MIICHAELDECHANT
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“We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.” - Toni Morrison. Chicagoan. Aries. Gay AF.
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
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Books We Love is back with a brand new batch of hand-picked titles. Mix and match tags like “Book Club Ideas” and “Eye-Opening Reads.” Find 380+ new 2025 reads, and stick around to browse more than 4,000 books from the last 13 years.
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Books We Love is back with a brand new batch of hand-picked titles. Mix and match tags like “Book Club Ideas” and “Eye-Opening Reads.” Find 380+ new 2025 reads, and stick around to browse more than 4,000 books from the last 13 years.
Mourning the loss of one of the most impactful, inspirational & influential disability advocates ever 2day 💔 @sfdirewolf.bsky.social we never met but I am so moved by ur activism & will continue 2 use ur words 2 remind others that everyone deserves dignity disabled or not! #disabilityvisbility
November 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Mourning the loss of one of the most impactful, inspirational & influential disability advocates ever 2day 💔 @sfdirewolf.bsky.social we never met but I am so moved by ur activism & will continue 2 use ur words 2 remind others that everyone deserves dignity disabled or not! #disabilityvisbility
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At just 34 years old, Zohran Mamdani culminated a meteoric political rise Tuesday by scoring a decisive victory in a polarizing mayoral election.
He will become the youngest mayor in over a century, the first Muslim to lead New York City.
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He will become the youngest mayor in over a century, the first Muslim to lead New York City.
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Mamdani Makes History With Victory in Mayor’s Race
More than 2 million New Yorkers cast a ballot in a high-stakes election that smashed recent turnout levels.
www.thecity.nyc
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
At just 34 years old, Zohran Mamdani culminated a meteoric political rise Tuesday by scoring a decisive victory in a polarizing mayoral election.
He will become the youngest mayor in over a century, the first Muslim to lead New York City.
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He will become the youngest mayor in over a century, the first Muslim to lead New York City.
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#Out100 honoree Precious Brady-Davis is making history as the first out Black transgender woman to hold public office in Cook County — and the first trans person to serve on a U.S. water reclamation district. bit.ly/47R0EJd
October 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
#Out100 honoree Precious Brady-Davis is making history as the first out Black transgender woman to hold public office in Cook County — and the first trans person to serve on a U.S. water reclamation district. bit.ly/47R0EJd
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How to be an informed, pro-library, anti-book ban voter in upcoming fall elections (if you have them) and well into the future.
Don't just celebrate banned books. Don't just read banned books. VOTE to support the democratic institutions creating access to them.
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Don't just celebrate banned books. Don't just read banned books. VOTE to support the democratic institutions creating access to them.
bookriot.com/library-elec...
Be an Informed Pro-Library, Pro-Literary Voter Now: Book Censorship News, October 10, 2025
Elections in several states will be coming up throughout the months of October and November. Here's how to be a pro-library voter.
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October 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
How to be an informed, pro-library, anti-book ban voter in upcoming fall elections (if you have them) and well into the future.
Don't just celebrate banned books. Don't just read banned books. VOTE to support the democratic institutions creating access to them.
bookriot.com/library-elec...
Don't just celebrate banned books. Don't just read banned books. VOTE to support the democratic institutions creating access to them.
bookriot.com/library-elec...
Please contact your alderperson today and ask them to co-sponsor Resolution 18677!
Advocates are pushing City Council to help Chicago’s struggling animal shelter. "We should do better." blockclubchi.co/4pzzZrc
September 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Please contact your alderperson today and ask them to co-sponsor Resolution 18677!
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It was John Stamos day at Riot Fest Saturday.
The actor sat in with the Beach Boys. A butter statue was erected and a lookalike contest was held in his honor.
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The actor sat in with the Beach Boys. A butter statue was erected and a lookalike contest was held in his honor.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/21/r...
September 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
It was John Stamos day at Riot Fest Saturday.
The actor sat in with the Beach Boys. A butter statue was erected and a lookalike contest was held in his honor.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/21/r...
The actor sat in with the Beach Boys. A butter statue was erected and a lookalike contest was held in his honor.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/21/r...
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More than 1,100 of you wrote to tell us about the books that broadened your horizons, that you kept through every move, that inspired you to become English majors, librarians, writers and teachers.
What books shaped you in high school? Here's what you said
More than 1,100 of you wrote to tell us about the books that broadened your horizons, that you kept through every move, that inspired you to become English majors, librarians, writers and teachers.
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September 2, 2025 at 10:06 AM
More than 1,100 of you wrote to tell us about the books that broadened your horizons, that you kept through every move, that inspired you to become English majors, librarians, writers and teachers.
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Eagleman returns in One Tail At A Time’s viral new ad: "Look at those rescue pups!" blockclubchi.co/4lHAuMF
August 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Eagleman returns in One Tail At A Time’s viral new ad: "Look at those rescue pups!" blockclubchi.co/4lHAuMF
Hot Take: AJLT series finale was the best case scenario ending that cast & crew could execute after a sudden cancellation notice w/o warning. I really enjoyed it & will miss my girls every week. Time for another rewatch of the whole series in 3 2 1.
August 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Hot Take: AJLT series finale was the best case scenario ending that cast & crew could execute after a sudden cancellation notice w/o warning. I really enjoyed it & will miss my girls every week. Time for another rewatch of the whole series in 3 2 1.
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The late LGBTQ activist Lori Cannon founded and ran Chicago food pantry GroceryLand for decades to help feed HIV patients and others in need.
Volunteers, friends vow to carry on work of late Chicago LGBTQ+ activist: ‘We’re her legacy’
The late LGBTQ activist Lori Cannon founded and ran Chicago food pantry GroceryLand for decades to help feed HIV patients and others in need.
www.chicagotribune.com
August 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The late LGBTQ activist Lori Cannon founded and ran Chicago food pantry GroceryLand for decades to help feed HIV patients and others in need.
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🎵 She's beauty and she's grace/she's Miss United States 🎵
Amy Sherald’s Trans Lady Liberty Painting Graces New Yorker Cover
The artist withdrew her exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery over concerns that the artwork would be censored.
hyperallergic.com
August 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
🎵 She's beauty and she's grace/she's Miss United States 🎵
Had many opportunities 2 interact w/ Lori at Hell In A Handbag shows. What a storyteller! What a kind giving person! The kindest & truest advocate 4 all queer & trans people that left an indelible mark on Chicago’s LGBTQ+ herstory! Lori you will be missed! We promise 2 share ur legacy always!
Chicago has lost one of its fiercest and most compassionate advocates.
Lori Cannon, a longtime HIV/AIDS activist and driving force behind Chicago's response to the AIDS crisis, died yesterday at 74.
Lori Cannon, a longtime HIV/AIDS activist and driving force behind Chicago's response to the AIDS crisis, died yesterday at 74.
Lori Cannon, LGBTQ+ community icon who supported thousands living with HIV, dies at 74 - Windy City Times
Lori Cannon, a longtime HIV/AIDS activist and driving force behind Chicago’s response to the AIDS crisis, has died at 74. Cannon died at home Sunday evening. More information, including a full obituar...
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August 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Had many opportunities 2 interact w/ Lori at Hell In A Handbag shows. What a storyteller! What a kind giving person! The kindest & truest advocate 4 all queer & trans people that left an indelible mark on Chicago’s LGBTQ+ herstory! Lori you will be missed! We promise 2 share ur legacy always!
You gotta ring them bells!!!
August 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
You gotta ring them bells!!!
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This bill is bad. But the fight isn’t over yet.
There’s still time to tell your representatives to say NO to this cruel bill: ewar.ren/y8t
There’s still time to tell your representatives to say NO to this cruel bill: ewar.ren/y8t
Look Up Your Representative's Number
Call your representative today and demand that they vote NO on this bill.
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July 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This bill is bad. But the fight isn’t over yet.
There’s still time to tell your representatives to say NO to this cruel bill: ewar.ren/y8t
There’s still time to tell your representatives to say NO to this cruel bill: ewar.ren/y8t
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My statement on Donald Trump's threat to deport me and his praise for Eric Adams, who the President "helped out" of legal accountability.
July 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
My statement on Donald Trump's threat to deport me and his praise for Eric Adams, who the President "helped out" of legal accountability.
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On this day more than 50 years ago, Sylvia Rivera climbed onto a stage to advocate for incarcerated trans people at a Pride rally and demanded trans inclusion in the fight for rights.
Hearing her speech is important 50 years later.
The latest from S. Baum.
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Hearing her speech is important 50 years later.
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Why You Need to Hear the Speech That Sylvia Rivera Wasn’t Allowed To Give
Sylvia Rivera was met with jeers and boos at one of the very first Pride Parades on this day in 1973. Here’s why that matters now.
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June 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
On this day more than 50 years ago, Sylvia Rivera climbed onto a stage to advocate for incarcerated trans people at a Pride rally and demanded trans inclusion in the fight for rights.
Hearing her speech is important 50 years later.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Hearing her speech is important 50 years later.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Morton Arboretum has gotten into the matchmaking business.
Thanks to a recent update to the arboretum’s website, gardeners will find it easier to broker a love connection between plants and pollinators.
Thanks to a recent update to the arboretum’s website, gardeners will find it easier to broker a love connection between plants and pollinators.
Want to Help Plants and Pollinators Make a Love Connection? Check Out Morton Arboretum’s New ‘Matchmaking’ Info
Thanks to a recent update to the arboretum’s website, gardeners will find it easier to broker a love connection between plants and pollinators.
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June 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Morton Arboretum has gotten into the matchmaking business.
Thanks to a recent update to the arboretum’s website, gardeners will find it easier to broker a love connection between plants and pollinators.
Thanks to a recent update to the arboretum’s website, gardeners will find it easier to broker a love connection between plants and pollinators.
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“People are being swept up and torn from their families, and I feel it’s my responsibility as an artist to use this moment to speak up for all oppressed people: For Black people, for Latino people, for trans people, for the people in Gaza."
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Doechii Has the Only Correct Response to the I.C.E. Raids Across the U.S.
“People are being swept up and torn from their families, and I feel it’s my responsibility as an artist to use this moment to speak up for all oppressed people: For Black people, for Latino people, fo...
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June 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
“People are being swept up and torn from their families, and I feel it’s my responsibility as an artist to use this moment to speak up for all oppressed people: For Black people, for Latino people, for trans people, for the people in Gaza."
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Chicago’s secondhand shops say they’re seeing a surge in sales as rising prices fueled by tariffs push some people away from buying new clothes and accessories.
Chicago's secondhand stores see more business in the wake of Trump's trade war even as they face rising costs
Shoppers, squeezed by higher prices, trying to save on clothing by hitting resale and consignment shops.
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June 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Chicago’s secondhand shops say they’re seeing a surge in sales as rising prices fueled by tariffs push some people away from buying new clothes and accessories.
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Mariah Carey's "The Emancipation of Mimi (20th Anniversary Edition)" is here. Stream it now. #Mimi20
Mariah Carey Releases 'The Emancipation of Mimi (20th Anniversary Edition)'
Mariah Carey celebrates the milestone anniversary of her 10th album with "The Emancipation of Mimi (20th Anniversary Edition)."
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May 30, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Mariah Carey's "The Emancipation of Mimi (20th Anniversary Edition)" is here. Stream it now. #Mimi20
It’s Shakira at Sueños day!!! Me encanta Shakira para siempre!!! Las mujeres ya no lloran, las mujeres facturan!!!
May 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
It’s Shakira at Sueños day!!! Me encanta Shakira para siempre!!! Las mujeres ya no lloran, las mujeres facturan!!!
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The Beyoncé show last night was incredible. The execution was flawless. And the LAYERS! Say what you will, but she puts in the work, puts on an exuberant and defiant three hour show and her wig remains SNATCHED. idgaf. I’m going again.
April 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The Beyoncé show last night was incredible. The execution was flawless. And the LAYERS! Say what you will, but she puts in the work, puts on an exuberant and defiant three hour show and her wig remains SNATCHED. idgaf. I’m going again.