Lightfoot’s got a Jon Burge problem: The legacy of torture in the Chicago Police Department
“We want all the wrongfully convicted men and women, we want them all free.”
December 2, 2019
Soul 106.3 pulls the plug on Mike Love’s ‘The Morning Mixtape’
Soul 106.3’s move to cut Love’s morning show comes months after legendary radio host Tom Joyner announced Rickey Smiley as the successor to his syndicated urban adult-contemporary morning spot.
October 18, 2019
CPS Strike: The disparity on the South and West Sides is ‘very overt’
“I don’t feel like students on the North Side deal with the class size issue and the curriculum issue or even the resource issue," said teacher Andrea Parker.
September 25, 2019
Chicago poet Raych Jackson wrote ‘Even the Saints Audition’ for the brown skin church babies with questions
Poet Raych Jackson uses Job and other cautionary Bible stories to explore the connection between shame and the Black church in her debut poetry book, 'Even the Saints Audition.'
September 9, 2019
Review: Kanye West seeks redemption with Sunday Service tour
Kanye West is experimenting with something new. For most of 2019, he’s been remixing the traditions of the Black church into a modern-day ministry; one that isn’t afraid to praise the Lord over secular beats or replace catching the Holy Ghost with fits of the percolator.
August 2, 2019
G Herbo, Illinois lawmakers celebrate wins in criminal justice reform at Alliance for Safety and Justice dinner
Chicago rappers Vic Mensa and G Herbo helped the Alliance for Safety and Justice celebrate its recent work with Illinois legislators to pass bills that has resulted in a 20% reduction in prison population in the state.
August 1, 2019
Thurman Barker, Ben LaMar Gay capture two generations of Black Chicago in new MCA show
Two Chicago-born composers, percussionist Thurman Barker and cornetist Ben LaMar Gay, are paying homage to local music and dance traditions in their new shows, South Side Suite and Hecky Naw! Angles!.
August 1, 2019
Choreographer Rennie Harris explores the link between house and gospel in new MCA production
“Movement is how we worship life. It always has been and always will be.”
July 22, 2019
ComplexCon celebrated Chicago’s cultural tastemakers but, for some attendees, it missed the mark
Juice Wrld | Photo courtesy of ComplexCon It only made sense for ComplexCon to bring its two-day hybrid music, pop...
July 19, 2019
At Pitchfork, add Chicago singer-songwriter Tasha to your must-see list
“I think that all artists have a duty to use their voice and their platform in whatever way that they can to make the world better," Tasha says.