drivers isn't recognized whatsoever.

Narcan para todos
Cómo obtener el fármaco gratis y así salvar una vida | ✍️ Dilpreet Raju translation courtesy Institute for Nonprofit News chicagoreader.com/news-politics/…

i wrote about laraaji, one of my favorite musicians (category: all time) for Chicago Reader

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.kerry cardoza is out this morning with a fiery deep dive into Loyola University's plans to demolish 1234 W. Loyola, displacing commercial and residential tenants--and how this fits into a long term pattern of behavior with the university chicagoreader.com/arts-culture/d…

As of April 1st, Spotify has demonetized any track on the platform that receives less than 1000 streams per year. That’s an estimated 86% of tracks on the platform. This new policy will impact small artists the most — the same artists that Spotify claims to support.

Jesus H. Christ. I'm so sorry to hear this.

“I’ve always appreciated the sounds that ceramics make when you’re eating out of them,' says ceramicist and noise artist Melon Sprout. 'But I hadn’t considered that it would be chill if you, like, forcibly amplified that.” | Interview by 𝙢𝙞𝙘𝙘𝙤 𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙚 chicagoreader.com/music/chicagoa…

This kind of eliminationist rhetoric only leads in one direction, and that is towards massive violence against those targeted by the regime. This is fascism in its full form flanked by police and claiming law and order.

NEW: 1,023 medical interns, residents and fellows at the University of Chicago Medical Center are forming a union and joining CIR/SEIU SEIU.

Billionaires should not exist x.com/guardiannews/s…

Please, please, please, hire Marnie Shure. She's the best manager and editor I've ever had, things I wish I had a chance to tell her in person before we all got unexpectedly separated as a team. I can't say enough good things about her levels of patience and grace.

Chicago creative studio Sunroom (founded by Jacob Stolz and Clare Byrne) celebrates three years of mailing out Risograph prints for its Monthly Flyer Club! On Friday, it hosts the opening reception of a gallery show that runs through April 27. chicagoreader.com/music/gossip-w…

Israel didn’t just target the World Central Kitchen workers once. The survivors of the first drone attack got into another car and were attacked again. The survivors of the second attack were finally killed in a third vehicle. There’s nothing unintentional about this.

Today active-duty Air Force Senior Airman Larry Hebert will begin a hunger strike to highlight the plight of the starving children of Gaza.