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Ban the Bans!: A Play In Resistance to the Banning of Books | Seminary Co-op Bookstores
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November 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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From Chicago, @natalieymoore.bsky.social reports on escalating tensions and ICE's operations. Read the full piece and more in our latest issue.
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Trump Escalates Tyranny in Chicago
Having a common enemy sometimes unifies people, whether an unhoused Venezuelan migrant in Bronzeville or a mother in a South Shore apartment.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
From Chicago, @natalieymoore.bsky.social reports on escalating tensions and ICE's operations. Read the full piece and more in our latest issue.
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We’re seeing more guns on our streets than ever before—but now they’re federal.
This isn’t border enforcement. It’s militarization, under a familiar political playbook.
Natalie Moore breaks it down with historical context + clarity.
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This isn’t border enforcement. It’s militarization, under a familiar political playbook.
Natalie Moore breaks it down with historical context + clarity.
📖chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2... @natalieymoore.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
We’re seeing more guns on our streets than ever before—but now they’re federal.
This isn’t border enforcement. It’s militarization, under a familiar political playbook.
Natalie Moore breaks it down with historical context + clarity.
📖chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2... @natalieymoore.bsky.social
This isn’t border enforcement. It’s militarization, under a familiar political playbook.
Natalie Moore breaks it down with historical context + clarity.
📖chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2... @natalieymoore.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The manufactured Chicago war zone under this administration manifests stylized on social media. On Instagram, videos are a cross between a 1980s action flick and a 1990s slick music video.
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Trump craves a war in Chicago
When U.S. Border Patrol Commander-At-Large Gregory Bovino says, “We are coming for you” to the tunes of Alice in Chains, the “you” is “us.”
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October 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The manufactured Chicago war zone under this administration manifests stylized on social media. On Instagram, videos are a cross between a 1980s action flick and a 1990s slick music video.
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
What's unfolding in cities is 'terrifying escalation' of what we saw in 1968 Chicago chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/...
What's unfolding in cities is 'terrifying escalation' of what we saw in 1968 Chicago
The action of federal government agents at Donald Trump’s direction demonstrates all too clearly that what his administration really wants is to intimidate American cities.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:56 AM
What's unfolding in cities is 'terrifying escalation' of what we saw in 1968 Chicago chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/...
Don't tune out the news Trump administration's transgressions chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
Don't tune out Trump administration's transgressions
The White House wants the public to crumble into weariness and tune out its shenanigans. But ignoring the problems won't make them go away.
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September 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Don't tune out the news Trump administration's transgressions chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
Illinois professors face threats after landing on Charlie Kirk group watch list www.wbez.org/politics/202...
Illinois professors face threats after landing on Charlie Kirk group watch list
An online database compiled by Turning Point USA, affiliated with slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, identifies nearly 50 Illinois college instructors it labels "radical professors."
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September 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Illinois professors face threats after landing on Charlie Kirk group watch list www.wbez.org/politics/202...
Food courts to clothes racks: What are your mall memories? www.wbez.org/curious-city...
Food courts to clothes racks: What are your mall memories?
While older generations lament the closure of their favorite malls, the younger generation may be keeping mall culture alive.
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September 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Food courts to clothes racks: What are your mall memories? www.wbez.org/curious-city...
Nothing quite defines Black Chicago like our beloved high school rivalries chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
Nothing quite defines Black Chicago like our beloved high school rivalries
Even alumni with advanced degrees lean into braggadocious high school smack-talking.
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August 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Nothing quite defines Black Chicago like our beloved high school rivalries chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
Old-school South Side record shop meets modern-day demands chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
Old-school South Side record shop meets modern-day demands
Like independent bookstores, record stores — like Tearched Scott's House of Music, at 1637 E. 87th St. — offer a cultural experience that big-box stores can’t.
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July 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Old-school South Side record shop meets modern-day demands chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
come out to this free audio event i'm co-hosting at @medillschool.bsky.social this thursday!
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What Does Forward-Thinking Audio Politics Sound Like?
Panel discussion followed by networking reception.
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June 4, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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"The Great Migration brought Catholics from the Mississippi Delta, but mostly Black migrants hadn’t been exposed to Catholicism. Cressler said Catholic infrastructure dominated the South and West sides."
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Pope's legacy tied to race, Chicago's Black community
Pope Leo XIV's background tells the story of complicated racial identities in the U.S., multiculturalism and Black Catholics in Chicago.
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May 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
"The Great Migration brought Catholics from the Mississippi Delta, but mostly Black migrants hadn’t been exposed to Catholicism. Cressler said Catholic infrastructure dominated the South and West sides."
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
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@lgcflyer.bsky.social thanks for listening to stories without end!
May 24, 2025 at 10:12 PM
@lgcflyer.bsky.social thanks for listening to stories without end!
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Michele Val Jean talks about #BeyondTheGatesCBS #BeyondtheGates in a new episode of the Making: Stories Without End podcast.
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A new era for daytime soaps operas: Beyond the Gates
The creator of a new soap opera, featuring a core Black family, grew up on Chicago’s South Side. Michele Val Jean talks ‘Beyond the Gates.’
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May 20, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Michele Val Jean talks about #BeyondTheGatesCBS #BeyondtheGates in a new episode of the Making: Stories Without End podcast.
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Pope Leo is not invited to the so-called cookout but his heritage tells us something about America and Black Catholics in Chicago. chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
May 24, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Pope Leo is not invited to the so-called cookout but his heritage tells us something about America and Black Catholics in Chicago. chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
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Great event coming up in Chicago with award-winning journalists & authors @natalieymoore.bsky.social and @lizflock.bsky.social on Tues, May 27. Free registration, details below!
CHICAGO! Please join us on May 27th at Women & Children First Bookstore for The Conversation: Resistance & Freedom of Speech. Panelists include: Elizabeth Flock and Natalie Moore. Moderated by Ben Austen.
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The Conversation: Resistance & Freedom of Speech
The Conversation is a bi-monthly conversation series bringing writers, thinkers, and activists together.
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May 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Great event coming up in Chicago with award-winning journalists & authors @natalieymoore.bsky.social and @lizflock.bsky.social on Tues, May 27. Free registration, details below!
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Bonus episode of Making: Stories Without End has just dropped and it's a BTS visit to #Days and interviews with some of your faves.
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Making: Stories Without End
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May 13, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Bonus episode of Making: Stories Without End has just dropped and it's a BTS visit to #Days and interviews with some of your faves.
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It has been a lot of years since I watched one, but I will always think of myself as a soap fan. This whole season was a beautiful love letter to the genre that raised me.
May 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
It has been a lot of years since I watched one, but I will always think of myself as a soap fan. This whole season was a beautiful love letter to the genre that raised me.
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Strong final episode (before a bonus ep!) of Making: Stories Without End. So happy I got to explain my beef with the "OJ killed the soaps" narrative, one of my pet peeves
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TV wouldn’t be TV without soap operas
Soaps once brought in 75% of a TV network’s revenue, says author Elana Levine. “Soaps were a legitimate kind of pop culture sensation.”
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May 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Strong final episode (before a bonus ep!) of Making: Stories Without End. So happy I got to explain my beef with the "OJ killed the soaps" narrative, one of my pet peeves
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www.wbez.org/making/2025/...
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In @chicago.suntimes.com, @natalieymoore.bsky.social writes that the CTA suffers from flimsy leadership, ghost buses, and crime—and it won't change until public transit is a priority. "Frankly, a bad reputation keeps riders away," she argues.
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
State of public transit won't change until it's a priority
Public transit is a public good. But the CTA, in particular, suffers from flimsy leadership, ghost buses and crime. That needs to change, say many commuters, including self-described transit nerd stat...
chicago.suntimes.com
April 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
In @chicago.suntimes.com, @natalieymoore.bsky.social writes that the CTA suffers from flimsy leadership, ghost buses, and crime—and it won't change until public transit is a priority. "Frankly, a bad reputation keeps riders away," she argues.
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
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Soaps have featured Black actors for decades, but Black writers and actors say they’ve had to push their stories to the foreground. Listen to Episode 3 of "Making: Stories Without End” now, available wherever you get your podcasts.
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Black actors don’t want to be your sidekick
Soaps have featured Black actors for decades, but Black writers and actors say they’ve had to push their stories to the foreground.
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April 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Soaps have featured Black actors for decades, but Black writers and actors say they’ve had to push their stories to the foreground. Listen to Episode 3 of "Making: Stories Without End” now, available wherever you get your podcasts.
www.wbez.org/making/2025/...
www.wbez.org/making/2025/...
I rode the Green Line with self-described transit nerd state Rep. Kam Buckner to talk public transit as a public good. But the CTA, in particular, suffers from flimsy leadership, ghost buses and crime.
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
State of public transit won't change until it's a priority
Public transit is a public good. But the CTA, in particular, suffers from flimsy leadership, ghost buses and crime. That needs to change, say many commuters, including self-described transit nerd stat...
chicago.suntimes.com
April 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I rode the Green Line with self-described transit nerd state Rep. Kam Buckner to talk public transit as a public good. But the CTA, in particular, suffers from flimsy leadership, ghost buses and crime.
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...